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www.newkerala.com/news/world/fullnews-140631.htmlWashington, Feb 5 : Ronald Reagan was the political face of the 1980s, but the Republican leader, who served two terms as US president during that decade, was both an idol of conservatives and a foe of liberals. MORE..
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 12:35:39 GMT -5
Sarah Palin speaks at Reagan celebration.... I know you guys love Sarah. www.reuters.com/article/2011/02/05/usa-palin-idUSN0510429720110205His legacy gained new momentum in the last year with the growth of the conservative grassroots Tea Party movement, which has focused on a push for limited government and reduced government spending. Like virtually all Republican Party leaders, Palin and many of the other possible Republican candidates to unseat Obama go to great lengths to stress their belief in Reagan's principle. But Palin said the Republican search for the next Reagan would never be successful. "He was one of a kind," she said. Palin focused in particular on a Reagan speech during conservative Barry Goldwater's losing 1964 presidential campaign, titled "A Time for Choosing." |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 12:57:55 GMT -5
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
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I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves.
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How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.
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Ronald Reagan Speech - 1964 Republican National Convention
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Post by SweetVirginia on Feb 6, 2011 13:40:58 GMT -5
I find it fascinating how the right wing idolizes Reagan and holds him as the standard that should be met by all Republicans or "conservatives," yet I think Reagan would be considered a "RINO" in today's right winged world.
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Feb 6, 2011 13:54:04 GMT -5
"Facts are stupid things". (at the 1988 Republican convention)
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 13:57:05 GMT -5
Hi, sweet. Nice to see you. I disagree, though, and so do many others. il.youtube.com/watch?v=EXNz9iCwERk&feature=relatedMark Levin reacts to Charlie Crist calling Reagan a RINO Of course-- Marco Rubio, the Tea Party favorite candidate, and supporter of Reagan ideals, won this battle. GO, Marco!!! I can't wait to vote for Rubio for POTUS some day!! |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 14:01:04 GMT -5
LOL!!!!!!!!! To really appreciate the love "progressives" have for all ideas you HAVE to read the comments on that video!! Language, language-- and death wishes, too!! LOLOL!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Post by SweetVirginia on Feb 6, 2011 14:13:37 GMT -5
Hi, sweet. Nice to see you. I disagree, though, and so do many others. il.youtube.com/watch?v=EXNz9iCwERk&feature=relatedMark Levin reacts to Charlie Crist calling Reagan a RINO Of course-- Marco Rubio, the Tea Party favorite candidate, and supporter of Reagan ideals, won this battle. GO, Marco!!! I can't wait to vote for Rubio for POTUS some day!! Hi krickitt! Nice to see you too. I know we dont agree on this issue. I just look at how Reagan increased the debt, raised taxes several times (though he did sign an income tax cut as well.) he nominated some seemingly " left of center" minded judges, and he signed an Amnesty bill that granted millions of illegal aliens legal status. It just seems to me that in today's right winged standard, Reagan would be one of those candidates who would be considered a RINO, especially by tea partiers. |
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Post by safeharbor37 on Feb 6, 2011 14:16:23 GMT -5
There's a lot of truth in that. I think that people "idolize" Reagan more for what kind of person he was than for his political agenda. He was actually a New Deal Democrat who found that his party had left him along with its principles. He did set some goals with which "conservatives" agreed although he was only partially successful in achieving them.
He seemed reasonable about most things and was able to work with those with whom he disagreed without malice or unnecessary conflict. It is telling that Obama is studying the Reagan legacy in hopes of emulating his achievement. Remember how the MSM complained that he was going to destroy the "detente" that previous Presidents had achieved with the Soviet Union ~ and how his policies ended the "Cold War."
Like "Scoop" Jackson, Everett Dirkson, "Tip" O'Neal, etc., Reagan was from an era when our leaders could put aside personal and political interests for the greater good. Maybe we should consider Obama's attitude toward the "Gipper" and be enlightened.
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Post by SweetVirginia on Feb 6, 2011 14:23:49 GMT -5
Hi, sweet. Nice to see you. I disagree, though, and so do many others. il.youtube.com/watch?v=EXNz9iCwERk&feature=relatedMark Levin reacts to Charlie Crist calling Reagan a RINO Of course-- Marco Rubio, the Tea Party favorite candidate, and supporter of Reagan ideals, won this battle. GO, Marco!!! I can't wait to vote for Rubio for POTUS some day!! Didnt Rubio waiver on his position on SB 1070 krickitt? He didn't exactly embrace the law and this is such an important issue for you and me. If he runs for pres someday, I am predicting that you will see him try to walk a fine line when it comes to amnesty because he is Cuban. He will try to appeal to the "Latino community," by saying that we need to "secure the border first, and then address the issue of illegals already here." Which is just code for "lets make the American people think we are getting tough on the border so that they will agree to give Amnesty to millions of illegals." That is what Reagan did, I suspect Rubio would do the same thing. |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 14:24:31 GMT -5
From what I hear all over the place the good he did outdoes the bad he did. Lots of Republicans these days are not conservatives, but the ones who claim to be conservative love Reagan. Looking at recent history, my lifetime, let's say, (and the lifetimes of the people that love Reagan) it's easy to see why. The same people I hear talk about Reagan also love MLK, by the way.
Who would you think is the Dem hero in your lifetime? Kennedy maybe? Heros can't be TOO current, have to have some sort of history, right, to compare them to.
Hope all is well over in CA. It's been SO cold here-- 20ish, which you know is very cold for this area. BRRRRRR!!!!! Probably not as cold where your parents live, though.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 14:48:54 GMT -5
Yes, Safe- I have heard some criticism lately about Obama being compared to Reagan. Well, maybe it is a good thing if Obama is trying to be more like Reagan.
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Post by SweetVirginia on Feb 6, 2011 14:57:41 GMT -5
krickitt, Rubio said he did not fully support SB 1070, but he understood why it was enacted. Im not sure, but I think he also opposes some Republicans' attempts to end birth right citizenship for children of illegal aliens. Also, I do know that his parents were here legally, but not in the same method that other legal immigrants come here. His parents were Cuban exiles who in a sense received amnesty. I have no problem with that at all, but I think if and when he runs for pres, the story behind his parents immigration to the U.S will be used against him by the pro amnesty people and he will find himself trying to walk a fine line, which may lead him to waffle on illegal immigration in order to appease the "Latino community." which is really just La Raza and other open border, pro illegal organizations. This is just my prediction. Hope for your sake, I am not right. Because I know how strongly you oppose illegal immigration/amnesty, and how much you really like Rubio and support him. It would be quite a disappointment. |
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Post by privateinvestor on Feb 6, 2011 14:58:36 GMT -5
" Whatever else history may say about me when I`m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty`s lamp guiding you... " President Ronald Reagan
"It is true that hard work never killed anyone but why take the chance" Governor Ronald Reagan.
"You may dislike Ronald Reagan's party politics but you can't have disliked the man " James Baker Former Secretary of State
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 15:09:22 GMT -5
Some good talks on the live streaming website I posted above.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 15:12:08 GMT -5
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Ronald Reagan - A Person Like Obama Has No Right Leading This Nation
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Post by Deleted on Feb 6, 2011 15:26:02 GMT -5
b2r-- THAT gave me chills!! It could be said right this minute, couldn't it?
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Ronald Reagan on Socialism & Liberalism
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Post by steff on Feb 6, 2011 15:55:48 GMT -5
Maybe Nancy's psychic can call up Ronnie and we can hear first hand what he thinks right now..... otherwise, it's all speculation that can easily be twisted to fit any agenda.....
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