[wolf78]

Yeah, true. And I'm concerned that we'll never make that "mistake" again. Even if Ronald Reagan was resurrected and read his comback speech from a burning bush the conservative base of the 21st century would reject him for cutting an running from Lebanon, or for signing Amnesty, or for allowing 12 million abortions during his two terms, etc etc.

Mmmh, Reagan probably would have survived due to his considerable charm. I'd be worried, about the architect of the conservative revolution, Barry Goldwater, though ("Everyone knows that gays have served honorably in the military since at least the time of Julius Caesar.You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight."). Way too libertarian for the christian right ("Every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass.").

[sam_paine]

Well. There was the stylized pre-64 campaign personna, and then there was the later senile AuH20.

Point taken though. I do not read JimRob's manifesto here as compatible with Barry the former, the most small-c conservative who ever was in our era.

[ansel12]

Mmmh, Reagan probably would have survived due to his considerable charm.

Of course Reagan survived, conservatives loved him, remember? We don't have to theorize, he won his two elections and the overwhelming support of conservatives. George Washington won too and after his two terms were finished we can all look at history and cherry pick the decisions that a two term president has to make, just like we can with Reagan, and we still love them both.

Don't confuse a candidate running for office and whether conservatives like and support that candidate, with a historical study of his administration once it is in the history books and he has moved on to private life.

Conservatives loved Reagan and they still love Reagan, sam_paine's pulling out a straw dog attack, looking for a new angle to attack conservatism.