“I’ll ask you again would Reagan have pulled the same stupid stunt with Nancy Pelosi and sit on the same couch “
OK, Let me respond to the couch controversy.
1. Newt has repudiated that video as a mistake. Unless you think a single media gaff disqualifies a candidate, the couch video should not characterize Newt.
2. Reagan is well know with being collegial with leading Democrats, especially the speaker of the house Tip O’neil. Reagan crafted the media image of two buddies who liked to go out for beers after work. This Reagan tactic is analogous to Newt appearing with leading Dems. on tv. Newt was trying to rehabilitate his image as a partisan extremist.
3. Reagan often met with opponents in public to create the impression that he could work with the other side. If you can’t defeat them, kill ‘em with kindness is a Reagan principle.
3. Even Reagan was fooled by a “global warming” like hysteria of his day known as Ozone depletion in the late 1980s. In this sense, Reagan took the wrong side for a while just like Newt for a while. Hey, we all make mistakes.
“Brussels in 1987, where an American negotiator taking part in secret talks held a cable from Ronald Reagan instructing him to negotiate a strong treaty to phase out substances depleting the atmosphere’s protective ozone layer.”
What Would Reagan Do About Global Warming? http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/blogs/republican/reagan-global-warming
Dang. Should have proof better. If you don’t mind here is my last post corrected.
“I’ll ask you again would Reagan have pulled the same stupid stunt with Nancy Pelosi and sit on the same couch “
OK, Let me respond to the couch controversy.
1. Newt has repudiated that video as a mistake. Unless you think a single media gaff disqualifies a candidate, the couch video should not characterize Newt.
2. Reagan is well know with being collegial with leading Democrats, especially the speaker of the house Tip O’neil. Reagan crafted the media image of two buddies who liked to go out for beers after work. This Reagan tactic is analogous to Newt appearing with leading Dems. on tv. Newt was trying to rehabilitate his image as a partisan extremist.
3. Reagan often met with opponents in public to create the impression that he could work with the other side. If you can’t defeat them, kill ‘em with kindness is a Reagan principle.
4. Even Reagan was fooled by a “global warming” like hysteria of his day known as Ozone depletion in the late 1980s. In this sense, Reagan took the wrong side for a while just like Newt. Hey, we all make mistakes.
“Brussels in 1987, where an American negotiator taking part in secret talks held a cable from Ronald Reagan instructing him to negotiate a strong treaty to phase out substances depleting the atmosphere’s protective ozone layer.”
What Would Reagan Do About Global Warming? http://www.thedailygreen.com/environmental-news/blogs/republican/reagan-global-warming
Also why did he support RINO Dede Seozzafava in the New York representative race, again lack of judgment!