If Reagan were running for President today...

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

A modern day Reagan would have spent the last 30 years using his own money to buy airtime discussing the dangers of the rise of Islam (as Reagan did with communism).

[Insula Dei]

Yes. Standards are way too high. It's like when you see a gorgeous girl and your friends say, "You must have low standards" and you think...if that's having low standards...what the hell is having high standards?

I find this post disturbing?

[Badger]

Here's the deal with Reagan. His background was in Hollywood, where he had been prez of the Screen Actors Guild (the actor's union). Then he was gov'r of Commiefornia, where he raised state taxes to balance the budget and waffled on the abortion bill. He signed it and then expressed regret. You can't be a Hollywood union boss, California tax-raising gov'r, and flip-flopper on an abortion bill and still get the GOP base on board. He'd be exactly where Romney is, where there's an off chance if you can get the hard line conservatives split just right. There's also the whole divorce thing, but the GOP base doesn't actually care about family issues. It's just a smokescreen for dumbs during the general.

are you only a hack on Mondays, or are you like this everyday?

1)   The GOP has no problem with conservatives from Hollywood (e.g. Clint Eastwood, Ronald Reagan)
2)   The Screen Actors Guild aint exactly the UAW where unions are driving whole American industries out of business…and Reagan switched from Dem to Rep3)   CA wasn’t Commiefornia back in Reagan’s day
4)   The abortion law he signed, prior to “well being of the mother” being re-interpreted by the courts, is completely compatible with what is now the life of the mother.
5)   A mix of raising taxes and budget cuts are more than acceptable provided the cuts are real


Now, if you want to talk about something that would bother the GOP base, it’s Nancy’s Ouija board…but we didn’t know about her dabbling in the occult prior to him being elected.

And here I thought American industiries were driving American industires out of business.

[The Mikado]

A modern day Reagan would have spent the last 30 years using his own money to buy airtime discussing the dangers of the rise of Islam (as Reagan did with communism).

And that's why he turned tail and ran after the Hezbollah attack on the Marines in Lebanon?

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

A modern day Reagan would have spent the last 30 years using his own money to buy airtime discussing the dangers of the rise of Islam (as Reagan did with communism).

And that's why he turned tail and ran after the Hezbollah attack on the Marines in Lebanon?

no, Reagan was weak on the Islamists, but Reagan's timing and training were perfect for taking on communism when communism was a threat....thus a modern day Reagan would be strong on the Islamists in an era when Islam is on the march.

[opebo]

A modern day Reagan would have spent the last 30 years using his own money to buy airtime discussing the dangers of the rise of Islam (as Reagan did with communism).

...Reagan was weak on the Islamists, but Reagan's timing and training were perfect for taking on communism when communism was a threat....thus a modern day Reagan would be strong on the Islamists in an era when Islam is on the march.

Come on buddy, you really think that either communism or 'islamism' has ever been a threat to the global fascist domination?  Don't worry, the empire is secure.. terribly secure.

[Хahar 🤔]

A modern day Reagan would have spent the last 30 years using his own money to buy airtime discussing the dangers of the rise of Islam (as Reagan did with communism).

Of course, he wouldn't have a chance at being elected Governor today.

[anvi]

I always love watching what happens whenever Reagan's name is brought up in the context of trying to fit him into the modern political scene.  It's always quite the spectacle! 

[All Along The Watchtower]

Heck, in 1980 Rep. Phil Crane tried to "out-Reagan" Reagan.