Posted on 02/15/2016 6:04:17 PM PST by Hojczyk
As Yogi Berra said, "It is deja all over again."
The 2016 campaign is becoming more and more reminiscent of the 1980 campaign when the establishment threw everything it had at Ronald Reagan. Reagan was characterized as a crackpot, b-grade movie actor whose foreign policy would cause World War III; his economic policies were "madness" and the tax cut proposal was "voodoo economics."
Trump is in the same situation as Reagan was in 1976 and throughout the 1980 campaign until the convention in Detroit. And then, inexplicably to some conservatives, Reagan decided to put George H. W. Bush on the ticket as his vice president instead of Kemp.
Thus the political elites, inclusive of the impudent snobs, were able to salvage what would have been a near catastrophic situation -- not having access and leverage on the presidency and the business of Washington.
Needless to say, politics is a very big business and, as the New York Times recently reported, Donald Trump is a nightmare for the political consulting business. The digital media buy alone for 2016 is estimated to be nearly $1 billion. Jeb Bush has paid one firm over $40 million for advertising through December. Additionally, $3 billion is spent annually to lobby Capitol Hill and the White House.
Donald Trump, like Ronald Reagan, has interjected a positive dynamic into the U.S. political lexicon -- an anti-political correctness that resonates with voters. It is healthy for our country and severely needed within the Republican Party.
Americans are embracing Trump's vison of making America great again, just as they embraced Reagan's vision of America as that shinning city on the hill. Trump is very much a disciple of Ronald Reagan, contrary to what the impudent snobs say.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Trump was a big supporter of George Bush #41.
http://www.angrypatriotmovement.com/trump-1988-interview/
Jo, it may be too late, but I recommend that you brush up on your critical thinking skills.
trump doesn’t even know what a Conservative is meanwhile Reagan was a fierce advocate for Conservativism for decades.
To tell the truth, I am laughing at all this “Who’s the most Reaganequse” guy running.
This is not the 1980’s.
New POTUS faces totally different set of challenges.
I know that people use it as a compliment or to degrade (if not like Reagan)
But this kind of discussion isn’t influencing my choice at all. And its getting rather old.
Reagan had a proven conservative record. It started with fighting communists while in Hollywood; and was solidified and grew while governor.
Trump has; nothing.
And he (Reagan) was a solid Goldwater supporter.
I am surprised that Mama Sheehan and Valarie Plame aren’t being trotted out at his campaign events...
Yeah I am sure Trump won’t have any problem spending taxpayer money... I mean that’s what he does...
As far as I’m concerned Cruz is the closest thing we have to Reagan these days that is running for President.
haha, ok OJ 4 years from now please come down here and show me where that wall is.
IT WILL NEVER HAPPEN. WAKE THE F UP
Reagan was right in 1980. Any serious comparison to Trump proves that someone else was right in those days:
DEVO
These two idiots should find different work.
Republicans for Choice were set up expressly to get rid of the pro-life plank in the Republican platform. They did not succeed.
So, not only is Trump a low-life, he hires people who have been known in the past to have actively worked against our core values.
The Donald is no Ronald Reagan.
ROGER STONE /
It seems like I heard that name before
According to Trump he is. According to Trump, RR was a life long democrat, who became somewhat conservative, but not too much. He proclaimed this to Hannity a couple weeks ago...Sean didn’t challenge him on that, go figure.
Trump has specialized in building walls for 40 years, mock it all you want, but this wall is going to be (physically) the easiest wall he has ever erected.
Everyone says Trump has no record, well, building walls is one of the things he has a long and consistent record of.
Oh, and BTW, no need to wait 4 years, 2 years from now there will be a substantial wall.
You are right, Trump has not demonstrated the same character as Reagan.
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