tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post6054710909532887933..comments2023-06-30T07:20:59.834-05:00Comments on Beyond Me: A New Low for a Man and His PartyJaredhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10208662198827344349noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-42411719445026037502008-09-11T12:38:00.000-05:002008-09-11T12:38:00.000-05:00I really dislike Ronald Reagan, but I'll concede t...I really dislike Ronald Reagan, but I'll concede that he was not as mean-spirited as the current inheritors of his party. I think the real architect of the modern Republican insanity is Newt Gingrich. He whipped the GOP into a frenzy in 1994, and they haven't looked back.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397974121751822684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-65005918914754286402008-09-11T00:08:00.000-05:002008-09-11T00:08:00.000-05:00While I think Reagan is vastly overrated, I don't ...While I think Reagan is vastly overrated, I don't think he can be blamed for the current state of the party - probably not even for laying the groundwork for it. And if he did, I agree with James that he would not like what it looks like today. <BR/><BR/>I could be wrong, but to my knowledge, Reagan didn't rely on the wedge issues that Rove needed to elect W in 2000 and most especially in 2004. Jaredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10208662198827344349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-11294740540550138822008-09-10T22:40:00.000-05:002008-09-10T22:40:00.000-05:00Reagan welcomed with open arms the fundamentalist ...Reagan welcomed with open arms the fundamentalist Christian insanity and backward-looking medievalist values that have destroyed the last vestiges of the Republican Party's respectability. I spit on his grave.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17397974121751822684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2275927829587510391.post-5900780648790985092008-09-10T19:53:00.000-05:002008-09-10T19:53:00.000-05:00Jared, you struck gold again. Lincoln, TR, and Rea...Jared, you struck gold again. Lincoln, TR, and Reagan would be wondering where it all went. It is ironic that the three Presidents you mentioned as the Titans of the party were all great orators. Now, the GOP is up against an equally great orator and they'll do whatever they can to keep him out of office. <BR/><BR/>They dismiss Obama as "pie in the sky." These three Giants were equally idealisticJames F Barryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09825352627943324580noreply@blogger.com