To: entropy12; xzins; wmfights
But we are proud for Ronald Reagan to get democrat votes? Reagan democrats good, Cochran democrats bad?When Reagan ran all the primaries were closed. Only registered republicans could vote in primaries for the republican nomination. They have opened up the primaries so that guys like Cochran can betray the conservatives by getting liberal democrats to cross the line to bring him over the top.
Plus the democrats that voted for Reagan were really conservatives who were sick and tired of the likes of Jimmy Carter.
The democrats who voted for Cochran were told by Cochran that McDaniel was a racist.
This is NOT forgivable!
To Hell with Cochran. Literally!
63 posted on
06/25/2014 9:19:34 AM PDT by
P-Marlowe
(There can be no Victory without a fight and no battle without wounds)
To: P-Marlowe; entropy12; wmfights
I was a Reagan democrat who had supported Jimmy Carter in the previous election. I was young, and still establishing my identity as a voter, and I had supported, although not voted for Richard Nixon in the previous election to Carter. (Hadn’t voted because I was overseas and overseas ballot was a pain to a 19 year old me.)
What is different? Reagan didn’t paint Ford or any of his opponents as just recently returned from a KKK meeting the way they did to Chris McDaniels.
79 posted on
06/25/2014 9:29:24 AM PDT by
xzins
( Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Those who truly support our troops pray for victory!)
To: P-Marlowe
When Reagan ran all the primaries were closed. Only registered republicans could vote in primaries for the republican nomination.
Not true. MANY states don't even have formal party registration, so it would be impossible to have a closed ballot except maybe in the form of a caucus. Reagan DID get a lot of crossover votes in '76, and the Ford people complained about it. The Reagan people pointed out that the same people who complained that Reagan wasn't electable in the general were now complaining that too many Democrats and Independents were voting for Reagan in the primary.
90 posted on
06/25/2014 9:35:21 AM PDT by
Dr. Sivana
("If you're litigating against nuns, you've probably done something wrong."-Ted Cruz)
To: P-Marlowe
The democrats who voted for Cochran were told by Cochran that McDaniel was a racist. This is NOT forgivable!
To Hell with Cochran. Literally!
Excellent post. The utter evil that Barbour and the GOPe unleashed is truly unforgivable.
I am still in shock over just how truly evil is ALL in the GOPe. They truly HATE Conservatives and the Tea Party more than anything.
136 posted on
06/25/2014 10:11:29 AM PDT by
sand88
(We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
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