To: Mase
I remember Ronald Reagan being of the "lunatic fringe" for opposing detente favored by the establishment GOP. James A. Baker III stated "Governor Reagan could not start a nuclear war, President Reagan can." Fortunately the voters rejected the lunatic fringe candidate and detente lead to peaceful coexistence with the USSR. Oops, wait, the voters, they elected the "lunatic fringe" candidate, but he started a nuclear war. Oops, no, the RINO's convinced him to sell out the people who voted for him and adopt detente, and there was peace with the Soviet Union. Oh wait, he ignored the GOP establishment, rearmed America and the USSR went into the ash bin of history.
Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1911-2004, lunatic fringe, requiescit in pace.
332 posted on
08/11/2005 7:00:21 PM PDT by
fallujah-nuker
(Atque ubi solitudinem faciunt, pacem appelant)
To: fallujah-nuker
I remember Ronald Reagan being of the "lunatic fringe" for opposing detente favored by the establishment GOP He may have been called lunatic fringe by those who feared his candidacy but he most certainly was not a member of the lunatic fringe. The fringe would never get elected governor of California or win the republican primary in 1980. Despite the RINO's, Reagan had enough support among the party to win the primary and become president.
This is a big difference from Pat Buchanan who couldn't get more than 0.005% of the vote in 2000 and wouldn't do any better now.
334 posted on
08/11/2005 7:32:47 PM PDT by
Mase
To: fallujah-nuker; kattracks; ALOHA RONNIE; maui_hawaii; Jeff Head; Travis McGee; Alamo-Girl
I remember Ronald Reagan being of the "lunatic fringe" for opposing detente favored by the establishment GOP. James A. Baker III stated "Governor Reagan could not start a nuclear war, President Reagan can." Fortunately the voters rejected the lunatic fringe candidate and detente lead to peaceful coexistence with the USSR. Oops, wait, the voters, they elected the "lunatic fringe" candidate, but he started a nuclear war. Oops, no, the RINO's convinced him to sell out the people who voted for him and adopt detente, and there was peace with the Soviet Union. Oh wait, he ignored the GOP establishment, rearmed America and the USSR went into the ash bin of history. Ronald Wilson Reagan, 1911-2004, lunatic fringe, requiescit in pace.
EAGLE'S UP!!
421 posted on
08/13/2005 7:42:22 AM PDT by
Paul Ross
(Definition of strict constructionist: someone who DOESN'T hallucinate when reading the Constitution)
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