tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post1190245045878082359..comments2024-02-29T02:10:56.878-08:00Comments on J O S H U A P U N D I T: Clint, Marco And MittFreedom Fighterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13649470110087808596noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-4951092776372044372012-09-01T09:19:55.359-07:002012-09-01T09:19:55.359-07:00To BPoster :
Excellent letter ! I have just now ...To BPoster :<br /><br />Excellent letter ! I have just now read it. It had not been printed at the time I composed & sent my letter yesterday. We were obviously thinking along identical lines. ( great minds think alike ? ;) )<br /><br />Reagan would be a different politician in this era. He was for most of his life a Democrat, a New - Deal Democrat ! He was the head of the Screen Actors' Guild. As Governor of California, even though a Republican at this stage, he signed into law legislation which liberalised abortion. He raised taxes. He pardoned convicted murderers, including a cop-killer, a subject which was belatedly recalled in the 1988 Dukakis campaign ( if Dukakis had had any sense, he should have said that he had simply made the same mistake re Horton which another governor, 1 named Reagan, had made, but Dukakis dithered, dawdled, & stumbled ) . <br /><br />Pre-Governor Reagan, Governor Reagan, & President Reagan were 3 very different people. There can be no doubt that he would have trimmed his sails to suit the current trade winds in politics.<br /><br />Please keep leaning on jp ! This is a crucial election. Have to run ( even though this has been a week off for me, 2 of the girls from the office are insisting on taking me to see some band in a park play an updated version of a French surrealist song from 40 years ago (( Le temps est un bateau ; la terre est un gateau : time's a boat ; the Earth's a cake )) ? , but they mean well. Last year, they took me to the aquarium, & I later overheard the blond girl tell someone that she had chosen that trip for me because she had overheard me on the phone say that this was the age of aquariums ! ) Ciao !<br /><br />--d/d<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-85166815298858048292012-08-31T15:01:22.960-07:002012-08-31T15:01:22.960-07:00[ Part 2, apologies ]
Perhaps, maybe, I am being...[ Part 2, apologies ]<br /><br />Perhaps, maybe, I am being too harsh with jp, but I think he keeps losing the thread with his personal grudge fouette-ing. He mentions 1980, but he skips 1968 & the Spring of 1976. 1976 ? Wasn't there an incumbent Republican ? F o ... something ? If you play your cards right, we can all give the big O the Bronx cheer at 12.01 pm Eastern Time, on 20 January 2013. <br /><br />--dragon/dinosaurAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-12650456976765076242012-08-31T14:51:53.636-07:002012-08-31T14:51:53.636-07:00I heard the speech live on radio driving back &...I heard the speech live on radio driving back & have just now re-listened to it at YouTube, jotting some notes whilst doing so. I think it was an excellent speech. <br /><br /> 1st point : He emphasised that he was ' a classic Baby Boomer ' . God bless him for emphasising & taking pride in being a Baby Boomer American : the GOP must convert independents & disaffected Dems into GOP voters ( this was a point I tried to make to joshuapundit about a fortnight ago ; the Baby Boomers are now sexagenarians, & the GOP have to listen to this younger, politically speaking ! , pre-1959 generation. OK, JP ? ) We have just experienced our 1st post-Baby-Boomer prez with Owebama, thereby demonstrating that the Baby Boomers are comparatively sane ( please compare & contrast the last 2, both baby boomers, with this 1 ) .<br /><br />2d point : he evoked the memory of the late, great Neil Armstrong, the great man on the Moon, & extolled him to the skies & heavens. Thrice, in fact, he mentioned the name of that great American & hero to millions of Baby Boomers & Americans alive at the time. The 1st step on the Moon on old monochrome telly on 21 ( where I was ) July 1969, about 3 or 4 in the morn, is the most spectacular sight of my life & moment : breathless. That's 1 small step for man ; one giant leap for mankind. ( Another point I made to jp then. )<br /><br />He mentioned Jack Kennedy in the same paragraph, thereby evoking the memory of another hero to millions of Baby Boomers. ( Another name I broached to jp. )<br /><br />He mentioned that his mum had run for the Senate, thereby demonstrating a personal connection with the aspirations of millions of American women, particularly & especially the Baby Boomers. He mentioned his gubernatorial record in the same vein.<br /><br />He directly addressed the controversy about Bain by detailing the founding & by highlighting Staples & the Sports Authority & the Bright Horizons charity & the building of a new steel foundry ( or mill ) in Indiana. Very effective. He addressed the Mormon controversy with civility & politeness & humour. <br /><br />He explicitly mentioned the out-sourcing of manufacturing jobs to Red China, aka, Mainland China, aka, Peking. ( Once again, I explicitly raised the issue of the danger of China with jp. ) This is very important. & he mentions Communist China once more in relation to borrowing. <br /><br />& the core issue of the 716 billion dollar cut to Medicare & Medicare Advantage. THE issue that could cut the Dems to ribbons in the House & Senate contests across the country & nation. He explicitly promises to repeal & replace Obamacare. <br /><br />He pokes gentle fun at Owebama's King Canute like pledge to lower the oceans ( does anyone recall the great Canute story about the king's rebuke of a sycophantic, flattering, toady courtier ? ) . He mentions Putin twice & the betrayal of Poland. & Iran.<br /><br />Jp mocks & ridicules this line, quote : " ' The President hasn't disappointed you because he wanted to ' ? What idiot speechwriter stuck that in there ? " Oh, I don't know, jp. Could it be a speechwriter with the sense to understand that many Americans, including disaffected ones, still like him personally ? A speechwriter serious about converting voters to the GOP ticket come November ? A speechwriter serious about winning ?<br /><br />I don't understand the personal love so many have for Obama, Reagan, Carter ( Carter : yech ! ), but it exists. I didn't vote for any of those candidates, but I ken that successful campaigns must needs convert people from supporting candidates which they personally like to ones which they agree with.<br /><br />Personal attacks against Owebama will not work. But a campaign based on issues can, notwithstanding the demographic nightmare the GOP are facing. The 716 billion dollar cut to Medicare & Medicare Advantage : this is an open net ( or empty net ) in hockey terms. Score, Shred Betties ! [ mixed metaphor apology ]<br /> [ part 1 ]<br /> <br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-90536185046309614672012-08-31T08:47:41.543-07:002012-08-31T08:47:41.543-07:00The problem with Ronald Reagan is, while he was a ...The problem with Ronald Reagan is, while he was a great president for his time, he or someone like him is unelectable today. America is politically and socially a left of center nation today. Much more so than in 1980. As such, Ronald Reagan could not win a national election or even many local elections today. <br /><br />"The President hasn't disappointed you because he wanted to. The President has disappointed America because he hasn't led America in the right direction." I think this is spot on and needs to be the approach that the Republicans should take. Team Romney and the RNC should refrain from personal attacks on the President or accusing him of having nefarious intentions towards the nation. They should focus strictly on his competence and leader and offer clear policy alternatives. As our first African-American president, there remains a vast resivour of good will among the American people towards this president even if they don't necessarily approve of his policies. If they percieve Mr. Obama is being attacked personally, they will likely close ranks around him very quickly. The idiot speech writer you mention very likely understands all of this. <br /><br />A bit off topic but the only way this personal good will toward the current POTUS can likely be damaged is if America should end up in a war with Iran. The Aemrican people do not want this nor do they understand the threat from Iran or its Russian and Chinese allies and will likely turn on the President should this happen. B.Posternoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16816866.post-55162054818106708622012-08-31T06:10:29.571-07:002012-08-31T06:10:29.571-07:00It had to be a good speech, because MSNBC was apop...It had to be a good speech, because MSNBC was apoplectic. This morning all they talked about was how Romney didn't seal the deal and guaranteed Obama's reelection.<br /><br />Personally I think internal WH polling shows Romney in alot better position than the public polls. Besides that these public polls are slanted, I think dems just aren't going to come out to vote.Independent Patriot/Elisenoreply@blogger.com