Posted on 05/17/2007 8:29:46 AM PDT by PhilCollins
Want Reagan? Try John Cox
Republican voters dissatisfied with the current crop of Reagan wannabes ought to check out the only GOP candidate barred from this week's South Carolina debate hosted by Fox: John Cox. That's because while the other candidates used the first debate to claim they were closest to Reagan, Cox tells us he's the real McCoy.
"Ronald Reagan was from Illinois, and I'm from Illinois, too." And it doesn't end there: Cox, a lawyer-businessman who was also chairman of the Cook County Republicans, hates taxes and wants major reform and elimination of the IRS. "I'm a manager," he said in an interview done a year ago. "I think this is the year for outsiders, a fresh face," he added.
Well, apparently the debate organizers don't think so, at least not his face. He's been barred from the debate because he doesn't have the needed 1 percent recognition in national polls. He claims that's because pollsters never include him. So on Tuesday, before the event, he's going to the debate site to demand that all the other GOP candidates stand with him for fairness and let him in to debate. After all, he has landed a spot on the South Carolina ballotso shouldn't voters be given a chance to hear his views? Posted at 05:13 PM by Paul Bedard
If it results in the parties taking responsibility for nominating someone who can attract the most votes, I'm all for it. I'm not at all sure that the best person for the office of POTUS is on offer in either primary. In fact, I think it would be quite unusual if he (or she, whoever) actually is running in the primaries. Ronald Reagan is IMHO the only POTUS in my lifetime who was unambiguously the best person for the job at the time he was elected.Consider for example the liklihood that a CEO of a corporation, who has no need of the job and no ambitions to reach for it, might be better in the job than any of the candidates on offer. Not every CEO would be that good, but are you sure there is not one?
You couldn’t join up?
As regards whether it makes a better wartime commander, I'd say Washington, Jackson, Truman and Eisenhower were all better able to lead as a result of their service. As an example, in Trumans case having commanded men in combat it was for him to understand what an invasion of Japan would mean. Dropping an atom bomb on the Japanese became a simpler, though perhaps not easier, decision.
I know John Cox, and he most certainly is no Ronald Reagan.
I think he just enjoys the media spotlight. Even though there is none, lol.
You’re right. In 2002, Cox ran for the U.S. Senate, and, in the primary, he was third out of three candidates, receiving 23% of the vote.
Tonight, Cox will be interviewed on “Beyond the Beltway,” 7:00-8:00 Central Time. The show is on about 60 radio stations.
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