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xchrom

(108,903 posts)
Tue Aug 28, 2012, 06:30 AM Aug 2012

BLOOMBERG: Ronald Reagan Is A 'Socialist!'

http://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-ronald-reagan-socialist-cover-newsweek-2012-8

Taking a page out of Newsweek's playbook, Bloomberg Insider went with a bold cover for Tuesday's edition of its daily magazine that it's distributing throughout the conventions:



he argument of the accompanying story, which will undoubtedly be a topic of conversation Tuesday at the Republican National Convention, is not that Reagan is actually a socialist. That term is used in a hyperbolic fashion, in a nod to the regular charges from Republicans that President Obama is a "socialist."

The argument of Michael Tackett's piece is that under today's Republican Party, Reagan would be considered too moderate for a party that has shifted further to the right.

From the story:
Ronald Reagan remains the modern Republican Party’s most durable hero. His memory will be hailed as The Great Uncompromiser by those who insist the GOP must never flag in its support for smaller government, lower taxes and conservative social values.

His record tells a different story.


Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/bloomberg-ronald-reagan-socialist-cover-newsweek-2012-8#ixzz24prfa7cF
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BLOOMBERG: Ronald Reagan Is A 'Socialist!' (Original Post) xchrom Aug 2012 OP
Bonzo Buddy was a farce that worked.. orpupilofnature57 Aug 2012 #1
It's the one-upmanship that has done the GOP in - they don't know when to stop. reformist2 Aug 2012 #2
 

orpupilofnature57

(15,472 posts)
1. Bonzo Buddy was a farce that worked..
Tue Aug 28, 2012, 06:40 AM
Aug 2012

because of the surge in Anti-liberalism of the early 80's , he was a benefactor of the times and nothing more .Ike should have been their champion, if it weren't for the fact He told it like it was.

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