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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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1 posted on 05/04/2009 2:25:32 PM PDT by AJKauf
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To: AJKauf

The Conservatives were in charge.


2 posted on 05/04/2009 2:27:09 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Big Ears + Big Spending --> BigEarMarx, the man behind TOTUS)
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To: AJKauf

Reagan’s moderates are today’s Far right.


3 posted on 05/04/2009 2:28:30 PM PDT by Little Pig (Is it time for "Cowboys and Islamofanatics" yet?)
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To: AJKauf

I think the conservatives do tolerate the moderates. The moderates are not tolerating us!


4 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)
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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.


5 posted on 05/04/2009 2:28:55 PM PDT by Perdogg (0bama - America's Elegabalus)
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To: AJKauf

Reagan won over many moderate Dems as well.


6 posted on 05/04/2009 2:29:32 PM PDT by Zack Attack
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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.


7 posted on 05/04/2009 2:29:36 PM PDT by CASchack
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To: AJKauf
We can stand modeRats....just as soon as we pull their knifes out of our backs....
8 posted on 05/04/2009 2:29:57 PM PDT by rightwingextremist1776
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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.

9 posted on 05/04/2009 2:30:18 PM PDT by gidget7 (Duncan Hunter-Valley Forge Republican!)
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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.


10 posted on 05/04/2009 2:30:18 PM PDT by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Little Pig
Reagan was a Conservatarian. He understood that he had to have DC insiders to govern.
11 posted on 05/04/2009 2:30:20 PM PDT by Perdogg (0bama - America's Elegabalus)
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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.


12 posted on 05/04/2009 2:32:51 PM PDT by roses of sharon (Pray Hussein fails!)
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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.


13 posted on 05/04/2009 2:34:37 PM PDT by kjo
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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??


14 posted on 05/04/2009 2:35:29 PM PDT by KevinDavis (Now a member of the NRA)
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To: rightwingextremist1776

Bingo we have a winner!


15 posted on 05/04/2009 2:35:29 PM PDT by Drill Thrawl (Taxation with representation ain't so hot either.)
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To: AJKauf
REAGAN: "Let them go their own way..."

Sounds like RINO tolerance to me --rolls eyes

16 posted on 05/04/2009 2:35:38 PM PDT by frogjerk (NO TAXATION FOR REAMORTIZATION!)
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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.


17 posted on 05/04/2009 2:35:42 PM PDT by Question_Assumptions
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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.
18 posted on 05/04/2009 2:37:13 PM PDT by Antoninus (Now accepting apologies from repentant Mittens.)
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To: Little Pig

Reagan’s moderates are today’s Far right.””

And today’s moderates are mostly left-wingers. The spectrum has shifted dramatically.


19 posted on 05/04/2009 2:37:38 PM PDT by Neoliberalnot ((Freedom's Precious Metals: Gold, Silver and Lead))
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To: frogjerk

Yes, but why did he chose Schweiker in 1976 and Bush in 1980 to be on the ticket?


20 posted on 05/04/2009 2:39:13 PM PDT by Perdogg (0bama - America's Elegabalus)
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