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Did Trump Kill Reaganism?
American Conservative ^ | 04/28/16 | Rod Dreher

Posted on 04/28/2016 10:52:33 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper

Yes, says Bill Galston, contending that “Donald Trump is waging and winning the third major revolution in the Republican Party since World War II.” First there was Eisenhower reconciling the GOP with the New Deal. Then there was Reagan, who wrought a “remarkable fusion of supply-side economics, anti-Soviet internationalism and social conservatism.” And now? Excerpt:

Mr. Trump’s candidacy has showed that the cadre of genuine social conservatives is smaller than long assumed, that grass-roots Republican support for large military commitments in the Middle East has withered, and that the business community is politically homeless.

So it has come to this: A mercantilist isolationist is the odds-on favorite to win the Republican presidential nomination. Whether or not he goes on to win the general election, the Republican Party cannot return to what it once was. The Reagan era has ended, and what comes next is anyone’s guess.

Read the whole thing. Well, he’s right about that, but instead of giving Trump credit for killing Reaganism, I think we would do well to think about the extent to which Reaganism died a natural death from old age, and the extent to which its heirs killed it.

(Excerpt) Read more at theamericanconservative.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: reagan; reaganism; trump; trumpism
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To: Solson

Bingo!


21 posted on 04/28/2016 11:02:54 AM PDT by CapitalistCrusader
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To: AndyJackson

you need to click the link and read.


22 posted on 04/28/2016 11:03:53 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: Jim Robinson
"The GOPe killed Reaganism a long time ago. The GOPe is now killing the GOP."

Roger that. And after killing off Reaganism the GOPe began working frantically to change state primary rules in order to prevent another Reagan from ever getting nominated again.

23 posted on 04/28/2016 11:04:00 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: PAR35

Didn’t see your comments until after I posted my identical reply!


24 posted on 04/28/2016 11:04:42 AM PDT by LibFreeUSA
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To: napscoordinator

Yes, true. But the way out is not getting Stockholm Syndrome and sympathizing with our captors.


25 posted on 04/28/2016 11:05:39 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: winoneforthegipper
Hell no.

Eff all these fools.

26 posted on 04/28/2016 11:05:43 AM PDT by Lakeshark (One time Cruz supporter who now prefers Trump. Yes, there are good reasons.)
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To: winoneforthegipper

“The Reagan era has ended, and what comes next is anyone’s guess. “

I disagree, Reagan said “Peace thru strength”

Trump will follow that Reagan era maxim.


27 posted on 04/28/2016 11:05:44 AM PDT by JPJones ( You can't help the working class by paying the non-working class.)
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To: winoneforthegipper

GOP killed by McConnell’s decision to make Obama a one-term President, forever branded a party without purpose.


28 posted on 04/28/2016 11:07:41 AM PDT by ex-snook (The one God sent Jesus here to show us the way.)
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To: PAR35

Clinton, Bush I and II severally wounded Reaganism.

Obama and the GOPE and the left wing Mediots finished it.

Doctor Trump discovered that Reaganism had died years ago, and he is trying to move us on to another era without the Bushes, Obama, GOPE, and the Clintoons.


29 posted on 04/28/2016 11:08:20 AM PDT by Grampa Dave (When The Ballot No Longer Counts, Tshe Ammo Box Does! What's In Your Ammo Box?(US Conservative)!)
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To: winoneforthegipper

John Boehner, Bob Dole, Mitt Romney, Dennis Hastert, the Bushes, and a slew of other GOP boneheads who have been in charge of the party since Reagan.....THEY killed Reaganism.

Though I agree, it’s not coming back in my lifetime.
The business community politically homeless? You did it to yourselves, guys. With one stupid, selfish, short-sighted move after another. The voters are sick of you now.


30 posted on 04/28/2016 11:09:36 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: winoneforthegipper

George H W Bush killed Reaganism.


31 posted on 04/28/2016 11:09:37 AM PDT by Paine in the Neck (Socialism consumes EVERYTHING)
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To: Snowybear

I feel the same about GWB.


32 posted on 04/28/2016 11:10:06 AM PDT by RedWulf (Defeat Hillery or kiss the republic goodbye.)
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To: winoneforthegipper

I think that trump really is a social conservative based on how he lives his life and how his kids turned out. However he does seem to think that legislation of moral views ultimately does more harm then good.


33 posted on 04/28/2016 11:10:25 AM PDT by DouglasKC
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To: tophat9000

“Trump didn’t kill Reaganism. He just was the first Republican presidential candidate to notice it was already dead.”

That was the Author’s words. No truer words were spoken.


34 posted on 04/28/2016 11:10:31 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

exactly the point of the article.


35 posted on 04/28/2016 11:11:22 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: PAR35
Bush I killed Reaganism.

Beat me to it.

36 posted on 04/28/2016 11:12:14 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: winoneforthegipper
exactly the point of the article.

Good! Then I have not forgotten how to read! /s


37 posted on 04/28/2016 11:12:39 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Jim Robinson

Exactly. He may not be Reagan (And Reagan wasn’t Reagan until several years in), but he’s “puttin’ the band back together.”


38 posted on 04/28/2016 11:12:54 AM PDT by ichabod1 (Off the NWO)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Well congrats on comprehension.


39 posted on 04/28/2016 11:13:34 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: DouglasKC

More to the point, social legislation is increasingly becoming moot. The SCOTUS continually steps-in and preempts it. A lot of energy gets wasted for no good purpose.


40 posted on 04/28/2016 11:16:08 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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