Posted on 06/09/2023 6:27:10 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA
Win one as the Gipper? Good luck with that.
This week the Republican field for the presidency took near-final form, and it became clear that among Donald Trump’s suddenly expanded number of rivals, some are modeling themselves to varying degrees on that other former president, Ronald Reagan. That strategy is a way of breaking, if only implicitly, with Trump and Trumpism: going back to the future by invoking the most beloved of modern presidents among Republicans.
Of all the announced candidates, none is more overt about embracing Reagan over Trump than Trump’s once-obsequious vice president, Mike Pence. At 64, Pence is among the older Trump challengers in the bunch, old enough for Reagan to have been a formative influence for him in real time — as Pence recounted in his presidential announcement in Iowa on Wednesday
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
I stopped reading at “LA Times”
This is amusing.
Reagan, the guy who worked with Tip O’Neil to get stuff done. The guy who never controlled Congress. The guy who engaged, not enraged.
Either the people who wrote this article are being intentionally disingenuous or they were not alive during the Reagan administration.
The GOP is not dying. It’s not going anywhere. A part of the party may splinter off, but that happens often in politics.
Who is the Jacka$$?
Pence is 19 years YOUNGER than I.
AT 19, I knew more about life than Pence does.
“Lord Benston, the Senator from Texaco.” :)
“”Reagan said he felt like he shook the hand of the president, when he shook hands with Trump.””
Nonsense, that never happened, it is a fake quote.
Partisans of one party are the least accurate observers of what is happening within another party, and no one can tell anyone that an opinion writer for the L.A. Times is NOT a Dim partisan.
Trump modeled his presidency on Reagan’s. Peace through strength.
I guess it depends upon
“What is great again”?
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Running for office can be a great way of “legally” collecting your payoffs.
When you see someone running a campaign that you know clearly has no way to win .... look at where he is getting his $$
Like “book” deals and “speaking”fees a great way to legally wash the money for your crimes.
Didn’t think of that but you’re right. We all need to follow the money on in this election.
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