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Obama says today's GOP would reject Ronald Reagan
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| April 2, 2012
| KEN THOMAS
Posted on 04/03/2012 2:16:14 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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The donkey speaks.
To: ConservativeStatement
Didn’t everyone also say in 1979 that Reagan couldn’t win the nomination?
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:18:29 PM PDT
by
FoxInSocks
("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
To: ConservativeStatement
He’s wrong about why but he’s right.
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:18:29 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)
To: ConservativeStatement
“Think about that. Ronald Reagan, who as I recall was not accused of being a tax-and-spend socialist, understood repeatedly that when the deficit started to get out of control that for him to make a deal he would have to propose both spending cuts and tax increases,” Obama said. “He did it multiple times. He could not get through a Republican primary today.”
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:23:27 PM PDT
by
Responsibility2nd
(NO LIBS. This Means Liberals and (L)libertarians! Same Thing. NO LIBS!!)
To: ConservativeStatement
The East Coast country club, executive type of GOP establishment didn’t like Reagan back in the day and we are going to get stuck with their pick of Romney. Sad......
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:26:51 PM PDT
by
CORedneck
To: ConservativeStatement
This affirmative action poster-boy is not fit to speak Reagan's name, much less pontificate upon his political philosophy. Ronald Reagan was a great man and a great American, a true man of the people.
This gigantic bag of crap is neither. He is a Communist usurper and a charlatan.
FUBO
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:27:44 PM PDT
by
liberty_lvr
(Drill Gaia like a 3 am prom date)
To: cripplecreek
Hes wrong about why but hes right.
You are correct! Reagan said (and I am paraphrasing) "I didn't leave the Democrat party; the party left me."
Obama is correct that the GOP would reject Reagan today. And Reagan would be SCREAMING: "I didn't leave the Democrat or Republican parties; THEY left me!"
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:29:40 PM PDT
by
ExTxMarine
(PRAYER: It's the only HOPE for real CHANGE in America!)
To: ExTxMarine
Reagan would have been at the Tea Party rallies. No doubt.
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:31:47 PM PDT
by
ilgipper
To: ConservativeStatement
The donkey speaks the truth by accident. Reagan would not win GOP nomination with present day idiots. This is not your father’s GOP for sure!
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:35:04 PM PDT
by
New Jersey Realist
(America: home of the free because of the brave)
To: ConservativeStatement
Dumbass.
You do not speak for the GOP or many Americans for that matter.
And you would not make a pimple on Ronald Reagan’s ass so STFU
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:37:36 PM PDT
by
SECURE AMERICA
(Where can I sign up for the New American Revolution and the Crusades 2012?)
To: ConservativeStatement
Wow, he's even more desperate than I had previously imagined.
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:38:16 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: Responsibility2nd
I remember well. He had Rat Speaker Tip O’Neill telling him that EVERY budget he submitted was dead-on-arrival in the House. Reagan raised taxes because he was forced to to deal with the Rats. And back then, most of the Rats actually wanted America to succeed and stay strong. I do not believe that is true today.
I totally disagree that Reagan would not survive a Republican primary today, although I admit the establishment Pubbies have been very successful at front-loading their loser RINOs since Reagan. But Reagan was the best communicator in my lifetime, and I think he had the ability to cut through the noise and make his case. Though now the MSM is also a far more malicious advocate for the left, Reagan had a way about him that put them in their place. Don’t forget his “I paid for this mic” moment. Awesome!!
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:40:54 PM PDT
by
RatRipper
(I'll ride a turtle to work every day before I buy anything from Government Motors.)
To: ConservativeStatement
Obama is a moron.
We learned in the Reagan wera that Democrats cannot be trusted. We learned we cannot make deals with them. We learned that they do not negotiate in good faith.
etc etc
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:41:37 PM PDT
by
GeronL
(The Right to Life came before the Right to Pursue Happiness)
To: ConservativeStatement
Well, if Ronald Reagan were here, you damn sure wouldn’t be.
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:47:49 PM PDT
by
freekitty
(Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
To: cripplecreek
“Hes wrong about why but hes right.”
I agree.
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:50:49 PM PDT
by
Slambat
(The right to keep and bear arms. Anything one man can carry, drive or pull.)
To: ConservativeStatement
President Reagan is probably spinning in his grave now.
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posted on
04/03/2012 2:53:07 PM PDT
by
Twinkie
(John 3:16)
To: ConservativeStatement
LOL. They tried to reject him in 1980. They did reject him in 1976. They did their best to undermine him during his administration. The republican party establishment never liked Reagan until he was out of power. Then it was “Me and Ronnie won the cold war together.”
The current R establishment would die a thousand deaths were Reagan running again.
To: ConservativeStatement
That’s OK, today’s demwits would reject JFK.
To: All
...and the GOP response...
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posted on
04/03/2012 3:22:44 PM PDT
by
j_k_l
To: ConservativeStatement
So, Obama’s taking notes from the pro-Romney crowd here on FR?
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posted on
04/03/2012 3:24:25 PM PDT
by
arderkrag
("WAAHH WAAAHHH SCOTUS" is no excuse to vote for Romney. LOOKING FOR ROLEPLAYERS. Check Profile.)
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