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Old 05-11-2010, 06:37 AM
 
Location: North America
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How freaking conservative are these people??

Even Reagan Wasn't a Reagan Republican - Newsweek.com

Even Reagan Wasn’t a Reagan Republican

In the year and a half since Barack Obama was elected president, Republicans nationwide seem to have given up on the whole governing thing and chosen instead to play a long, rancorous game of "I'm More Conservative Than You Are." They've been playing it in Utah, where incumbent Sen. Bob Bennett—lifetime American Conservative Union rating: 84—lost a primary battle this past weekend. They've been playing it in Florida, where moderate Gov. Charlie Crist was forced last week to abandon his bid for the Republican Senate nomination and run as an independent instead. And they've even been playing it on the national stage, where the RNC recently toyed with the idea of imposing a purity test on potential GOP candidates. Comply with eight of the party's 10 "Reaganite" principles, the thinking went, and you're worthy of funding. Fall short, and you might as well be Leon Trotsky.
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Old 05-11-2010, 06:43 AM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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Hopefully the independent voters in the United States will note how far right the Republicans are being driven by their radicals and will observe that the actual accomplishments of President Obama sound more like a moderate Republican like President Eisenhower than even President Clinton. For instance the Health Insurance Law is a gift to the insurance industry not sick people.
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Old 05-11-2010, 06:48 AM
 
Location: Chicagoland
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Is there a reason we should take the opinion of someone from Newsweek seriously?

This is the magazine that has lurched so far left in content that it is at risk of going out of business after 70 years.

Please.
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Old 05-11-2010, 06:53 AM
 
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Is there a reason we should take the opinion of someone from Newsweek seriously?

This is the magazine that has lurched so far left in content that it is at risk of going out of business after 70 years.

Please.

Then don't respond, Sanrene, simple, really.
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Old 05-11-2010, 06:54 AM
 
Location: South Fla
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The same magazine that ran the cover calling us all socialist now.
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Old 05-11-2010, 06:55 AM
 
Location: South Fla
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Hopefully the independent voters in the United States will note how far right the Republicans are being driven by their radicals and will observe that the actual accomplishments of President Obama sound more like a moderate Republican like President Eisenhower than even President Clinton. For instance the Health Insurance Law is a gift to the insurance industry not sick people.
Yeah following the constitution is so darn radical
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Old 05-11-2010, 06:57 AM
 
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Hopefully the independent voters in the United States will note how far right the Republicans are being driven by their radicals and will observe that the actual accomplishments of President Obama sound more like a moderate Republican like President Eisenhower than even President Clinton. For instance the Health Insurance Law is a gift to the insurance industry not sick people.
HC reform should have been kept simple. Allow the uninsured to buy into a private insurance pool at lower costs, and restrict preexisting condition requirements. Take away the mandatory requirement.
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Old 05-11-2010, 09:36 AM
 
Location: Texas
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I think nearly anyone associated with the Tea Party would rather have Reagan than what we got now.
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Old 05-11-2010, 09:53 AM
 
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I think nearly anyone associated with the Tea Party would rather have Reagan than what we got now.

They use a scoring system, and Reagan wouldn't have made the grade.
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Old 05-11-2010, 09:54 AM
 
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They use a scoring system, and Reagan wouldn't have made the grade.
The Amnesty bill would have been a deal breaker.
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