Reagan was never the conservative by todays standards and would be called a RINO by you folks today, if you had not elevated him to the father of conservatism.
He was a great Republican, he was the Republican mentor but your brand of conservatism was not shared by him, as his many critics screamed for eight long years.
There were times that I thought the party had gone mad. I did not realize that they were only beginning to go mad.
The bottom of the cliff is not far off for you......I'll be sitting in the bleachers watching and pointing the finger where it belongs. Look and I will be there, but you will have to look up.
Reagan, while not a fundamentalist on social issues, was nevertheless a social conservative (he was against abortion, for the death penalty, against gun control, etc.).
His record as president is mixed, but to claim that he was not as a conservative, or that he was a moderate, is absurd.
All of the candidates we have today, save one, are probably acceptable to enough conservatives to be elected. Can you guess which one isn't?
BTW, I’m curious. Just what kind of “folk” (”you folks”) am I?
As far as your post here, sorry, but no cigar. Reagan Conservatism is pretty much the same as it has always been. We have moved it forward in word and deed and keepers of the ideal such as Rush Limbaugh and others have helped publicly keep it alive.
Seeing as you support Mitt and there is a drive to try and wrap him in Reagan’s mantle I can understand your attempt to revise things.
I do thank you for the laugh in return though.