It's not dawned on them still that most of the younger conservatives of today don't worship Reagan and even some of the older ones are starting to understand how much we really got screwed by the Uniparty under his administration (even if it was mostly Bush Sr's doing.)
The amnesty bill ... Yes.
Defeating the Soviet Union, no.
Exposing some of the DS, no
Reminding Americans what America could be, absolutely not!!!
Had Bush not been a CIA backstabbing rat fink, what we may see soon (maybe tomorrow) might have happened back in the late 1980s.
If this war has been going on as long as people claim, we may see a recording from many past Presidents confirming what will be exposed in hopes that they'll help in convincing future Americans that all of this exposure is real.
remember President Reagan using the term statism to describe the foes of conserving the American founding. It seems to me it was a carefully chosen term because it transcended the contemporary definitions of right versus left.
If a political party or movement proposed government control over our lives, they were statists, they were the opposition. What Reagan would not recognize is the Mitch McConnell led Republican Senate who, exercised scores of retreating maneuvers that allowed our Republic to become more statist.
And, President Reagan would recognize the MAGA movement as an effective counter to statism.
Our Founding Father's greatest concern for our newly minted Constitutional Republic was an all-powerful centralized government.
The Articles of Confederation, our original government model, was too focused on states rights and independence. For example, the states (countries really) printed their own currency. They were striking their own foreign trade deals.
It became obvious to the Founder's that we needed one currency for trade, we needed to band together to negotiate foreign trade deal and use the leverage of all of the states instead of one on one. And, being a young nation, foreign nations were licking their chops and thinking of taking us over, so we needed a national defense force.
Having said all that, the basis of our nation was limited government at the federal level. Any power not specifically outlined in the US Constitution is reserved for THE STATES or WE THE PEOPLE.
So yes, Reagan hat it right. Statists were the antithesis of our Founder's ideals.
Reagan once said the worst 11 words any American could ever hear were,
A lot of older Republicans have a lot of cognitive dissidence when it comes to statism. Blowing up our national debt for defense spending is ok, but giving lunch to poor kids is bad? A lot of it is just very bad optics and not good policy.
I agree and I’m an older Republican. Over the years Republican politicians have been masters of bad optics.
One question I have on defense spending is how much would a strong national defense really cost if it is only used to defend our nation? What is expensive is the Uniparty’s expansive definition of “national security” and “national interest.”
From what I've seen, "national security" and "national interest" are magic words, to be uttered when the Deep State thinks it's not getting Congress to give them enough of our money.
It's "our allies" driving up the defense budget. We could absolutely defend our borders with a tiny fraction of the spending we do now. Unfortunately we also have to pay for the entire world.
It's not dawned on them still that most of the younger conservatives of today don't worship Reagan and even some of the older ones are starting to understand how much we really got screwed by the Uniparty under his administration (even if it was mostly Bush Sr's doing.)
Reagan's legacy is aging badly imo, as sad as it is to say
The amnesty bill ... Yes. Defeating the Soviet Union, no. Exposing some of the DS, no Reminding Americans what America could be, absolutely not!!!
Had Bush not been a CIA backstabbing rat fink, what we may see soon (maybe tomorrow) might have happened back in the late 1980s.
If this war has been going on as long as people claim, we may see a recording from many past Presidents confirming what will be exposed in hopes that they'll help in convincing future Americans that all of this exposure is real.
These RINOS piss me off more than the commies.
Pft. Reagan would throw Turtle in prison for his ties to the CCP.
This is what I came to say. Cocaine glitch Mitch and his yellow-spined Republicrats can right fuck off.
Reagan's GOP is at the core of MAGA. The Turtle is an idiot, and a traitor. He should hang.
Trump/Reagan!
McConnell wouldn't know his ass if it bit him.
Turtle just worried about Gitmo.
Screw the Turtle..His China ties will destroy him.
remember President Reagan using the term statism to describe the foes of conserving the American founding. It seems to me it was a carefully chosen term because it transcended the contemporary definitions of right versus left.
If a political party or movement proposed government control over our lives, they were statists, they were the opposition. What Reagan would not recognize is the Mitch McConnell led Republican Senate who, exercised scores of retreating maneuvers that allowed our Republic to become more statist.
And, President Reagan would recognize the MAGA movement as an effective counter to statism.
Our Founding Father's greatest concern for our newly minted Constitutional Republic was an all-powerful centralized government.
The Articles of Confederation, our original government model, was too focused on states rights and independence. For example, the states (countries really) printed their own currency. They were striking their own foreign trade deals.
It became obvious to the Founder's that we needed one currency for trade, we needed to band together to negotiate foreign trade deal and use the leverage of all of the states instead of one on one. And, being a young nation, foreign nations were licking their chops and thinking of taking us over, so we needed a national defense force.
Having said all that, the basis of our nation was limited government at the federal level. Any power not specifically outlined in the US Constitution is reserved for THE STATES or WE THE PEOPLE.
So yes, Reagan hat it right. Statists were the antithesis of our Founder's ideals.
Reagan once said the worst 11 words any American could ever hear were,
A lot of older Republicans have a lot of cognitive dissidence when it comes to statism. Blowing up our national debt for defense spending is ok, but giving lunch to poor kids is bad? A lot of it is just very bad optics and not good policy.
I agree and I’m an older Republican. Over the years Republican politicians have been masters of bad optics.
One question I have on defense spending is how much would a strong national defense really cost if it is only used to defend our nation? What is expensive is the Uniparty’s expansive definition of “national security” and “national interest.”
From what I've seen, "national security" and "national interest" are magic words, to be uttered when the Deep State thinks it's not getting Congress to give them enough of our money.
It's "our allies" driving up the defense budget. We could absolutely defend our borders with a tiny fraction of the spending we do now. Unfortunately we also have to pay for the entire world.
Bitter and vindictive right to the end.
Fixed it for ya Mitch!
u/#TheGlitch
u/#MitchGlitch
True!!!
Ol' McConnell has his COCKLES in a twist because his head is on the block with a NOOSE tied around it!!!!!!!
Shista' Stain on Aisle 1...Cleanup!!!
u/#spicy
This old, out of touch fool needs to just shut-up and go away.
Cocaine Mitch will get his day in court in GITMO.