GOOD TO SEE THE CURRENT COLLEGE GENERATION SPEAKING OUT
Jack's opinion is as true today as it was when Reagan was elected-------just remember that the ages of the young people who became activists in the late 1970's and early 1980's in support of President Reagan were in their teens up to about the age of 50.
Today they are still alive and range in age from 45 to their 80's.
They still vote and are active in various ways. Add those Reagan activists to the current generation of young college people and Independents-------who are economic conservatives as was Reagan----one can understand the sense of victory in the air by a Columbia University student of New York.
See below-------
"The most insulting thing to conservatives about this argument is that it says that conservatism and electability are mutually exclusive. History says otherwise. Ronald Reagan, the standard bearer of modern conservatism, was unelectable. He was too conservative, a reactionary, and a deluded old fool who would bring about a nuclear war.
Of course he won two back-to-back landslides (44 and 49 states, respectively), and he did it, not by being a moderate, or seizing the center. No, on the contrary, Reagan did what Mark Steyn best describes. As Steyn points out, Reagan did not win by moving to the center. Rather, he moved the center towards him. That, Steyn says, is why Reagan was great. He knew how to speak to independents and centrists without losing his principles in the mix. He was a conservative who could move the center."
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ACK FROM MANHATTAN: Why “Electability” Is No Reason to Cast a Vote
Posted on January 11, 2012 by kayl3308
Jack attends Columbia University. Follow him @talkradio200 -Source: Billy Hathorn at en.wikipedia
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