11: McCain’s biggest mistake was constantly putting out messages that the majority of the electorate didn’t want to hear. Y’all seem to have a real forest through the trees attitude on this; you don’ want to tick off the things that were wrong about what conservatives did, but you try to turn the discussion to what was wrong with the message they were putting out. in ’76, the country had just come through Watergate and and our participation in a foriegn war that divided the country. In ’80, we had the hostages in Iran and stagflation. ’84 – well, going pretty well and no need for change, ’88 – ride in the coattails of the last guy ’92 – inflation and people not happy with the direction of the country. ’96 – see ’84, ’00 – sadly, it was bring decency back to the white house. ’04 – We’ll protect you from the terrorists (and several anti-gay marriage measures for good measure to get people to the polls. ’08 – A war no one wanted to be in anymore and the fall of the economy, the likes of which we hadn’t seen since the depression.

Kevin, say what you will about President Reagan, he acutally felt it prudent to ‘meddle’ in other nations affairs and was a key leg of the triumverant that brought the Soviets down. He also was able to work with a oppositon held congress and help usher in a new recovery. He also didn’t constantly blame his setbacks on his predicessor or the media. Even against his political opponents he used sarcasm and wit to disarm them.

McCain’s mistake (well one of several) was not emulating the conservative principals President Reagan articulated. If he’d answered all the ‘McCain is old’ memes with “I will not let my opponents youth and inexperience become an issue in this campaign” he’d have cut them off at the knees.

……like a deified Roman God.

Thems the worst kinda Gods…..them deified ones. I don’t know what Roman has to do with it, but if must require strong deodorant or something.

I like my Gods undeified. That way, I can deify them the way I want.

Now, on the other hand, I prefer my Messiah’s to be arrogant and self centered. I don’t get into that forgiveness and turning the other cheek and golden rule so much. I will take a good old fashioned Mussolini type fascist Messiah any old day. You know, a socialist czar among a politburo of czars. Something you can respect. Like the Mafia.

If you ask “adults” about the crushing legacy they’re leaving to future generations, they will likely shrug and say “not my problem”.

Let’s face it – Ronald Reagan probably couldn’t even be nominated if he were to run for office today.

Say what you will, Kevin… Reagan never thought of himself as a messiah.

President Reagan is like the ghost of Christmas past for Democrats Everyone knows the names Washington, Jefferson, Adams, Lincoln. These were men of historical importance whose accomplishments and works have survived the test of time. We are nearing a …

ANYONE who supports socialized medicine or defends it is either shockingly ignorant, profoundly narcissistic, or both.

Sean A, I have also found that to be the case. In some other health care threads on this blog, some of us have opposed an individual who has been shockingly ignorant on basic matters of economics, business, health care as such, political philosophy and the constitutional order established by the Framers. In the latest example, he told me in essence (i.e., in his own foolish and misguided terminology) to go kill myself. When I pointed out the hatefulness and hypocrisy which exist in that (hypocrisy because this particular individual sometimes refers to his devotion to Jesus), he seriously tried to make it sound like I was at fault for having pointed it out – a typical Left “moral inversion” or deflection of responsibility.

Veterans in this country continue to be subjected to less than quality care at times in this country as evidenced by 53 of them recently infected with HIV or Hepatitis at VA facilities. Democrats and President Obama talk about how quality care won’t be effected by Obamacare but the Veterans Hospital system in this country is a living-breathing example of a nationally run healthcare system.

I’m certainly not saying that errors don’t occur in our current healthcare system but the VA has been one oops after another through the years.

Our Veterans deserve better and I take no comfort in watching the Feds running the VA and how that will translate into running our entire healthcare system.

Pelosi accused the nonpartisan budget analysts of always providing “the worst case scenario” on the costs of health care reforms and ignoring the savings associated with the proposal. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/18/cia-pelosi-targets-congressional-budget-office-health-care-cost-estimate/

That’s right. She’s sitting on a $100 million real estate empire in a state with over 11% unemployment and she has the nerve to act as though we don’t have a right to know what the “worst case scenario” is with regard to how she plans to spend OUR MONEY. Of course, that is her elitist approach to everything she spends our money on, but in this particular case she is going to the mat to impose a system on us that will literally endanger our lives. She deserves nothing but our contempt and disgust.

Will the Spirit of Ronald Reagan Sink Obamacare?

Let’s hope and pray!!!