i remember reading a note from someone who was around for the reagan/carter election. he said during the repub primary everyone laughed at reagan, belittled him, made derogatory assumptions about him and just in general tried to make him out as a nobody with no chance. this writer said that that was what made him 100% certain mr. reagan would not only win the primary but eventually be the next president. i see this same thing with sarah palin. they are trying so hard to destroy her, belittle her, and make her into a joke that it is obvious that they are absolutely terrified of the woman. if she runs against oblabo and his big government huge debt policies, the average american who lives with a budget and makes hard choices will be stacked up to vote for her. oblabo fails to pay mortgages, provide gas for cars, causes poor people to pay more for gas, cigs, energy and food and those folks wont bother going to vote for him.
1980 was my first voting election, and I can very much assure you this was the case
from memory
1. In Reagan’s deepest thought you cant get your ankles wet
2. “killer trees” from then GWB press sec Jim Brady making fun of and twisting a Reagan statement on the environment and the killer bees which were reaching the usa from latin america about this time
3. reagan is dumb
4. cant win, dont nominate him. he was way down in hypothetical polls till campaign began in earnest
the comparison of RR and SP is apt in many ways. Both had very good communication skills and were viewed as trustworthy (Reagan the Teflon president-nothing stuck to him
maybe the similarities continue