Reagan would walk into a room full of people who hate him (liberals, Chrissy Matthews-Olberman sorts) and smile, not because he thought they liked him, but because HE DIDN'T CARE that they didn't like him.
McCain would walk into that same room and smile because he BELIEVED they really liked him.
If Reagan were to give that same response that McCain did about Obama, he'd say off-handedly "My opponent is a good man" but you'd know he didn't mean it, and he'd smile while people laughed--THEN he'd go in for the kill.
People talk about Reagan's seemingly benign, grandfatherly personality, but they forget he was stubborn when it came to the really important things (Russia, taxes).
McCain only does the first part (the nice guy stuff), and somehow thinks that makes him Reaganesque.
I don’t know where to go with this. Reagan always had balls. It is for sure and for certain McCain did at one point. When did McCain drop them?
Unusual for Barone to write such a partisan type article. Usually he sticks to facts and figures.
We know McCain is wrong about our not having to fear an obama presidency. Is he blind to reality too, like so many Americans are? This is an issue he should be hammering. That Missouri incident was the worst. Sadly though I wonder, even if he brought this up face to face at the debate, would it get much traction? I really think most Americans refuse to believe our freedoms could be curtailed in this way. A lot would think it is just scare mongering, and the “news” media would confirm their feelings.
Emotional responses get ignored...I know what you mean about responses, lols.
Quite true.
John Sidney McCain is no Ronald Wilson Reagan. Not even in the same class.