I may get flamed for this, but it’s also time to move on from the Reagan adoration.
I strongly believe in understanding history, honoring it, and learning from it, but the continual references to Reagan are wearing thin. He has been gone for decades.
The conservative argument must be made for today and for the future, not looking backward. Continually talking about the Reagan years makes it look like today’s conservatives want to live in the past and have no answers for today’s problems.
Reagan’s place in history is assured. He was right about many things. But a huge percentage of the electorate has no personal memory of his Presidency.
We need new leaders who can articulate conservative principles for today’s world.
People tend to forget history and have to be reminded of past heros. Reagan was a champion against oppressive government and for individual freedom, individual rights and therefore individual empowerment.
He was truly the Great Communicator of timeless principles. He cannot be spoken of enough.
I don’t mind the adoration for Ronald Reagan, he was a great President and his ideas are timeless. Michael Reagan is best at representing his father now.
President Reagan loved Nancy, but she either doesn’t remember or the absence of being the target for many years that these left-wingers who now kind of admire her or use her conveniently, said the same thing about her and her husband that they are saying about any Conservative now.
If I am thinking about running I would politely decline for now since I have not made the committment to run. I think Hewitt is also correct, in 2008 the Democrats would not have a Fox News Debate and eventually would not debate on CNN if Lou Dobbs or any moderator that wasn’t a leftist were not suitable for them.
Conservatives should not debate on MSLSD, they aren’t interested in debates, they are interested in destroying the Republican field and promoting the RINO’s to divide the party.
Yeah, the same way we’ve moved on from other Presidents of the past, like FDR, Lincoln, Washington. Reagan is the greatest President of our generation. Why would we want to move on from the legacy he left? His legacy needs to be remembered and shared with the next generation, not forgotten!
We are in agreement. Reagan was an exceptional president, but we cannot wallow in the past. It makes the GOP look like navelgazers who have a dearth of ideas. Outsiders instinctively shirk away from perceived oversentimentality.