Chucky Putzhead Schumer: Reaganism Is Dead

Daily Politics ^ | November 29, 2006 | Ben Smith

[OldFriend]

Thankfully, GHWB appointed Clarence Thomas to the USSC. And we know that he has been true to the constitution.

It's not the Reagan has been overrated, it's that he's been deified and mythologyzed.

[depressed in 06]

A more uplifting headline would have been:

Schumer joins Reagan

[Sword_Svalbardt]

Unfortunately, you are correct, and he IS a leach.

[HawaiianGecko]

"If only the "true conservatives" knew how truly destructive they really are to everything they claim to support."

You're on to something with that statement.

Political parties on the national level consist of coalitions. There are not enough liberals or conservatives in this country elect someone to the position of dog catcher. Elections turn on who can sell their ideas to the moderates. The Republican Party is the Republican Party. It is not the Conservative Party.

This election was lost because of stupidity within the ranks. The election was lost with moronic issues like Terri Schivo and stem cells.  The house lost this election because of a non flexible stand on immigration.  People who use cute little phrases like "rinos" and "pseudo-cons", lost this election. GWB helped lose it by keeping Scott McClellan and appointing Harriet Miers. 

When I login to FR and see about every fifth article includes "barf alert" in the title, it's very apparent that people are pissing and moaning instead of contributing.  Yeah, journalists are more liberal than conservative. Always have been and always will be just like businessmen are more conservative than liberal. Live with it, learn how to deal with it, accomplish something beyond creating yellow snow. Whining about the MSM reminds me of another very unsuccessful bit of whining. The vast right wing conspiracy as I recall. 

I have to giggle a bit every time I see people claim how much they love Ronald Reagan, yet violate his number one rule not to speak ill towards another Republican. He didn't win two terms because he was a conservative, he won because he was man enough to accept moderates and convince them his conservative agenda was good for the country. He didn't call them rinos and demand they go vote with the opposition.

Reaganism isn't dead. It's the definition of our principles that is dead. Intransigence over what is "republican" is killing the party. Those that say you must believe in jailing 20 million Mexicans or you can't be on our team, or you must be pro-life to be a Republican, or you must be against stem cell research and believe in Genesis or you're not a Republican killed the current coalition that made up the Republican party. 

[Beagle8U]

Great post!

I'm a very very conservative Republican, but I understand "political engineering" enough to know that in some states/districts a RINO is the best you can hope for.

Darth Vader conservatives will never get elected in those areas. Just voting out Republicans in mass wont advance your goals, it just lets RATS gain control of all the committees and the agenda.

You mention Harriot Meyers and that is a great example. It was a "less than wonderful" choice in my opinion, however, without control of Congress our voice on the matter would fall on deaf ears.

However bad the RATS in Congress screw everything up before the 08 elections, the MSM will shift 100% of the blame to President Bush. The "true conservatives" will just keep shouting their nonsense.

[Flash Bazbeaux]

"Up-Chuck Schumer needs to get out more often. He has no clue."

That's where you are wrong. You see, New Yorkers are smarter than anybody else. They are so much smarter that they can figure out the answer to every thing for the whole country, and the whole world, without ever actually venturing out into the world outside New York, or meeting anyone who lives outside New York. Everything they need to know about that small part of the world that is not New York they can learn in the New York Times, the New York Review of Books and the New Yorker.

[M. Espinola]

Putzhead Schumer is a perfect description.

[b4its2late]

It's a real good thing Chuck is not a bright individual. Then I might be a little worried about his stupid rants.

[RBroadfoot]

"Chuck's more right than wrong."

Your post makes an old Reaganite sad, because it's pretty much true.

The Republicans elected since 1994 failed to uphold the core ideas Reaganism -- free people, free markets, and less government.

The Republican failure to adhere to Reagan's ideas and principles disappointed politically astute conservatives and liberarians. Just as important, their Democrat-lite venality disappointed the majority of voters who don't think much about political ideas and principles, but sense something's amiss when Republicans are getting indicted and resigning under a cloud of corruption left and right.

[RBroadfoot]

Evidently there are Republican koolaid-drinkers just like other types of koolaid-drinkers. As long as the candidate has an (R) after his name, to the koolaid-drinkers, his commitment to Reagan's ideas and principles is rock-solid ... even if he IM's pages with his sexual perversions, has a fee schedule for his Congressional influence services, undermines the 1st Amendment like McCain, advances the largest entitlement program since LBJ, launches the most ambitious nation-building experiment in human history, fails to secure this nation's borders, racks up massive deficits with no end in sight, etc., etc.

I'm fortunate to have an excellent Republican representative who is trying to continue the Reagan legacy, but most of them aren't worth a bucket of spit. In other words, they're only marginally better than Democrats.

[RBroadfoot]

The Bushes have always been country-club Rockefeller Republicans. However, the GWHB and GWB records have two significant differences. GWHB had the good sense to resist the temptation of nation-building in the Middle East. And GWB had to the good sense to cut taxes. Otherwise, they're both Democrat-lite.

[Element187]

I agree with Chuck for once.. The republicans were the ones who killed reaganism... The dems didn't take over because of the Iraq war... they took power because the republicans turned into big spending liberals.

[Element187]

Wow, dude, you are a genius. Lets see, PBA ban, massive tax cuts, massive increase in military spending, ultra-conservative judges (Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owens) and Justices (Alito, Roberts), massive logging in national forests, weekly conference calls with members of the religious right, ... sure, dude, Republicans killed Reaganism.

You forgot to add the size of government has doubled since '94 ... spending is through the roof, with the US dollar on the verge of collapse, increased entitlement spending thanks to Bush, amnesty for illegals..

conservative values tend to include smaller government, limited spending, entitlement reform... the GOP did the exact opposite and decided to go for religious values instead... THAT is why the GOP was kicked out on its a$$ in November.