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I am hyper aware of what is happening right now and the world is ripe for the “strong man”.

If you lived through the Carter years with double digit inflation, gas lines, and our embassy people taken hostage by Iran, we were ripe for a "strong man" at that time too. The "strong man" then was Ronald Maximus Reagan. Those hostages were released the same day he was inaugurated, the double digit inflation and gas lines became history during his presidency. It was like the country was under "new management".

In some ways, Trump reminds me of Reagan, speaking strength and victory back into America, instead of weakness, defeat, and political correctness. Strong men are not necessarily to be feared.

I was alive then. I worked at a gas station at the height of the embargo.

And I consider this time very similar to that time, but more so by several orders of magnitude. It makes the risk greater of us choosing “poorly”.

And think of this as a call to be careful and thoughtful rather than saying we should not elect Trump. It’s just a warning. Fools rush in...

I can't compare Trump to Reagan....aside from their celebrity....Reagan was way more experienced. Trump has never run for office before....

When Reagan ran for president the first time, he’d already been governor of one of the largest states in the nation, California, for two terms......and I don't remember Ronald Reagan ever insulting anyone, foreign or domestic, friend or enemy. He was a consummate gentleman....his political rhetoric could be tough and partisan, but it was never vulgar or personal.

Also Trump still has positions that put him at the moderate end of the Republican spectrum.... He’s not opposed to single-payer health care in principle and he's not opposed to raising Tax's......

Reagan's conservative credentials didn’t emanate overnight to match the political season....as Trumps seem to have come about.... His was a slow and thoughtful transformation from the 1930s to the 1960s...... Trump’s appears to be a midnight conversion.

As Giuliani said: "Trump Has a 'Little Bit of Ronald Reagan' In Him".....(but not the Reghan we have known.)

http://www.businessinsider.com/trump-is-no-ronald-reagan-2015-8