[Mojave]

"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party over to the traitors in the battle just ended. We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support. Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates wouldn’t make any sense at all."
-- Ronald Reagan

"Join me in a dream of a California whose government isn't characterized by political hacks and cronies and relatives--an administration that doesn't make its decisions based on political expediency but on moral truth. Together, let us find men to match our mountains. We can have a government administered by men and women who are appointed on the basis of ability and dedication--not as a reward for political favors. If we must have a double standard of morality, then let it be one, which demands more of those in government, not less."
-- Ronald Reagan

"A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency or simply to swell its numbers."
-- Ronald Reagan

[Diogenesis]

"We don't intend to turn the Republican Party
over to the traitors in the battle just ended.
We will have no more of those candidates who are pledged
to the same goals as our opposition and who seek our support.
Turning the Party over to the so-called moderates
wouldn’t make any sense at all.""
-- President Ronald Reagan

"I'm not running as the Republican view or a continuation of Republican values.
That's not what brings me to the race."
(Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)

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"Join me in a dream of a California whose government
isn't characterized by political hacks and cronies and relatives
--an administration that doesn't make its decisions based on political expediency
but on moral truth. Together, let us find men to match our mountains.
We can have a government administered by men and women who are
appointed on the basis of ability and dedication
--not as a reward for political favors.
If we must have a double standard of morality, then let it be one,
which demands more of those in government, not less."" -- President Ronald Reagan

"Look, I was an Independent during the time of Reagan/Bush.
I am not trying to return to Reagan/Bush."
(Mitt Romney, 1994 Senate Debate, Boston, MA, 10/25/94)

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"A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency or simply to swell its numbers."
-- President Ronald Reagan

"I'm very clear I think, to the people across the Commonwealth -
my "R" didn't stand so much for Republican as it does for reform."
(Romney Video, accessed 9/19/07)

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[Reagan Man]

"I do not believe I have proposed anything that is contrary to what has been considered Republican principle. It is at the same time the very basis of conservatism. It is time to reassert that principle and raise it to full view. And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.”

~~~ Ronald Reagan, March 1, 1975

[ejonesie22]

Most excellent.

Guess that Reagan was a purist, too bad, he should have been president, but purist never win.

[jveritas]

This is what he said but he governed as a pragmatic conservative. Stop putting Reagan among your ranks because if he was alive today and running for President you would have attacked him with the viciousness as you have been attacking McCain, Romney or President Bush because you would have considered him not Pure enough for you.

[Tennessee Nana]

I’m not a purist...

I havent shouted at the internet since Romney said how proud he was of his abortion stance since 1970, on the 1st debate, and I havent listened to daytime talk radio for weeks...

I listen to Terry Anderson on Sunday nights, but he doesnt swoon over Romney...