Michael Reagan's Statement on the Cunningham Flap

http://www.reagan.com/ ^ | 02/28/2008 | Michael Reagan

[libbylu]

Would someone please tell Michael Reagan this..... THE REPUBLICAN PARTY HAS LEFT ME, JUST AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY LEFT RONALD REAGAN!!!!!! Michael can say his father would have supported McCain as much as he wants. Fact is, I believe we have been left by the republicans, and I am a republican no more.

[WOSG]

“Conservatives didn’t exist during the New Deal. “

Not true. Understandable since liberal history books whitewash it, but they were fighting the rising tide of socialism:

http://www.redstate.com/stories/miscellanea/earning_the_true_conservative_vote

In 1937, “US Senator Josiah Bailey of North Carolina was concerned that President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his New Deal programs were leading America and North Carolina down the road to collectivism. Although he did not oppose every attempt at government intervention, Senator Bailey believed that limitations should be placed on government growth.” He is credited with being part of a group that drafted the Conservative Manifesto which offered 10 “practical solutions” for the problems of the times:

1. Immediate revision of taxes on capital gains and undistributed profits in order to free investment funds.
2. Reduced expenditures to achieve a balanced budget, and thus, to still fears deterring business expansion.
3. An end to coercion and violence in relations between capital and labor.
4. Opposition to “unnecessary” government competition with private enterprise.
5. Recognition that private investment and enterprise require a reasonable profit.
6. Safeguarding the collateral upon which credit rests.
7. Reduction of taxes, or if this proved impossible at the moment, firm assurance of no further increases.
8. Maintenance of state rights, home rule, and local self-government, except where proved definitely inadequate.
9. Economical and non-political relief to unemployed with maximum local responsibility.
10. Reliance upon the American form of government and the American system of enterprise.

[AlternateEgo]

“I believe we have been left by the republicans, and I am a republican no more.”
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Yea, yea, yea. We’ve heard it already. Let us know what political party you start. There are millions of us who can’t wait to join the Libbylu party.

Sarcasm off. Stop the vanity crap and stop your bellyaching. You sound like a spoiled child that if you can’t have your way you’re going to take your toys and leave. How about acting like a grown-up and recognizing that although you may not like your choices, you do have a choice.

[The Ghost of FReepers Past]

It wasn’t a debate. The guy was warming up the crowd at a political rally. The difference is huge. Lighten up.

[biss5577]

“Sarcasm off. Stop the vanity crap and stop your bellyaching. You sound like a spoiled child that if you can’t have your way you’re going to take your toys and leave. How about acting like a grown-up and recognizing that although you may not like your choices, you do have a choice.”

Best reply yet—my sentiments exactly.

[Defiant]

Philosophical conservatism in the form created by Buckley did not exist, except in the writings of a few intellectuals and a very few politicians. Conservatism from the 1930s to WW2 involved isolationism internationally and had not yet developed a response to cultural Marxism. After WW2, conservatism evolved to include anti-communism and cultural concerns, but it was not enunciated as part of a movement and a coherent set of beliefs that would qualify as a philosophy.

There may have been individuals who espoused all the elements that came together in Buckley and then Goldwater, but if so, they were so few that they were mere oddities and crackpots in a sea of liberals on the Dem side and country clubbers on the GOP side.

[pepperhead]

Cunningham is a blow hard Cincinnati radio talk show host.

Sadly he is more than just a Cincinnati radio host. He took over Matt Drudge's Sunday night slot many months ago. Now the rest of the US gets the blow hard for at least one night a week. That being said I could care less about Cunningham using Barack Hussein Obama, Jr. whole name.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"Go ahead, refuse to vote for Mcain and prove your point....if you point is to leave our soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan dangling in the wind as Obama throws in the towel."

Last poll I saw regarding the fine members of our military showed McCain getting around 51% support. My younger brother, a member of the military stationed remotely, claims that very few of the people he knows are McCain supporters. When I asked him about that in some detail, he said that they serve this country to ensure that we have the freedom to vote our hearts and minds.

The military is certainly not trying to use the troops to bully a vote for McCain. Question is: why are you?

[AlternateEgo]

“Last poll I saw regarding the fine members of our military showed McCain getting around 51% support.”
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You left out a few important details about the poll. How many other Republicans candidates were also available to choose from? If you’re suggesting that McCain would only get 51% support from our military in a head-to-head against Hillary or Obama, I would find that hard to believe. Perhaps you could find this poll you say you saw and provide a link for us?

[JustaDumbBlonde]

I didn't purposely leave out anything. If I had remembered every detail about the poll, I would have posted what I remembered. My lack of memory on the poll certainly does not change what my brother related to me.

Rather than change the focus, why don't you answer the question that I asked you? Why are you using the troops to bully votes for McCain? I don't like seeing the troops getting used by anybody, you included.

[JustaDumbBlonde]

Come to think of it, the poll was between Huckabee and McCain. Since McCain is the presumptive nominee, I found it interesting that he was only pulling 51% support. I don’t remember any further details.

[boop]

I find it really hard to believe that the military would support the democrats too. Why would they vote for someone who thinks that all they do is kill kids and rape women in a manner reminiscent of “Jengis Khan”?

[AlternateEgo]

“Rather than change the focus, why don’t you answer the question that I asked you? “
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Well, JustaDumbBlonde, if you check you’ll see that you asked the question of TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig, not of me.

As for what your brother related to you, that is known as anecdotal evidence. It’s not very persuasive. For example, if I said all of the members of the military that I spoke to are supporting John McCain, would you find that very persuasive?

[JustaDumbBlonde]

"Well, JustaDumbBlonde, if you check you’ll see that you asked the question of TheErnFormerlyKnownAsBig, not of me."

My error and I apologize.

[Defiant]

We know that very few papers would ever print anything that discusses Obama’s background, even if it is true. It is not censorship, they are liberal rags and we are free to start our own papers. That we don’t and therefore are subject to a liberal press is as much a fact of life as the fact that the GOP primary system is set up to nominate liberals. Neither is a conspiracy, they are just the way things evolved over a long period of time, and those in power don’t want it to change.

[skinkinthegrass]

We are still talking about it because McCain was McCain, nasty to Republicans and a hyper-sensitive coddler to liberals.....thats' so true.

[sig226]

May I have the honor of presenting you with the Internet Grammar Award for numeric agreement of subject and predicate?

I want to scream every time I see or hear the cliche, “If I were . . .” :)

[ReignOfError]

I rarely listen to the fellow. I think his meds are off this week.

I honestly don't see how anyone could possibly take Cunningham seriously now. He went from appearin in person at a McCain campaign rally to joining the Vote for Hillary "conservative" faction literally within 24 hours.

Why? McCain didn't change his position on any issue in those 24 hours. He didn't make a racist gaffe in those 24 hours. All that happened was that McCain repudiated Cunningham's comments, and Cuningham got his widdle feewings hurt. He's a petulant child throwing a tantrum.

[AlternateEgo]

“My error and I apologize.”
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Apology accepted. Once again, I’ve enjoyed our ‘conversation’.

[ReignOfError]

If McCain was so unhappy he should have politely and privately made sure Cunningham was never again invited to speak at his rallys. But no. McCain must trumpet himself and stomp on the other guy (always a Republican).

"Politely and privately" wouldn't have cut it in this case. This was not Cunningham on his radio show - he was speaking at an official McCain campaign event, and his words are the words of the campaign until the campaign (or better, the candidate) knocks it down. Responding forcefully and immediately was the best move.

[Zuben Elgenubi]

You've got that right. He's having a child-like tantrum and showing everyone his reputation is bruised. Well Willy, McManiac, Obomination and the Hildabeast are all members of the Senate. The Club of 100. These blow hards stick together.