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To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (469057)	2/1/2012 11:50:32 AM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 793933

When Reagan ran for President, no one thought he was a moderate. And he wasn't. Sure, he was pragmatic and realistic ... most conservatives are. The idea conservatives are wild-eyed fanatical idealogues who can't work with anyone else is a liberal meme that we shouldn't buy into. "He had a big-tent philosophy that moderates in the party were not to be expelled. .." Who's saying we should expel moderates? It seems it's conservatives who aren't welcome these days. Oh, in the voting booth if they do what they're told, but not on the ticket.

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (469057)	2/1/2012 11:55:14 AM
From: longnshort	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793933

I don't consider the democrats a threat the country is more conservative we can beat them and their liberalism. the threat is the republican establishment. I consider them the fifth column

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (469057)	2/1/2012 2:38:17 PM
From: Geoff Altman	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793933

We've all been looking for the next Reagan, maybe we should have been looking for the next Calvin Coolidge: Fourth annual message to Congress COOLIDGE ECONOMICS:"The president believed that lower taxes and reduced government spending would result in a freer, more democratic society. He hoped to return the country to a version of what it had been before passage of the Income Tax Amendment, a time of small--and primarily local--government....Government should remain out of the economy, and businessmen should not interfere with proper functions of government. Coolidge believed that the wedding of government and business would lead to socialism, communism, or fascism, and would certainly alter the nature of American life." December 7, 1926: fourth annual message to Congress by Calvin Coolidge: he notes the peace and prosperity. He calls for tax cuts and praises tariffs for revenue. He backs regulation of the radio and stronger national banks. He calls for a reduction in government bureaus which seek to regulate and control the business activities of the people. Sobel, Coolidge, An American Enigma,p. 332 and p. 330.