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Post by jdredd on Feb 12, 2010 22:17:41 GMT -5
No, I'm not trying to bait anybody with this thread. It's not a "Bash Reagan" thread, which is why I called it "Reagan's Influence" and not "Reagan's Legacy". Dolphie mentioned that a whole new bunch of young people are Reagan acolytes and I wanted to discuss it. I believe she might be right. What may be going on is an "echo effect" which also happened between the Old Left and the New Left. The left was big in the 30's, but was suppressed in the late forties to early sixties. And then it had a resurgence as the children of the Old Left came of age. ("Red Diaper Doper Babies" as that nutcase Savage calls them) And so it may be happening now with Reaganism, as the Boomers who were Reagan fans children come of age. If anyone has come across any evidence of this trend, I'd like to hear about it.
I decided "Reagan's Legacy" sounded better.
OK, "Glory Years" makes it a little broader.
Dammit, I changed my mind again.
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Post by Turk on Feb 13, 2010 13:49:19 GMT -5
What I’ve seen is a strong push from the younger folks to libertarianism. Many of the college kids I speak with were Ron Paul supporters. Perhaps Paul’s support for pot smokers may have influenced their decision. About two weeks ago my youngest son had 4 of his friends over. It was after dinner I joined in a walk to the observation point (about 200 yards from our door overlooking the lagoon and ocean) we sat and talked politics for about two hours. No one could speak anything positive of Obama. Equally they were not excited about the man Scot Brown, the excitement was a shift of power. Rand Paul’s name came up (son of Ron) as a person of interest, but never a mention of Reagan. In a couple of week I’ll be hosting a dinner for my sons friends they are all political should be some fun conversation.
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Post by Turk on Feb 13, 2010 13:50:41 GMT -5
...and I thought we was saying don't feed infants beets
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Post by johng on Feb 13, 2010 14:08:27 GMT -5
My 3 children range from 30 to 22 the youngest, my daughter is a liberal space cadett at present who is on the road to recovery.
The boys are too influenced by my 'timid announcements' so when around me they say all the right things. I know they have a huge liberal streak running stem to stern though cause whenever they need a bailout they come running to dad.
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Post by jdredd on Aug 28, 2010 20:09:21 GMT -5
online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704147804575455090270186082.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_opinion"The Gingrich revolution fizzled, in part because congressional Republicans mistook a popular mandate for moderation as a license to undertake radical change, and in part because they grew complacent and corrupt in the corridors of power. Perhaps this time will be different. Our holiday from history is over. The country faces threats—crippling government expansion at home and transnational Islamic extremism—that arouse conservative instincts and concentrate the conservative mind." So says Murdoch's Fox Street Journal...
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Post by jdredd on Jan 16, 2011 23:39:56 GMT -5
We have the 100th anniversary of Reagan's birthday coming up, so there may be a lot of reminiscing and analysis going on. Is it important? You tell me.
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Post by Tired in CV on Jan 18, 2011 1:31:58 GMT -5
We have the 100th anniversary of Reagan's birthday coming up, so there may be a lot of reminiscing and analysis going on. Is it important? You tell me. We will have to wait for the articles to be published. Time usually mellows rhetoric. Will the liberal media post negative news about Reagan? Will the conservatives push the envelope on how much good he did? We'll see. Was Reagan a perfect president? NO, but he was a very good president at the right time for this country.
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Post by jdredd on Jan 18, 2011 2:11:27 GMT -5
We have the 100th anniversary of Reagan's birthday coming up, so there may be a lot of reminiscing and analysis going on. Is it important? You tell me. We will have to wait for the articles to be published. Time usually mellows rhetoric. Will the liberal media post negative news about Reagan? Will the conservatives push the envelope on how much good he did? We'll see. Was Reagan a perfect president? NO, but he was a very good president at the right time for this country. One thing I do remember thinking a few years back: GW made Reagan look LOTS better in hindsight.
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Post by Tired in CV on Jan 18, 2011 2:31:11 GMT -5
We will have to wait for the articles to be published. Time usually mellows rhetoric. Will the liberal media post negative news about Reagan? Will the conservatives push the envelope on how much good he did? We'll see. Was Reagan a perfect president? NO, but he was a very good president at the right time for this country. One thing I do remember thinking a few years back: GW made Reagan look LOTS better in hindsight. You mean like how Obama may make Carter look good?
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Post by jdredd on Jan 18, 2011 2:42:23 GMT -5
One thing I do remember thinking a few years back: GW made Reagan look LOTS better in hindsight. You mean like how Obama may make Carter look good? Obama still has time to redeem himself. His approval numbers are going back up I believe. And there certainly is no Reagan in the GOP's lineup for 2012.
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Post by animal on Jan 18, 2011 9:05:27 GMT -5
Obummers numbers dropped after the memorial in Tucson....
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Post by johng on Jan 18, 2011 15:36:39 GMT -5
Reagan was over the top RIGHT about the need to control the Unions...I see some return to fiscal policy and Supply Side activity but nothing to raise a flag for...
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Post by dj on Jan 19, 2011 0:00:45 GMT -5
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Post by dj on Jan 19, 2011 0:15:56 GMT -5
I'll say this. I liked and respected Reagan. Bush was nothing like him.
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Post by nikki on Jan 19, 2011 1:21:59 GMT -5
Well, what did ya expect? To me, just proves why Obama gave the go-ahead to conduct his memorial political rally at the local university full of sucker students and a university president who wanted to take full advantage of putting his university in the spotlight. Obama has not changed his spots -- he just knows his audience, and it probably did give him a temporary boost depending on who they are polling. That is what is fascinating to me about the so-called progressives. They put so much faith in the inexperienced youth and denigrate those with life experiences. Have you looked at the statistics of what is happening in our government-run educational system lately? The liberals may get their votes from the brainwashing, but overall it is VERY dismal.
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