2007-12-26 05:18:05 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Elections
mlmar... I agree with you, but regarding defense, the problem there lies in the fact GWB had to rebuild a military that was decimated by Clinton, No other President before Clinton did so little to help improve the military. In fact, Clinton let things go, no new equipment and cut a lot of the funding, GWB had to completely overhaul the military due to Clintons cuts. The defense spending issue I feel goes back to Clinton and not GWB, but you'll never hear that in the media.
2007-12-26 05:26:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 5⤋
If by "Reagan roots" you mean being clearly a positively Conservative then that is exactly correct. Conservatism works every time it is tried. It is not by accident that all the Republican candidates are trying to claim that they are true Conservatives (despite past records) while not a single Democrat candidate will go anywhere near the label of Liberal.
Politicians have far better and much more accurate polling data than any of us have. Both sides know that America is far more Conservative than Liberal. It is, therefore a question of how much they can fool us.
Look at what they have actually done not what they say.
Happy New Year!
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2007-12-26 05:37:26 · answer #2 · answered by Jacob W 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Great question. If by "Reagan's roots" you mean to have a charismatic leader who talks about the traditional conservative values of self-determination and economic prosperity, I say yes. It seems that George W. has soured many people on Republicans (rightly or wrongly) and I think we need a charasmatic man (or woman) to revive what is great about conservatism; someone who can make us feel good about our country and the party.
My concern about Reagan was that he spent a lot of money on defense. I think the coffers are pretty low right now and would want someone who spent very little.
What do you think?
2007-12-26 05:23:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
they need to back the Electable candidate, so they use the media to garner support for certain candidates to keep them in the public eye, but the cadidates must adhear to their philosophies, not their own.........which is why mr. paul is causing a stir in the party, and everyone is taking notice, and thus, smear campaigns dailey..but there is not much dirt on Paul, so I think were looking at a spoiler candidate, should be interesting.
Reagan was respectable, but not perfect either.
2007-12-26 05:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by Al 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
that is what they are trying to do as you hear every republican candidate invoking the name of Reagan in some fashion..but as JFK said many years ago "the republican party is the party of the past" they used to invoke the name of Lincoln as well,they always look to the past never the future,they never offer anything new just the same old tired solutions that dont apply to the twenty first century
2007-12-26 05:59:46 · answer #5 · answered by cantonbound 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
They need to get back to the Theodore Roosevelt roots.
2007-12-26 05:25:35 · answer #6 · answered by region50 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
no way. r
2007-12-26 05:47:04 · answer #7 · answered by dk 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋