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Our 9,000th Post

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Normally, it’s uncanny how much Bruce and I see eye-to-eye.  Even though our perspectives differ slightly, we are often struck by the same stories and reach similar conclusions.  This campaign cycle seems to have upended things.  Bruce mocked Jon Huntsman on twitter; I endorsed him.  Bruce voted for Newt Gingrich; I just don’t see my former boss as cut from presidential timber.

That said, we both retain a commitment to the principles on which our nation was built, a reverence for the vision of the Founders and an appreciation for the greatness of Ronald Reagan.

And isn’t it fitting that we post our 9,000th post on the 101st anniversary of his birth?  Happy Birthday, Mr. President.  We could use a man like you about now.

Comments

  1. I concur with every word of your post. Happy Birthday Mr. Reagan. We are still diligently trying to recapture the glory you brought back to our country for too short a time before the establishment began to systematically sabotage it. I feel like I share both your goals even though you can count me as more aligned with Bruce in terms of this election cycle. This time it’s a (simple – fingers crossed) matter of backing the candidate, most likely Romney 😐 in defeating and hopefully ending much of the Obama horror show and trying to load Congress with as many true conservatives as possible. Then the next true Reagan successor might be visible on the horizon.

  4. I found this at Media Research Center:

    ■ “Pretty simplistic. Pretty old-fashioned. And I don’t think they have much application to what’s currently wrong or troubling a lot of people….Nor do I think he really understands the enormous difficulty a lot of people have in just getting through life, because he’s lived in this fantasy land for so long.”
    — NBC anchorman Tom Brokaw speculating on Reagan’s values in Mother Jones, April 1983.

    ■ “The mission that Reagan has embarked upon has nothing to do with his personal charm. He has set out to reverse the course of American government that was charted by Franklin Roosevelt. If F.D.R. explored the upper limits of what government could do for the individual, Reagan is testing the lower limits. Reagan’s opinions and policies would be enough in another time to have protesters marching in the streets, or worse. And yet something about Reagan soothes and unites — even though the effects of his programs may repel.”
    — Essayist Lance Morrow in the July 7, 1986 Time magazine cover story, “Why Is This Man So Popular?”

    ■ “So I think [Ronald Reagan] is going to have to pass two or three tests. The first is, will he get there, stand in front of the podium, and not drool?”
    — ABC White House reporter Sam Donaldson on a planned Reagan press conference, NBC’s Late Night with David Letterman, March 18, 1987.

    ■ “The Acting President: Ronald Reagan and the Supporting Players Who Helped Him Create the Illusion That Held America Spellbound”
    — Title of 1989 book by Bob Schieffer, CBS News Chief Washington Correspondent, and Gary Paul Gates, co-authors of The Palace Guard.

    ■ “They [Reagan and Thatcher] quickly formed a bond that overcame their differences of age, gender and — many whisper — IQ scores.”
    — Washington Post reporter David Broder, May 27, 1989.

    ■ “Reagan’s approval ratings never put him in the top rank of most popular Presidents; that was always a myth. And his confectionary, heavily scripted presidency tended to lead the country backward.”
    — Newsweek Senior Writer Jonathan Alter, December 31, 1991 news story.

    ■ “I think the best evidence I can give that we do a lousy job covering politics is to look at the politicians: Ronald Reagan was President of us for eight years — Ronald Reagan! Reporters should have been writing for the entire eight years of his reign that this man was gone, out of it….He should have been covered as a clown.”
    — NBC reporter Bob Herbert during a panel discussion at Columbia’s Graduate School of Journalism in Fall 1992, as reported in a June 21, 1993 National Review article by Stephanie Gutmann. Herbert is currently a New York Times columnist.

    Whew! I guess those of us who admire Reagan know where we stand with the self-annointed intellectual elites.

    I never make a move until I have checked in with Bob Schieffer and only then not until after I know he has drunk a quart of vinegar to get himself kick-started.

  7. OT, Apparently Legal Insurrection is reporting the 9th circus will release their ruling on Prop 8 tomorrow.

    I’m betting they side with Walker, and the smiting over the video was a figleaf of cover.

  8. The mission that Reagan has embarked upon has nothing to do with his personal charm. He has set out to reverse the course of American government that was charted by Franklin Roosevelt. If F.D.R. explored the upper limits of what government could do for the individual, Reagan is testing the lower limits.

    One of the things that made him so great.

    And his confectionary, heavily scripted presidency tended to lead the country backward.

    But, wasn’t Reagan’s presidency marked by a booming economy? It’s good to know that leftists consider that “leading the country backward.”

    In response to the post, I’ll say again that this blog has literally changed my life for the better. So, thanks Dan & Bruce for keeping this excellent blog and thanks Dan for the personal support. And I’ve enjoyed all the discussions I’ve had in the comments section, so also thanks to all the other commenters. And congratulations on the milestone!