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To: Cincinatus' Wife
Does anyone else find it odd that the guy that ran on slamming Reagan/Bush when he ran against Kennedy is taking an endorsement from one of them now? Conversely, why is the man who was slammed giving an endorsement to the guy that thought he was garbage? This just shows how devoid of principles this RINO wing of the GOP is.


69 posted on 12/22/2011 2:40:33 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: Lazlo in PA

Doesn’t sound like Marlin Fitzwater would be endorsing Romney...

http://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2823246/posts

“I remember back in 1990, just after Newt had become GOP whip, when Mr. Bush, urged on by Mr. Sununu, was about to break his campaign pledge and raise taxes, which eventually cost him his re-election bid against Mr. Clinton. It was Newt who opposed it. In fact, Marlin Fitzwater, the loyal and shrewd White House press secretary, and no fan of Newt’s at the time, later wrote in his memoirs, “As it turned out, one of the few people on the Republican team who understood this trap [the Democrats demanded Bush raise taxes as the political price to reduce the deficit] was Newt Gingrich. … Newt had … recommended a different course of action: Abandon the budget negotiations [with Democrats], keep the tax pledge, insist that Congress cut spending, and make a political fight out of it. It’s clear now that we should have followed his advice.””


70 posted on 12/22/2011 3:03:23 PM PST by JediJones (Newt-er Obama in 2012!)
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To: Lazlo in PA
When Romney bashed Reagan (not Bush per se) he was just following the plan of GHWBush who slammed Reagan in 1988. His "kinder gentler nation" was a rude, un-called-for slap in the face of Reagan, who had just led us through the best eight years of the 20th century, and who had incidentally prolonged the asshole's career by letting him play VP.
93 posted on 12/23/2011 1:33:27 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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