You’re not going to find a “Ronald Reagan” candidate ever again, any more than the Democrats are going to find a Thomas Jefferson ever again.
You people who keep wishing for a second coming of Reagan need to get your heads on straight and understand something: Reagan was a man of his time. The #1 threat in the world then was communism. Reagan knew this, had formulated a response and a coherent value system to deal with that threat.
Today, that’s no longer the threat, unless we’re talking of taking on the American campus radicals (in which case, I’m all for calling out the B-52’s on them). Today’s world is one where we have no allies like Thatcher, we have no unifying force in foreign policy like communism and the USSR. Hell, today we’re dependent upon communists (the PRC) buying huge quantities of our national debt issuance in order to keep our economy going.
As for the Founders and drugs: You do know that there were no laws prohibiting the consumption of drugs, alcohol or such until the 1900’s, right? The current “drug war” would be seen as abhorrent to the Founders. There’s nothing in the Constitution that allows for the Drug War whatsoever.
“You do know that there were no laws prohibiting the consumption of drugs, alcohol or such until the 1900’s, right?”
Only because they weren’t needed.
You Libertarians are destroying the GOP. I WILL NEVER support Rand Paul or ANY Libertarian for POTUS. Libertarians = Libertines = Anarchists = Stupid as liberals = may as well stay home and not vote
I compromized on voting for Romney - when I knew it was a mistake - to my great shame. I won’t accept a flawed candidate again. Between the GOPe that picked Romney and the “Libertarian” extremists like Rand Paul....the GOP is rapidly losing ANY appeal to this social conservative.
Ronald Reagan was MORE than “just a man of his time.” He set a standard that others could easily emulate IF they just would step up and do so. He was far from perfect, but he was the BEST POTUS of my nearly 60 years.