CNN: An interesting article that looks at how Republicans and Democrats view Reagan, how they cherry pick in some respects the Reagan record to attack the opposition. Regan was very pragmatic he would do deals with Democrats, he would go for a majority of a policy aim and then come back later to get the rest, thus Democrats argue that Reagan was willing to deal on policy, while modern Republicans just say NO. On the Republican side the Republicans point out that Reagan was a hawk on National Security, and called on President Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall when the State Department didn’t want to offend the USSR. But Reagan and Gorbachev came close to the removal of ALL nuclear weapons in 1986, they got to that level of trust, Reagan was willing to deal up to a point. The NYT and the Guardian would have jumped for joy if Reagan had accepted the USSR demand that SDI was restricted to the Lab. But Reagan could see the threat of a rogue nation getting the bomb thus his instance that the US had a missile defence. The greatness of Reagan was the ability to know when to be strong and when to deal, also to allow the US to believe in itself again, that was worth more than all the gold in the world.
Friday, February 04, 2011
Ronald Reagan, The Man the Myth
CNN: An interesting article that looks at how Republicans and Democrats view Reagan, how they cherry pick in some respects the Reagan record to attack the opposition. Regan was very pragmatic he would do deals with Democrats, he would go for a majority of a policy aim and then come back later to get the rest, thus Democrats argue that Reagan was willing to deal on policy, while modern Republicans just say NO. On the Republican side the Republicans point out that Reagan was a hawk on National Security, and called on President Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall when the State Department didn’t want to offend the USSR. But Reagan and Gorbachev came close to the removal of ALL nuclear weapons in 1986, they got to that level of trust, Reagan was willing to deal up to a point. The NYT and the Guardian would have jumped for joy if Reagan had accepted the USSR demand that SDI was restricted to the Lab. But Reagan could see the threat of a rogue nation getting the bomb thus his instance that the US had a missile defence. The greatness of Reagan was the ability to know when to be strong and when to deal, also to allow the US to believe in itself again, that was worth more than all the gold in the world.
Centennial of Ronald Reagan
The New York Times: Reports on the plans to celebrate what would have been the 100th birthday of President Ronald Reagan on Sunday. This kind of event must drive the liberal NYT up the wall, lets be honest folks, the extreme liberals like the NYT hated Reagan while he was in Office and cant understand why he still gets the attention, they are really annoyed that a great liberal President in the shape of LBJ cant even get a stamp, while Reagan gets one straight away, the point that liberals forget is that Reagan was a counter to LBJ and his Great Society, LBJ was all about Big Government while Reagan was the reverse, LBJ lost Vietnam while Reagan won the Cold War. All Presidents after Reagan wanted to be Reagan, no one wants run as the new LBJ.
US Senate Tribute to Ronald Reagan
The Hill: Reports on tributes to Ronald Reagan by both Republicans and Democrats. After the death of JFK, the Vietnam War, the political scandal of Watergate and the end of the Nixon Presidency, and the failure of the Carter Presidency the US got lucky, it elected Ronald Reagan, the Reagan Agenda cut taxes, increased military spending, cut government spending, on the international front, Reagan did not lose inch of ground the USSR. The Reagan Presidency saw the West push back the USSR in Afghanistan and in Southern America. Due to the Reagan Presidency the USSR gained a new leader in Gorbachev, with Gorbachev as a partner President Reagan ended the Cold War, with a few months of his leaving office in 1989 the Berlin Wall came down, in many respects Reagan gave freedom to Eastern Europe without a shot being fired by the US. Thus Reagan was a great President.
Obama and Egypt - The Polls
Lets look at the President Obama’s poll ratings after the events in Egypt, the Gallup Poll of Average voters has Obama on 48% Approval and 45% Disapproval, the Rasmussen Poll of likely voters has Obama on 46% Approval and 53% Disapproval. It should be recalled that it was 1979 and Iran and Afghanistan that really sunk the Carter Presidency, and what two countries are on the Presidential Desk for this year, yes its Iran and Afghanistan, the Tehran Regime is developing its nuclear programme, they could have the bomb by the end of 2011, also the Obama initial plan to start getting out of Afghanistan has been pushed back to 2014. If Egypt falls in to the hands of the Muslim Brotherhood the Obama Presidency is over, Israel would have enemies on both sides, and Israel has already started to blame Obama for this mess, Obama has been weak when it comes to Middle East, he tried to bully Israel over its peace negations, they told him to get lost, thus the Obama White House had to back track on its Middle East policy. The Obama offer of friendship to Iran has been thrown back in his face, Iran does not fear the Obama White House. On the domestic side POTUS has seen ObamaCare declared illegal by the US Federal Courts, thus between international affairs and the Obama domestic agenda the Obama re-elect will have a hard time between 2011 and 2012 in crafting a successful message as to why POTUS should be re - elected.
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