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FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Skipped Last Debate Before IA Caucus – Went on to Win in Landslide
Gateway Pundit ^ | FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Skipped Last Debate Before IA Caucus – Went on to Win in Landslide | Jm Hoft

Posted on 01/27/2016 6:46:26 AM PST by TaxPayer2000

Trump isn't the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush. Reagan went on to the win the nomination and the presidency.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Iowa; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; debate; debates; election2016; foxnetwork; foxnews; iowa; megynkelly; newyork; reagan; rogerailes; rupertmurdoch; trump; trumplessdebate
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To: Chauncey Uppercrust; All
Next you are going to tell me that if Jesus came across a abortion clinic while he walked the earth in the flesh 2000 years ago, that he would not have ransacked it as He did with the Temple money changers.

BIG difference. I agree that Jesus would most likely be inclined to do MORE than ransack an abortion clinic were He walking the Earth today. THAT however is not the issue. The issue is your preposterous assumption that if Jesus were walking this Earth today, that He would be sure to sign up for the Cruz campaign and lend His Name to an earthly political campaign. That is absolutely blasphemous for you to suggest with your abominable tagline.

So in your mind their is no difference to The Lord between the Christian beliefs of Cruz vs Trump... I see

Only the Lord can peer into the human soul and know what one person believes, and THAT is way above your mortal paygrade. I know this: to the Lord there is NO difference between Trump, Cruz, Clinton, Sanders, or any other soul walking the Earth, because as Scripture states, God is "no respecter of persons", He views EVERYONE equally, for "all have sinned and fallen short of the Glory of God".

I'll tell you this 'Chauncey', if Jesus was humbly riding through town and you tried to slap a Cruz bumper sticker on his donkey, He would rebuke you.

And it would only be a rebuke IF you were extremely lucky that day.

You're no better than those money changers in the Temple you mentioned, because you are seeking to sell the Name of the Lord Jesus for political purposes.

SHAME ON YOU.
261 posted on 01/27/2016 10:29:09 AM PST by mkjessup (Sarah Palin says "GO TRUMP GO!!!!")
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To: St_Thomas_Aquinas

Two questions for you!

1. I asked this before, do you have a good priest to help you when your world collapses around you?

2. Do you contribute monthly to FR?


262 posted on 01/27/2016 10:30:43 AM PST by Grampa Dave (Trump is the wrecking ball destroying the GOPe, their rsmediot conspirators and beltway pundits!)
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To: Chauncey Uppercrust
I KNOW Jesus is for Cruz...BTW I was only talking about Cruz vs Trump, yes I know that Jesus is for Cruz

I rebuke you in the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

See my post #261, the can of whoop-azz is open, and you're gonna eat it.
263 posted on 01/27/2016 10:35:34 AM PST by mkjessup (Sarah Palin says "GO TRUMP GO!!!!")
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To: ScottinVA

Your conservative has a Canadian birth certificate.


264 posted on 01/27/2016 10:37:29 AM PST by Boardwalk
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To: ScottinVA

Like I said before, you won’t see President Trump signing any amnesty bill like Reagan DID.


265 posted on 01/27/2016 11:11:26 AM PST by Godebert
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To: TexasFreeper2009

Reagan thought he had it in the bag, skipped the Iowa debate, and lost the state. Had to scurry to get back on top.

(Noting that you’re a fellow Texan, I peeked at your history and am heartened and impressed with your considerate and articulate posts. FR needs more of that these days.)


266 posted on 01/27/2016 11:56:32 AM PST by Jedidah
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To: napscoordinator

Reagan’s plan didn’t do that ... until Congress stomped all over it.


267 posted on 01/27/2016 12:09:52 PM PST by al_c (Obama's standing in the world has fallen so much that Kenya now claims he was born in America.)
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To: al_c

God but that damn pen in hand and forced signature they did sucked bad.


268 posted on 01/27/2016 12:22:16 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: Godebert
<>Like I said before, you won’t see President Trump signing any amnesty bill like Reagan DID.

At least, so he says. And we know how dicey that is.

269 posted on 01/27/2016 12:24:49 PM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: Jedidah
Reagan thought he had it in the bag, skipped the Iowa debate, and lost the state. Had to scurry to get back on top.

He'd followed the advice of his then-campaign manager John Sears. After Reagan dumped Sears, his campaign got into a much faster gear.

270 posted on 01/27/2016 12:26:06 PM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: Boardwalk

And you don’t have a conservative. You have Trump.


271 posted on 01/27/2016 12:26:57 PM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: ScottinVA

Trump will be a huuuge improvement! Without Trump it is very likely that a conservative would never be potus going forward. Trump is our only shot but you want to blow it!


272 posted on 01/27/2016 12:29:55 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Boardwalk

What data do you see that shows him outperforming other leading GOPers vs. the top dems?


273 posted on 01/27/2016 12:34:54 PM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: TaxPayer2000

It seems to me that the difference is that Trump, I believe, agreed to attend the debate and is now pulling out. Nothing about Reagan doing that is reported in your link, only that he didn’t attend. There’s a difference.


274 posted on 01/27/2016 12:35:14 PM PST by prairiebreeze (Don't be afraid to see what you see. -- Ronald Reagan)
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To: ScottinVA

The entire gop and dems are the threat within. Trump is not like the others. First he thoroughly cleans house! No one else can even dust!


275 posted on 01/27/2016 12:51:36 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Boardwalk
Trump is not like the others.

How do you know? It's all rhetoric at this point.

276 posted on 01/27/2016 12:58:57 PM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: Boardwalk

And I ask again...

What data do you see that shows him outperforming other leading GOPers vs. the top dems?


277 posted on 01/27/2016 12:59:50 PM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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To: ScottinVA

I believe he wants to make America great again, and further, I think he is uniquely qualified, at this crucial time, to do it.


278 posted on 01/27/2016 1:01:35 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: ScottinVA

The top Dems have yet to be determined. We have a clear top Republican leader who was been leading for more than 6 months, not to mention setting the agenda.


279 posted on 01/27/2016 1:03:47 PM PST by Boardwalk
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To: Boardwalk

Let me be more specific. What data do you see that shows him outperforming other leading GOPers vs. Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders?


280 posted on 01/27/2016 1:09:10 PM PST by ScottinVA (If you're not enraged...why?)
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