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Reagan was an actor.

His face was known, with some fondness, and he had trained to play a part. Being an actor means being able to pull your audience into the story, no matter what the script.

Most politicians are not actors. They don’t have that skill set.

In other words, it was the acting, not just ideas, that won.

[Gene Eric]

GOP: a stick in the mud.

[livius]

That’s true. I do think the electorate has been dumbed down even since Reagan’s day, however, so this means that more explanation is required and it’s not possible to simply refer to things, even basic things, such as the First Amendment or states’ rights, and assume that people have any idea what you’re talking about.

But most of all, they need a real conservative. Reagan was, Romney wasn’t, and that’s why he really couldn’t get the message out. No passion, no thought; conservatism can’t be reduced to simply thinking about the way it is easiest for you personally to make a buck, which was how Romney made it sound.

[Tax-chick]

One of the complaints most of us make about Republican candidates is, “They just don’t get it!” on topics such as the minimum wage, illegal immigration, energy, gun rights, and “global warming.”

As Dr. Sowell points out, there is plenty of good material, accessible to a general reader, available for study. (Even if the reader limited himself to Dr. Sowell’s oeuvre, he’d get an outstanding education!)

Republican candidates are not going to succeed if they don’t believe in Constitutional and free-market principles, and if they’re not able to explain why things turn out better for the citizens when these principles are followed.

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[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

The most successful Republican presidential candidate of the past half century— Ronald Reagan, who was elected and reelected with landslide victories— bore little resemblance to the moderate candidates that Republican conventional wisdom depicts as the key to victory, even though most of these moderate candidates have in fact gone down to defeat.

Yup. Pappy Bush (CINO) lost re-election. Dole (CINO) lost. McCain (CINO) lost. Romney (CINO) lost.

Anyone incapable of learning from the examples proffered, above, is too damned stupid to be farting and wheezing in front of genuine conservatives, re: How To Win Elections.

Period. End of sentence. End of paragraph.

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[Arm_Bears]

Since most of the media will never expose Obama's fallacies and falsehoods, it is all the more important for Republicans to do so themselves.

The MSM will never tell the truth about Democrats, or Republicans.

Reagan wasn't afraid to go straight the people with his message. That he actually believed what he was saying made the message that much more powerful.

Elephants may never forget, but they don't seem to learn much either.

Gerald Ford - RINO

Ronald Reagan - Conservative

George H. W. Bush - RINO who rode Reagan's coat-tails to one term

Bob Dole - RINO

George W. Bush - Well-camouflaged RINO who lucked out

John McCain - RINO

Mitt Romney - RINO

[sickoflibs]

Sowell :”One of the biggest differences between Reagan and these latter-day losers (R candidates) was that Reagan paid great attention to explaining his policies and values. He was called “the great communicator,” but much more than a gift for words was involved. The issues that defined Reagan’s vision were things he had thought about, written about and debated for years before he reached the White House......
Very few Republican candidates for any office today show any sign of such in-depth preparation on issues. Mitt Romney, for example, inadvertently showed his lack of preparation when he indicated that he was in favor of indexing the minimum wage rate, so that it would rise automatically with inflation. “

He is copying me now. I call them losers. HA-HA

Exactly my take too. I have posted this many times.
Romney was very uninspiring and was so play-dough that O could mold him into the image of a monster. Exactly what O did.

[Mr. K]

SOWELL/WILLIAMS 2016

[Mrs. Don-o]

Why couldn’t Tomas Sowell be president?

[LifeComesFirst]

I’ve been saying this since I was 12. I think that the we need to wait for the establishment to just grow old and die so people who aren’t hopelessly obtuse and out of touch can take the reins.

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

Journalism and socialism are joined at the hip. Journalism is about bad news, and ingratitude is the font of an unlimited supply of bad news. producers can be viewed either as the source of all goods or -the reason why we don’t have infinite supply of goods. It is only necessary for the socialist to promote the ungrateful vision in order to generate an unbounded supply of “great copy” for the journalist.

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Thomas Sowell - a political and moral giant and a Great American.