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FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Skipped Last Debate Before IA Caucus – Went on to Win in Landslide
Gateway Pundit ^ | FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Skipped Last Debate Before IA Caucus – Went on to Win in Landslide | Jm Hoft

Posted on 01/27/2016 6:46:26 AM PST by TaxPayer2000

Trump isn't the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush. Reagan went on to the win the nomination and the presidency.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; debate; debates; election2016; foxnetwork; foxnews; iowa; megynkelly; newyork; reagan; rogerailes; rupertmurdoch; trump; trumplessdebate
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To: TaxPayer2000

And Trump is to Reagan as Fire is to Water.


21 posted on 01/27/2016 6:57:09 AM PST by Hurricane Andrew (There are no evil thoughts except one: the refusal to think.)
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To: DoodleDawg

Reagan didn’t quit because he was afraid of a girl. Or because he thought the moderators would be mean to him.

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The DONALD (LET US EXALT HIM) is frightened and needs to be protected, sheltered and excused by his ACOLYTES as they go about their worship of him.

He’s FEARFUL and is a small WEENY.


22 posted on 01/27/2016 6:57:15 AM PST by House Atreides (WEE)
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To: I want the USA back
completely meaningless

But a true fact which the tv pundits ignore when they say it's unprecedented for a candidate to skip this last debate before Iowa.

23 posted on 01/27/2016 6:57:22 AM PST by noexcuses
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To: grania

24 posted on 01/27/2016 6:57:48 AM PST by hey Bean
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To: Uncle Miltie

Other than incumbent Presidents running for reelection I do not recall that ever occurring.


25 posted on 01/27/2016 6:57:49 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: Resettozero

I think the point is that Cruz cannot continually invoke Reagan for himself and then attack Trump for doing the same thing Reagan did, no?


26 posted on 01/27/2016 6:57:57 AM PST by statered ("And you know what I mean.")
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To: TaxPayer2000

Reagan didn’t skip the debate by having an attention-whore Twitter tantrum. The thing that stands out about Trump here is the egregious display of narcissism.


27 posted on 01/27/2016 6:58:35 AM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: Boardwalk
I find it insulting that you would call a woman a girl!

Then let the Twitter flame wars begin!

BTW, I'm a girl.

28 posted on 01/27/2016 6:58:52 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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To: Uncle Miltie

Not to mention the free advertising. Since 5 am today, all Trump coverage and will be non stop through Friday.


29 posted on 01/27/2016 6:59:06 AM PST by TornadoAlley3 (I like Trump and Cruz. Leave me the heck alone.)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Reagan skipped the debate before the Iowa Caucuses and narrowly LOST the Iowa Caucuses to George H.W. Bush.


30 posted on 01/27/2016 6:59:55 AM PST by MIchaelTArchangel
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To: driftdiver
So you're saying Trump is the next Reagan?

Trump is the next Obama, just not as lazy.

31 posted on 01/27/2016 6:59:56 AM PST by Hoodat (Article 4, Section 4)
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To: DoodleDawg

[Reagan didn’t quit because he was afraid of a girl. Or because he thought the moderators would be mean to him.]

Neither did Trump. He skipped debate because of the immature press release Fox sent out. Why should he go on if he’s not going to receive equal respect??

If Fox had issued a similar PR about Cruz, you Cruzers would go apes**t and praise Cruz if he had as much balls to skip out as Trump did.


32 posted on 01/27/2016 7:00:26 AM PST by ObozoMustGo2012
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To: Hurricane Andrew
And Trump is to Reagan as Fire is to Water.

Interesting that you say it just that way.

Burning water

33 posted on 01/27/2016 7:01:03 AM PST by Lazamataz (If the Oregon occupiers are occupying a National Wildlife REFUGE, are they not now REFUGEES?)
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To: TaxPayer2000

LOL, still trying to compare Trump to the great Ronald Reagan, lame.


34 posted on 01/27/2016 7:01:15 AM PST by PROCON (Proud CRUZader!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

I think most people think if Trump wins in Iowa and New Hampshire he has this thing sewed up fairly quickly...


35 posted on 01/27/2016 7:01:20 AM PST by SPRINK
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To: TaxPayer2000

I don’t think he skipped because somebody made a boo-boo on his feelings.


36 posted on 01/27/2016 7:01:57 AM PST by texas_mrs
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To: tlozo

It was a stupid move on Reagan’s part to skip the Iowa debate. He was able to recover, by winning decisively the next debate.


No worries for Trump then. There are 6 more debates scheduled.


37 posted on 01/27/2016 7:02:01 AM PST by lodi90 (TRUMP Force 1 lifting off)
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To: House Atreides

Stuff it troll.


38 posted on 01/27/2016 7:02:03 AM PST by mkjessup (Sarah Palin says "GO TRUMP GO!!!!")
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To: noexcuses

So historically no matter how great a candidate may be, if he skips the last debate before the Iowa caucus he will lose the Iowa caucus.

Did Reagan win any caucuses or primaries that occurred immediately after he skipped a debate?


39 posted on 01/27/2016 7:02:11 AM PST by Bubba_Leroy (The Obamanation Continues)
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To: TaxPayer2000

Did Reagan also have a hissy fit and do juvenile name-calling about a moderator?


40 posted on 01/27/2016 7:02:26 AM PST by Proud2BeRight
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