“At the time, Reagan’s support of Ford was not a major political historical event.”
That huge political drama was taking place and making history.
A third place candidate endorsing the front runner in February during this primary should not involve bringing up Ronald Reagan’s history making struggle in 1976.
You read the threads, you know how for some reason anything that Romney does, seems to require a connecting of his name with Reagan’s in a way that always tries to shrink Reagan.
That is what is happening now about the endorsement, why you keep pushing it is beyond me, but it is the way that the Romney campaign has willed it and how his supporters play it.
I simply made an observation earlier in the thread. It is an accurate observation and conforms to the reasoning I already gave you...which has nothing to do with comparing Romney to Reagan as men or on the issues per sey, rather simply points to the concept which both Reagain and Romney (and many others) have engaged in...and it is a valid concept, and is a valid statement.
I expect Huckabee will engage in it too. That does not mean any of them adopt McCain's bad positions or that they agree with him on them...I am sure they will fight those positions if he wins. It does mean that they recognize and support whatever good positions he has in an effort to keep from losing those positions as well in the event of an Obama or Hillary victory.
That's all...and I know many people will not agree to voting for McCain on that basis...and I undertsand very well the reasoning. Given whaat he has done, voting forMcCain will be disgusting. But seeing Hillary or Obama in the White House will be beyond disgusting.