Posted on 11/06/2008 3:27:18 PM PST by Bob Eimiller
Ronald Reagan is one of the greatest Presidents in history, but I now realize nobody is perfect. There is no way he could have foreseen or even imagined that his first and most important decision would sow the seeds of Marxism in America.
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Are you kidding?? Carter wasn’t a MARXIST.... Obama isn’t an incompetent socialist like Carter... Obama may be dangerous to our way of life.
Reagan destroyed the “seed” ...The Bushes reconstituted it.
I don’t believe that Colin Powell as Chairman of the Joint Chiefs was a mistake. SOS is another thing altogether.
I think the republican party lost conservatives when Trent Lott sold his soul to the devil and let Clinton off in the dead of night behind closed doors.
That’s when the republican party lost it’s soul.
Don’t you know who advised Reagan to pull out of Lebanon?? None other than JOHN MURTHA!!!!! Also, I have heard recently that McCain also advised him of that.....during the campaign, so don’y know if it’s true.
Don’t you know who advised Reagan to pull out of Lebanon?? None other than JOHN MURTHA!!!!! Also, I have heard recently that McCain also advised him of that.....during the campaign, so don’y know if it’s true.
We should be glad he never had a chance to vote on Heller:
"The Supreme Court has consistently ruled that there is no individual right to own a firearm. The Second Amendment was designed to allow states to defend themselves against a possibly tyrannical national government. Now that the federal government has stealth bombers and nuclear weapons, it is hard to imagine what people would need to keep in the garage to serve that purpose."
--Robert Bork, Slouching toward Gomorrah
I’ve been saying for years that picking Bush was the Gipper’s biggest mistake. But I would never say he sowed the seeds for Obama.
Yup. Bingo. Could’ve picked Kemp or another even better young conservative, instead he picked and old Tory.
dying while we still needed him? God Rest your soul, Beloved Ronnie.
Kinda before my time, just remember reading about it ... Murtha huh, figures ... and McCain???
I had bad feelings regarding McCain. Only reason I voted for him was Sarah .....
If you analyze it I believe the very heart and soul of conservatism is libertarianism.
The statement was made to a group of libertarians whom Ragan was hoping to draft into his presidential campaign. Luckily, Reagan lost to Ford the following year, and went on to refine his own political philosophy even further. Thus did the man who was once a democrat that sympathised with liberals, who as governor of California signed an abortion bill into law, follow the common transition that liberals make through libertarianism into liberalism. President Reagan expanded the federal war on drugs to the state we know it today. He sent American troops over seas, even when it was not vital to our national interest, he championed anti-pornography laws, and restrictions on abortion. Generally speaking, Ronald Reagan the president was a greater foe to the libertarians than any Democrat president in recent memory. And bear in mind, that when we talk about "Reagan Conservatives" here, we are only referring to President Reagan, as opposed to Democrat Ronald Reagan or earlier years. Like the rest of us, the man evolved over the years, be we conservatives only rever the Conservative giant that he eventually became.
With respect, I disagree. First, you asked for Reagan's biggest mistake, not Bush I; each was egregious. Second, Kennedy has done much, much more damage than Souter. While both have been on the wrong side of major decisions, it is often Kennedy who writes the decision - the "sweet mysteries of life" pablum from Casey, for example.
Ridiculous. If this is some attempt to further besmirch President Bush, then it’s near-sighted. Pres. Bush has accomplished some significant things, and he has made a few mistakes.
His successes have out-weighed his mistakes. His greatest mistake was in not defending himself. I’ll never understand that, and it contained the seeds that was responsible for McCain’s loss.
However, a real conservative could have overcome that in this election. Sen McCain was not able to overcome, because Sen McCain is not a real conservative.
Amnesty.
The Bush family are ideologically corrupt.
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