Posted on 09/30/2024 6:50:00 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
In his first-ever bid for political office, former actor Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California in 1966, defeating two-term incumbent Gov. Pat Brown in a landslide. There was good reason for Democrats to fear that a radical right-winger had taken control of what even then was the nation’s most populous state.
The onetime New Deal Democrat had become a very conservative Republican who often echoed the conspiratorial complaints of the John Birch Society. He regularly warned that social welfare legislation such as Medicare and Medicaid (“socialized medicine” to Reagan) and civil rights laws were going to lead to the total extinction of freedom in America. In his famous 1964 “time for choosing” speech delivered on behalf of Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater, Reagan complained that Democratic leaders were “taking the party of Jefferson, Jackson and Cleveland down the road under the banners of Marx, Lenin and Stalin.”
Yet, once in Sacramento, Reagan upended radical expectations — as he would later do as president — by showing that he had a hidden streak of pragmatism. He governed much more moderately than he campaigned, and than most of today’s deep-blue Californians might believe. His pragmatism, not ideology, set him on the path to a historic presidency.
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STFU Boot.
The left hates Reagan because he showed America that the only good government is limited government — and the left LOVES government.
To the Left, there is no such thing as too much government control. As long as they are controlling government.
The real story here is not how much California Dems hated Reagan, it is how much Max Boot hates Trump.
It’s much easier to be pragmatic when the other side is willing to work with you.
Nowadays, Democrats dismiss GOP initiatives out of hand. They refuse to consider any type of legislation that might be beneficial to the Republican party.
The left hates Reagan because he showed America that the only good government is limited government — and the left LOVES government.
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It is obvious nothing has changed in all these years. The Left demonized Reagan as they now are demonizing Trump.
Boot is an useful idiot.
They called Reagan a fascist too. Nothing is actually new but he plays along with the memory hole of information.
How would you rate Reagans time as Governor?
He slowed down the leftward slide a tiny bit. That’s the best we can say.
Idiots for sure.
“He regularly warned that social welfare legislation such as Medicare and Medicaid (“socialized medicine” to Reagan) and civil rights laws were going to lead to the total extinction of freedom in America.”
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So tell us, Mr. Genius, what have welfare incentives done to the US labor force (at least those not so lucky to get a government job)? Also, what effect have Woke “civil rights” laws (along with the accompanying anti-discrimination litigation) had on the 1st Amendment (specifically regarding political speech)?
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