STOP THE HYPOCRISY
A little bit of research about the GOPe invoking the name of Reagan who they despised as much as they despise Cruz and Trump. The similarity is uncanny:
Republicans and Democrats called him dangerous, a dufus, a two-bit actor, not a real republican, idiot, reckless, says things just to get an uproar.
Reagan, during his childhood, got all 100's on his tests. He soon had no friends bragging about it. He learned to keep it hidden at an early age and did not display his intelligence.
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Former Republican Senator Chuck Percy of Illinois in 1975 to the New York Times: “A Reagan nomination and the crushing defeat likely to follow could signal the beginning of the end of our party as an effective force in American life.”
Representative John Rhodes, Republican of Arizona, who became leader of the Republicans in the House, in 1975 said, “As soon as Reagan gets away from his clichés and his campaign slogans, he’s in trouble.” Translation: He’s an amateur. He’s not a scholar even though he’s read more books than us, and he’s uneducated even though he’s studied more than us. He’s not qualified to bring up any case to the American people, because we haven’t been able to do it already.
Republican Vice President Nelson Rockefeller warned Republicans governors in 1975: “No major American party can long endure by directing its appeal to a narrow minority. It will not serve the nation to have our major parties polarized at ideological extremes.”
Republican Representative Pete McCloskey of California in 1976: “A Reagan win would be a disaster for the GOP.”
Republican Representative James Cleveland of New Hampshire predicted another Goldwater debacle if Reagan is the GOP nominee.
Translation: Reagan is not a good Republican, and yet he runs under the Republican Party. I’m jealous of such audacity, so I declare him a future disaster. Because change is hard.
In 1976, Reagan was publicly told by two Republican governors to get out of the race against Ford: Virginia Governor Mills Godwin and North Carolina Governor James Holshouser. On the eve of the North Carolina primary, the Ford White House prepared a telegram signed by a DOZEN Republican governors, telling Reagan to get out of the race. The dastardly Reagan ended up winning North Carolina, the little rascal. Later, Ford lost to Carter, and then the establishment Republicans blamed Reagan.Translation: Reagan, you are weak, so you should get out. Also Reagan, you are strong, so you should get out. Just get out. If you stay in, we will blame you for our loses.
On Breitbart News Sunday, Craig Shirley, the preeminent Ronald Reagan biographer and historian who has always understood grassroots conservatives, reminded listeners that the Washington establishment disdained Reagan much like it hates today’s top conservatives.
Noting that “RINOs” never embraced Reagan since he campaigned for Barry Goldwater, Shirley said he actually went to work for the Republican National Committee (RNC) in 1982 because Lyn Nofziger, Reagan’s top adviser and strategist, said there were not enough Reaganites at the RNC, which was populated mostly by establishment “Bushies” allied with George H.W. Bush.
Ayn Rand absolutely hated Ronald Reagan dangerousminds.net
It is easy to forget that Republicans deemed the California governor too right-wing when he lost the 1976 primary race to President Gerald Ford. And that once in the White House, Democrats assailed him as callous and reckless, and a deceitful architect of the Iran-Contra scandal.
Audio by Levin: Personal attacks by George WIll and more. (some repeats of above)
therightscoop.com
Great video about Reagan (HT:Greenspirit)
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