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To: Reagan Man
Throwing up an unsubstantiated comment by Lady Thatcher and connecting Bush43 with Bush 41 in the manner you have, is pure nonsensical rhetoric.

Your response is well worded ... however, Lady Thatcher's response is verifiable ... she in fact did make the "wobbly" comment; Bush 41 made joking reference to it in an interview. As far as voting for a democ"rat" that won't happen ... my track record as a "FReeper" the past four years will attest to that ... I simply won't punch the ballot when it comes to voting for a President.

63 posted on 05/24/2002 2:00:39 PM PDT by BluH2o
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To: BluH2o
Whether it was substantiated, or unsubstantiated, isn't the real point. I think its unfair to link President Bush, with his father, beyond what is obvious. Yes, they are father and son. No, they aren't clones. Besides, Dubya is more like his mother anyway, tough, smart and savvy. But we shouldn't forget, Bush 41 had excellent skills in the area of foreign affairs and was a good, decent man and a respected public servant for thirty years.

Its your duty as an American citizen to vote. I've seen ten presidents lead America in my lifetime. Next to Reagan, Bush 43 is the most conservative leader we've had in that time. Historically, you'd have to go way back, to President Calvin Coolidge, in the 1920`s, for a POTUS who was as conservative. Think about it.

Remember what Reagan said:

"When I began entering into the give and take of legislative bargaining in Sacramento, a lot of the most radical conservatives who had supported me during the election didn't like it. "Compromise" was a dirty word to them and they wouldn't face the fact that we couldn't get all of what we wanted today. They wanted all or nothing and they wanted it all at once. If you don't get it all, some said, don't take anything.

"I'd learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom got everything you asked for. I have no expectations of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.

"If you got seventy-five or eighty percent of what you were asking for, I say, you take it and fight for the rest later, and that's what I told these radical conservatives who never got used to it."
Ronald Reagan, from his autobiography, An American Life

70 posted on 05/24/2002 3:48:15 PM PDT by Reagan Man
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