You’re wrong. Reagan was absolutely NOT the uber-conservative that he later became.
So sorry... And I’m not even all in favor of Romney... But your characterization is just unfair. I don’t know if he’ll make it to the general election or not... But Romney would be far better than Obama. I suspect that that’s what FR’s leadership actually wants: another Obama term. Well... I don’t. I will support any republican instead of Obama.
I think there are some conservatives that really do want another Obama term. The idea I suppose is that he’ll screw things up so bad that the nation will have no choice but to elect conservatives.
I think this is badly misguided. After another Obama term there may be nothing left to fix.
I was right when I said this “ Reagan was the right winger of his time, he would be much farther right now, since he would not be alone, living in a world totally run by the left.” Reagan became a formal endorser of Republican presidential candidates in 1952, he was there in 1956, and in 1960, formally changing parties in 1962.
Reagan became the greatest conservative leader, and then president, today Reagan would be much more conservative, he would be part of a giant movement with it’s own media, and with a much wider, powerful Republican party, rather than his having to operate in a totally democrat world. Reagan would have the tea party and Governor Palin, and most Governors, state houses, the Congress, and so on.
Romney is anti-conservative, voted against Reagan, campaigned as against Reagan, attacked republican senators as “Jesse Helms types”, Romney came out against Gingrich and the Contract with America.
Romney is of the left, he is anti-conservative.
I dont know if its even about conservatism, as much as it is about being in the cool kids clique.
If you say Mitt is a socialist, liberal, tyrant, fascist, commie, abortionist, pro-homo, northeastern RINO, then you will get a lot of people to come along and tell you how great and smart and true you are. Just throw the right labels at something and eliminate debate.
But if you say that in this one instance, Mitt did something good, you get called a Mitt supporter. Again, labels instead of debate.