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TRUMP AND THE REAGAN-BUSH DIVIDE
The American Spectator ^ | August 8, 2015 | Jeffrey Lord

Posted on 08/08/2015 7:40:09 AM PDT by Hojczyk

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1 posted on 08/08/2015 7:40:09 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Hojczyk

His was posted a few days ago…To me it must be Trump or Cruz…Walker third…

http://spectator.org/articles/63706/trump-and-reagan-bush-divide


2 posted on 08/08/2015 7:42:19 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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The famous 76 speech where he coined the phrase:

http://video.foxnews.com/v/4518663/reagans-1976-republican-convention-speech/?#sp=show-clips

My gosh. This man ...was...a genius.


3 posted on 08/08/2015 7:45:44 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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Bush 1 really screwed the pooch IMHO. If he kept President Reagan’s smaller government momentum going, we would not be where we are now.


4 posted on 08/08/2015 7:45:53 AM PDT by wjcsux ("In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." - George Orwell)
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To: ConservativeDude

I implore everyone to watch that video.

Remember...this is Reagan speaking, off the cuff, with only a few minutes warning, and after narrowly losing the nomination to President Ford.

There is so much to say about this, not the least of which is that he told the world what he was going to do as President, which would of course begin in just four years.

This man...what an incredible specimen of all that is great about America.


5 posted on 08/08/2015 7:53:29 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: Hojczyk

It is interesting that the GOPe has been dominated by the Bush Family since before Reagan was elected. Reagan had to choose Bush as a running mate in order to appease the GOPe and keep them from rebelling against his candidacy. When Reagan’s term expired, George HW Bush took the country on a hard left turn and it has been traveling that road ever since.

GWB pretended to be a conservative, but in the end he was as liberal as Bill Clinton.

Here we are 30 years later and the Bushes are still pushing the GOP to the left and selling out the nation to corporatists and illegal aliens.

We need another Reagan. Someone willing to stand up to the GOPe.

Only one man raised his hand when asked if he would not rule out a third party if he didn’t like the GOPe nominee.

Reagan ran against a sitting GOPe President. They never forgave him for that. His own party worked against him at every turn. But he was successful because he was relentless in his determination to make America Great.


6 posted on 08/08/2015 7:54:49 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God)
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To: wjcsux

He tossed the revolution the first day…We are now living the Hunger Games…

It is the youth that have to revolt…but there happy living at home??????????


7 posted on 08/08/2015 7:57:11 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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The GOP is a wholly owned subsidiary of The Cheap Labor Express.

GOP voters have only been offered amnesty candidates since the last amnesty.

¡Yeb! is the worst one yet.


8 posted on 08/08/2015 7:57:49 AM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: P-Marlowe

I disagree with some of the things Bush I did but he was not as liberal of Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton would have never put a Thomas on SCOTUS.


9 posted on 08/08/2015 7:58:23 AM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushesh)
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To: P-Marlowe

not to belabor the point...but check out that video of Reagan in 76. What does he do? Yes, he acknowledges the greatness of the Republican platform, but he also addresses the millions of democrats and independents who were willing to rally to the cause as he defined it.

For Reagan...it was never about the GOP. It was about America, and American values. Yes, we know the 11th commandment, and that has its place. But we also know that he ran against a sitting incumbent GOPe President in teh primary...and nearly won.


10 posted on 08/08/2015 7:59:19 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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I disagree with some of the things Bush I did but he was not as liberal of Bill Clinton. Bill Clinton would have never put a Thomas on SCOTUS.

GHWB gave us Souter. GWB gave us John Roberts. So what is the difference?

11 posted on 08/08/2015 8:01:35 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God)
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True, but then again Reagan gave us Sandra Dee and Kennedy.


12 posted on 08/08/2015 8:03:02 AM PDT by Perdogg (I'm on a no Carb diet- NO Christie Ayotte Romney or Bush - stay outta da Bushesh)
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To: Hojczyk

Why would you say Trump or Cruz. You’ve chosen a liberal and a conservative. I don’t get it.


13 posted on 08/08/2015 8:08:19 AM PDT by exnavy (Common sense seems to be uncommon these days.)
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Trump will be good on immigration and the economy…without these fixed nothing matters…I would vote for either…the rest probably stay home..Walker maybe…DC needs to be torn down… like after WW II….


14 posted on 08/08/2015 8:14:10 AM PDT by Hojczyk
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To: Perdogg
True, but then again Reagan gave us Sandra Dee and Kennedy.

Reagan wasn't perfect. He got bad intel.

15 posted on 08/08/2015 8:14:33 AM PDT by P-Marlowe (Resistance to Tyrants is obedience to God)
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To: Hojczyk

Reagan was, is, genuinely loved, and respected, as a person. Not as a politician. Unlike b.o., who lied every step of the way to get what he wanted.


16 posted on 08/08/2015 8:17:08 AM PDT by Leep (Still living in what remains of 'God's Country'.)
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Ok I personally prefer a president good on the constitution, without that, it is all crap.


17 posted on 08/08/2015 8:18:30 AM PDT by exnavy (Common sense seems to be uncommon these days.)
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There is nothing in common between Reagan and Trump. Jeff Lord, generally an impressive writer, is off his path with such nonsense.

(1) Reagan never advocated for socialized medicine
(2) Reagan never accuse a female of bleeding from wherever
(3) Regan was never a NYC crony capitalist
(4) Reagan would never have gone on Twitter rage rants

And there are so many more difference


18 posted on 08/08/2015 8:21:31 AM PDT by MN_Mike (Let's get it right)
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Not to defend Trump but McConnell was suppose to be conservative but then blocked any effort to defund planned parenthood.

I’m not sure about Trump. He’s no Reagan that is for sure but arguments made against him, (he’s not a conservative), can’t really hold water when compared to the supposed conservative politicians what were sent to congress, then turned around and nearly gave Obama everything he wanted.


19 posted on 08/08/2015 8:22:35 AM PDT by dragonblustar (Philippians 2:10)
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Don’t forget ISIS, or terrorists in general.


20 posted on 08/08/2015 8:25:54 AM PDT by Balding_Eagle (The Great Wall of Trump ---- 100% sealing of the border. Coming soon.)
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