Posted on 08/16/2011 8:11:57 PM PDT by RonDog
Ronald Reagan had that same quality...
He is a real man... smart... and no one knows Sarah any better.
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LOL ! Hey I am they guy that is supposed to post that graphic!Great minds think alike! ;)
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Ronald Reagan wasonce a New Deal Democrat and remained a life-long admirer of FDR. He took his original political views from his Dad, an Irish-Catholic. A liberal Democrat in, say,1948, was a longway to the right of Henry Wallace, whose “progressive: views became dominant in the Democratic Party in 1972, and regnant after the election of 1974. Reagan spoke for a lot of people like me: I didn’t leave the party: it left me. In a way. Reagan was a paradox: he admired FDR and he admired Cal Coolidge. FDR for his leadership qualities, which reminds us of those of Andrew Jackson. Coolidge for his suspicion of “active” government. It is instructive that Coolidge found Hoover’s hyperactivity distasteful. Maybe we can say that Reagan combined FDR’s magnetism with Coolidge’s mildly progressive
(ala WH Taft’s) views.
Reagan was an intuitive politician, all right.
I agree. She was a birthday present for me 3 years ago. I see no reason why she shouldn't be again this year. LOL
Three years ago I didn't know who she was. With that limited knowledge,I was thrilled to hear on my birthday that a Sarah Palin was chosen. The best gift EVER! I demand a repeat. We all deserve it! LOL
Run Sarah RUN!
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Ohhhhh....lots of stuff they can vet on this man....only scratching the surface.
Where'd you get that information? Just curious, as I've never heard it before.
Any biography of Reagan. He underwent a political conversion while head of the actors’union, when the communists were trying to take it over. That would be in the mid and late 40s. After his second marriage, he moved in new circles and entered Republican politics. His anti-communism was not just intellectual, it was visceral. His admiration of FDR was the appreciation of a great leader, not all his policies or all his deeds.
You're amending what you claimed in your last post. You said (and I paraphrase), "Reagan was a New Deal Democrat who admired FDR throughout his life."
It's hard to imagine Reagan ever being in foursquare agreement with the New Deal, or with admiring FDR to the end of his life. That runs counter to everything we know about the man. If you can't cite a source for your claim, I'm going to consider it your opinion only.
Lou Cannon’s biography is a good place to start.
“Some people cite Constitution Day, September 17, but I think that’s either too tight or too late in light of some of the current state filing requirements. Personally, I look to the dates of August 25 (the day McCain called her at the fair), August 27 (the day she flew to Arizona), August 29 (the day she was introduced as McCain’s pick), and September 3 (the day of her convention speech).”
She could have picked July 26th, the last time she ran.
So quote where Lou Cannon stated that Reagan was a New Dealer.
It's a well known fact that Reagan was once a Democrat, but you're inferring that he agreed with one of the biggest forays into Socialism this country ever made.
I'm not poring through some guy's book to find what you should be providing to support your assertion. Cite a source for your claim, or retract it.
. I recommended Cannon’s book, because Lou was a liberal and a friend of Reagan. The simple fact is that Reagan underwent a political conversion because of his experiences as President of the actors’ union. Look it up. You might even have to crack a book.
I get that, but this was post Carter AND Reagan. Jimma had the light shown on Southern Democrats, Reagan provided the impetus for the "sea change" re Southern politics. Being the state chair AGAINST the "3rd Reagan term" is pretty telling if you ask me. I will need way more evidence than is heretofore being presented.
Read Ronald Reagan’s autobiography An American Life. You’ll learn that RobbyS is right. Reagan did admire FDR, as hard as that may be to understand. You’ll need to know his upbringing and the times he lived in to know from where he is coming.
I never disputed the idea that Reagan may have admired FDR. Most Americans of Reagan's era did. What I found incredible, is that "he was a life-long admirer of FDR."
I also find it hard to believe that he was a New Dealer, as RobbyS claims. He needs to cite a source for that claim, or retract it.
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