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It makes no sense for Obama to praise a Republican icon in a primary just to score a few political points. It’s a blunder on his part, if anything. I guess one of his campaign advisers needs to tell him that he’s not supposed to sound moderate until the general. An appeal to Independants (maybe independence is a better word) and moderate partisans won’t get you very far in a primary election – see McCain, John. Must be that infamous Obama inexperience. I’m starting to think that a lack of political experience might be his biggest asset, assuming he stands by his statement.

On the bright side, for Republicans, anyway, it makes him that much more unelectable in the primary. Once again, our partisan primary system works to stamp out moderation.

Of course I’ll take it all back after his inevitable statement to the Democrtatic faithful that what he was really just pointing out that the trains ran on time in Nazi Germany; and that he thinks Reagan was a demented, frothing bigot – like every other good Democrat thinks. Gotta love politics.

He simply acknowledges that Reagan’s election was a paradigm shift from big government to small government

And in doing that, he’s been more honest about the Reagan presidency than any other lefty in recent memory. He also implicitly acknowledges that the desire for smaller government is not where the American public is right now. Most Americans want “free” health care, “free” prescription drugs, more money for public schools, and higher taxes on “the rich.”

The America that elected Reagan doesn’t live here anymore.

Obama: “Ronald Reagan Changed The Trajectory Of America”

… “In a way that Richard Nixon did not. And in a way that Bill Clinton did not.”

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I don’t wanna portray myself as some sort of singular character

No worries – you’re one of Three, my friend.

In any event, any person who may move toward restoring intellectual integrity and traditional values to the Democrat party has my best wishes.

It seemed at first like he was trying to make the point that Reagan was leading people away from big government, but realized what he was about to say and changed track and took and opportunity to get a hit on the Clintons.

That’s what it sounded like to me, as well. He hit the Clintons right where they’re most sensitive – their inadequacy regarding the “legacy.”

No, Ronald Reagan didn’t appeal to people’s optimism, he appealed to their petty, small minded bigotry and selfishness. Jimmy Carter told people to tighten their energy belts and act for the good of the country; Ronald Reagan told them they could guzzle gas with impunity and do whatever the hell they wanted.

Let’s check out the taxes and displeasure of Americans under Carter, then Reagan, shall we?

On the plus side, if we want a few more Carters we can all live in poverty together!

If so, I’d take this tax and spend end the war “uniter” over hillary’s tax and spend end the war “triangulation”