Skip to comments.
Is Barack Obama the Next Ronald Reagan?
US News and World Report ^
| 4/3/09
| Mary Kate
Posted on 04/03/2009 1:46:45 PM PDT by pissant
Last January, then-candidate Barack Obama caused quite a stir among his fellow Democrats when he defended remarks he'd made to the Reno, Nev. Gazette-Journal:
I think Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that, you know, Richard Nixon did not, and in a way that Bill Clinton did not. He put us on a fundamentally different path, because the country was ready for it. I think they felt like, you know, with all the excesses of the '60s and the '70s, you know, government had grown and grown, but there wasn't much sense of accountability in terms of how it was operating, and I think people just tapped intohe tapped into what people were already feeling, which is we want clarity, we want optimism, we want a return to that sense of dynamism, and, and, you know, entrepreneurship that had been missing.
During the South Carolina debate a few weeks later, Hillary Clinton went after him for admiring Reaganso Obama clarified his statement, noting that "Ronald Reagan was a transformative political figure because he was able to get Democrats to vote against their economic interests to form a majority to push through their agendaan agenda that I objected to."
I was at the Reagan Library last weekend, and I was thinking about this very question: Is Barack Obama going to be the kind of transformative figure that Ronald Reagan was?
(Excerpt) Read more at usnews.com ...
TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: goebbelswouldbeproud; hyperbole; jimmycarter; larrysinclairslover; lyingliars; missingbarfalert; obama; pravdamedia; reagan
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-87 next last
The new Jimmuh Carter, perhaps
1
posted on
04/03/2009 1:46:45 PM PDT
by
pissant
To: pissant
2
posted on
04/03/2009 1:47:11 PM PDT
by
al baby
(Hi Mom)
To: pissant
I thought he was the next Abe Lincoln. This guy is a male Sybil. He’s got so many personalities....Lincoln, Carter, Reagan, Jesus Christ, Mohammed...
3
posted on
04/03/2009 1:48:24 PM PDT
by
LottieDah
(If only those who speak so eloquently on the rights of animals would do so on behalf the unborn)
To: pissant
April Fool’s day was WEDNESDAY.
4
posted on
04/03/2009 1:49:14 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
To: pissant
Yes, and I’m the next Michael Jordan. You should see my 2 inch vertical..
To: pissant
TITLE CORRECTION... IS BARACK HUSSAIN OBAMA THE NEXT ANTI-REAGAN?
6
posted on
04/03/2009 1:50:00 PM PDT
by
ICE-FLYER
(God bless and keep the United States of America)
To: pissant
Pardon me, I am going lose my lunch.
7
posted on
04/03/2009 1:50:01 PM PDT
by
Uncle Hal
To: pissant
Maybe he’s the next Richard Nixon. If Nixon was okay with Communism and everyone knew that he was surrounded by crooks before he assumed office.
8
posted on
04/03/2009 1:50:13 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
To: pissant
hahahahahahaha
no need to read that tripe.
9
posted on
04/03/2009 1:50:13 PM PDT
by
libbylu
(Sarah - the light of the midnight sun)
To: pissant
You should burn in hell for the mere mention of those two names in the same sentence.
10
posted on
04/03/2009 1:50:36 PM PDT
by
papasmurf
(Trow da' bum out!)
To: pieceofthepuzzle
11
posted on
04/03/2009 1:50:37 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
( “Saving the New York Times now ranks with saving Darfur as a high-minded cause.”NYTimes Bill Kell)
To: pissant
ROFLOL.
There . . . got that out of my system.
12
posted on
04/03/2009 1:50:54 PM PDT
by
Alberta's Child
(I'm out on the outskirts of nowhere . . . with ghosts on my trail, chasing me there.)
To: pissant
The president AFTER him may be the next RR...
13
posted on
04/03/2009 1:50:56 PM PDT
by
MrB
(Go Galt now, Bowman later)
To: Uncle Hal
me too - I was wondering where the barf alert was...
To: libbylu
Actually, the gal who wrote it comes to the right conclusion. But to even ponder it is nuts.
15
posted on
04/03/2009 1:51:31 PM PDT
by
pissant
(THE Conservative party: www.falconparty.com)
To: ICE-FLYER
TITLE CORRECTION... IS BARACK HUSSAIN OBAMA THE NEXT ANTI-REAGAN? He is the Anti-Reagan. He stands for those things which Reagan despised.
16
posted on
04/03/2009 1:51:41 PM PDT
by
CASchack
To: pissant
Barf alert? Or is the title warning enough?
17
posted on
04/03/2009 1:52:23 PM PDT
by
mc5cents
(Show me just what Mohammd brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman)
To: pissant
Is Barack Obama the Next Ronald Reagan? What a stupid question!!!!
18
posted on
04/03/2009 1:52:28 PM PDT
by
pgkdan
( I miss Ronald Reagan!)
To: pissant
Is Barack Obama the Next Ronald Reagan?
No.
The next mussolini, yes. At least Il Duce had fancy medals the size of hubcaps and was funny to look at.
19
posted on
04/03/2009 1:53:00 PM PDT
by
sergeantdave
(obuma is the anti-Lincoln, trying to re-establish slavery)
To: pissant
20
posted on
04/03/2009 1:53:21 PM PDT
by
savedbygrace
(You are only leading if someone follows. Otherwise, you just wandered off... [Smokin' Joe])
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-20, 21-40, 41-60, 61-80, 81-87 next last
Disclaimer:
Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual
posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its
management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the
exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson