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If Reagan Tolerated GOP Moderates, Why Can’t Today’s Conservatives?
Pajamas Media ^
| May 4
| Rick Moran
Posted on 05/04/2009 2:25:32 PM PDT by AJKauf
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:25:32 PM PDT
by
AJKauf
To: AJKauf
The Conservatives were in charge.
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:27:09 PM PDT
by
Paladin2
(Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
To: AJKauf
Reagan’s moderates are today’s Far right.
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:28:30 PM PDT
by
Little Pig
(Is it time for "Cowboys and Islamofanatics" yet?)
To: AJKauf
I think the conservatives do tolerate the moderates. The moderates are not tolerating us!
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:28:36 PM PDT
by
freemike
(Alas, how many have been persecuted for the wrong of having been right? --Jean-Baptiste Say)
To: AJKauf
I remember reading where Jesse Helms opposed Reagan in 1976 (he supported a draft Buckley movement) because Reagan chose Schweiker to be his running mate.
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:28:55 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(0bama - America's Elegabalus)
To: AJKauf
Reagan won over many moderate Dems as well.
To: AJKauf
Because Reagan was a visionary who drew all sorts of people to his way of thinking. There are no strong conservative visionaries in the mix at the moment, so this is the inevitable result until someone surfaces.
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:29:36 PM PDT
by
CASchack
To: AJKauf
We can stand modeRats....just as soon as we pull their knifes out of our backs....
To: AJKauf
Reagan DID NOT tolerate moderates. He welcomed anyone, but made it clear the PARTY was going to stick to clear bold, no pastels conservatism. Most who joined the party knew that, that is why they joined. Those in the party who were moderate wee not a problem, because under Reagan, they DID NOT demand the party go left, such as they do today.
Conservatives were in charge, not moderates.
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:30:18 PM PDT
by
gidget7
(Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
To: AJKauf
Lincoln Chaffey gave Tom Daschle and the Democrats the majority. Specter gave them 60 votes. There’s always a Republican traitor handy when the Democrats need one. It has nothing to do with conservatism.
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:30:18 PM PDT
by
Deb
(Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
To: Little Pig
Reagan was a Conservatarian. He understood that he had to have DC insiders to govern.
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:30:20 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(0bama - America's Elegabalus)
To: AJKauf
Did Reagan’s moderates aid and abet Democrats? Endorse Democrat candidates for President? Campaign for a Democrat President?
Today’s Republican moderates do.
To: AJKauf
Conservative principles are always in style.
Give the Great One a few more months...two things are gonna happen: people are catching on that big media is in the tank...most don’t believe them; second: the 9 trillion $ debt is going to take hold. We can’t run a free country this way...folks will begin to see the stagflation...Barry’s numbers are gonna drop.
Check back in October.
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:34:37 PM PDT
by
kjo
To: roses of sharon; All
You mean like some former Reagan officials going ga ga over Obama?? You mean like some former Reagan officials going over to third parties??
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:35:29 PM PDT
by
KevinDavis
(Now a member of the NRA)
To: rightwingextremist1776
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:35:29 PM PDT
by
Drill Thrawl
(Taxation with representation ain't so hot either.)
To: AJKauf
REAGAN: "Let them go their own way..."
Sounds like RINO tolerance to me --rolls eyes
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:35:38 PM PDT
by
frogjerk
(NO TAXATION FOR REAMORTIZATION!)
To: AJKauf
Reagan tolerated moderates but didn’t compromise his principles to appease them. I’d be happy to continue that arrangement if the moderates are.
To: AJKauf
Please. Conservatives have tolerated moderates to the point where they're now trying to silence us and force us out of the party.
Much like the homos, for "moderates", tolerance is a one-way street.
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:37:13 PM PDT
by
Antoninus
(Now accepting apologies from repentant Mittens.)
To: Little Pig
Reagans moderates are todays Far right.””
And today’s moderates are mostly left-wingers. The spectrum has shifted dramatically.
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:37:38 PM PDT
by
Neoliberalnot
((Freedom's Precious Metals: Gold, Silver and Lead))
To: frogjerk
Yes, but why did he chose Schweiker in 1976 and Bush in 1980 to be on the ticket?
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posted on
05/04/2009 2:39:13 PM PDT
by
Perdogg
(0bama - America's Elegabalus)
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