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Ronald Reagan Explains the Obama Reelection Strategy

June 9, 2011 by B. Daniel Blatt

In The Notes: Ronald Reagan’s Private Collection of Stories and Wisdom, we find the Gipper’s understanding of President Obama’s reelection strategy in light of Republican attempts to hold the line on out-of-control federal spending:

Big difficulty is [in] cutting down gov[ernmen]t expense is the expenses have votes.

[First bracketed word in original.]

Filed Under: 2012 Presidential Election, Big Government Follies, Ronald Reagan

Comments

  1. Patrick says

    June 9, 2011 at 9:18 pm - June 9, 2011

    ha…great quote Dan. Thanks. Good ol’ Gipper.

  2. American Elephant says

    June 10, 2011 at 5:05 am - June 10, 2011

    Another quote that sums up the Democratic election strategy:

    “When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.”
    ~ Benjamin Franklin

    …creating a permanent dependent majority. Something they thought they had accomplished, or was inevitable with the passage of Obamacare. They may yet be right. We will find out.

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