First, I’m not making the claim that RR would have supported Romney...his former wife is. If that is idiocy as you see it, then ok, but its what she said. If I came on here, out of the blue, and said “Ronald Reagan would have been all for Romney, would have bought a tshirt and posted a lawn sign” then you might have a point. My only point is that I think that when the wife of the guy comes out and says this is what he would have done, then A) she has some credibility, probably more than anyone else and B) it might be her honest opinion, not a manipulative plot or that she’s lost her mind.
Second, I didn’t see in the article where Mrs. Reagan said that he would have enthusiastically supported Romney. She said he would have liked his business experience and I believe his “strong principles”. The first thing there may be very true, Romney does have business experience that Reagan may have admired. THe “strong principles” part is questionable...but then again, what principles is she talking about? If his family principles, then maybe. He, from all accounts is a good husband and father. The point of all this is, she’s not sitting there saying that Ron would have been at the inksmith getting a Romney 2012 tattoo. She’s saying he would have given his support in the general election (note how she did this after the primaries were over), and would have liked some things about him. I can accept that.
If you can’t, and feel that Reagan would have somehow not supported either Romney or Obama but would have sat it out and encouraged others to do the same....well, thats your right to your opinion. But I dont think its idiotic to think that if President Reagan were alive he would have, like every other living GOP President has done, yielded some degree of support to the GOP Nominee.
What Reagan himself would have done?, How he would feel about a liberal piece of scum like Mitt Romney, the most lefty candidate that has ever been a GOP candidate, more lefty than most democrats in history?
The idiocy is you trying to claim that this represents a sort of support from Ronald Reagan, who we all know would not be enthusiastic to help his Rockefeller/Romney enemies take over his party, that he fought so hard to wrest from them, especially during a period when his conservative base was making such gains through the tea party.
To see a Mitt Romney, the ultimate anti-Reagan manage to pull this off, would have broken his heart.