Posted on 10/20/2015 9:48:14 AM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
Neurotically ignoring the fact that Donald Trump’s position on immigration has catapulted him to the lead for the Republican presidential nomination, the media diminish his soaring poll numbers with a scrolling series of rationalizations. Trump might or might not be the nominee, but the dismissals of him are wishful thinking, not historical fact.
All summer, for example, we were smugly assured that polls mean nothing this far in advance of an election. Sen. Marco Rubio’s (R-Fla.) campaign manager Terry Sullivan assured Politico: “Show me the candidate who was first place in August who ended up winning in February.” I hope Rubio’s advisers are as sure about this as they were about amnesty being a big hit with voters. Then it was September, and Trump was still in first place, so Rubio boasted to CNN, “We want to be in first place in February, not in August or September.”
The way things are going, at some point, Rubio’s line will have to be, “We want to be in first place in March, not in February. No, wait! We want to be first place in June, not in April.” In fact, most candidates who were in first place the summer before an election year went on to be the nominee. Luckily, Politico is not a website primarily concerned with politics or it might have known this. Among them: Ronald Reagan in August 1979, Walter Mondale in August 1983, Michael Dukakis (tied for first) in August 1987, Bob Dole in August 1995; George W. Bush in August 1999 and Mitt Romney in August 2011.
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Another Myth, Reagan never said that.
If you haven’t noticed, people like decisive-sounding politicians who proclaim that they have simple answers to all the world’s complex problems. If they repeat that over and over, people start to believe that solving those problems really is simple.
Then they get elected, the problems aren’t so easy to solve after all, but the loudmouth is still in office,
Says the nutcase Cruz birther.
Reagan would not have allowed Republicans to pile on Trump as they did, and insult the base in the process. Trump was not proactive in the insults, he was reactive. He fights back, and actually Reagan would like that. I see huge parallels between Trump and Reagan, and I was there.
If you haven’t noticed, people like decisive-sounding politicians who proclaim that they have simple answers to all the world’s complex problems. If they repeat that over and over, people start to believe that solving those problems really is simple.
Then they get elected, the problems aren’t so easy to solve after all, but the loudmouth is still in office
And he fights back to the point he quells the threat. Then he treats them well. Poke the bear, suffer the consequences.
Just a question of the lot of you, were any of you of voting age during the Reagan years? I was, and I tell you, in every meaningful way, the “amiable dunce” and the “clown” are uncannily alike; only their personalities are different.
I’m old enough to remember pontificating that ‘America doesn’t elect extremists’. I did vote for him though.
I am a Cruz supporter.
I don't fault Trump for standing up for himself. He's been attacked by the establishment candidates almost from the get go. Trump's toughness and never back down approach has been educational for the GOP and illustrates why the GOPe can't get anything done with majorities in the House & Senate. The GOPe plays nice. Trump plays to win.
My problem with Trump isn't his toughness, I wish more Pubs were, it's his overnight conversion to conservatism. I'm not confident he will be dependable if elected.
Cruz is the most reliable conservative running.
Trump is NOT like Reagan. He wishes he was but no way on this earth should he be compared to President Ronald Reagan.
Oh, I remember. Yes I do. The GOPe hated Reagan. I could barely keep throwing up when all those RINOs who hated Reagan showed up at his funeral. Trump and Reagan demonstrate a similar ability to communicate to the people. And both had the ability to make totalitarians (Both RAT and RINO) heads explode. And both had obvious contempt for the media though Reagan was more polite about it.
The article is a comparison of the reaction of the GOP and the MSM when Reagan was running, compared to how they are reacting today to Trump. Very similar, she provides quotes. She is NOT comparing the two men or their policies.
I remember.
I also remember the "surprised media" when he won 49 states.
One of the differences though was Reagan had been a conservative for a long time before he ran for POTUS. Trump is an overnight conversion and family members are still close to the Clintons, among other Rats.
Reagan was a rare POTUS. He brought us back from the carter "malaise" and destroyed the USSR ending the threat of global thermal nuclear war. Trump does have a lot of the same qualities, especially toughness and belief in himself.
Thank you!
Take a breath Nick. Oxygen is good for your brain. :-)
Not fair!
Trump is very very much like a young Reagan. We who knew him when he was governor and early campaigning for President. And the RINOs esp Bush went after him hard.
No. I like Trump. I haven’t been this excited about a guy since Reagan.
No. Reagan might’ve retorted, but not publicly and with a whole lot more class. I was around for Reagan as well, and I knew people who worked directly for him on the White House staff. Reagan was the epitome on geniality and class. Trump isn’t even close.
Hey, Nick, you’re the kinda guy people like when you leave the room. lol
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