One of the new tactics of the Paulbots is to try Reagan comparisons and Reagan quotes and do this cute little thrid party association to the champion of the conservative movement.

Fact is as the story below points out that Reagan would not give Paul a second thought were he here today and Paul in no way is a true conservative.

If he were alive today, Ronald Reagan would STRONGLY OPPOSE Ron Paul. Reagan believed in spending generously on our national defense and certainly had an interventionist foreign policy. And according to the Ron ”the nutjob” Paul’s playbook, that would make the greatest president of my era ”a neocon”. Their policies and beliefs are totally and completely different. Naturally Ron Paul’s followers will attempt to hide that fact by showing you an old video of Ronald Reagan praising Ron Paul as a candidate and using that as proof that Ronald Reagan would support Ron Paul in 2012. Now watch me dismantle that silly argument!!! Does anyone remember Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania? Arlen was the senator that everyone on tea party and conservative sites called a liberal RINO. He was challenged by a tea party backed conservative in the primary named Pat Toomey and when Specter saw how opposed conservatives were to his candidacy he changed parties to Democrat. He voted for TARP, Obama’s socialized health care plan, and was pro affirmative action and amnesty. Yet, Reagan praised him as a true conservative back in the 1980′s and even cut a campaign ad for him. But go ask a Pennsylvania tea partier what they think of Specter today. LOL. If you were a House or Senate member, and of course running as a Republican, Ronald Reagan would praise you as a candidate for office. That’s part of what a sitting president does for members of his party.

But rather than look at a 30 year old video let’s look at Ron Paul has to say about Ronald Reagan. In 1987, Ron Paul wrote a letter to Frank Fahrenkopf, chairman of the Republican National Committee, stating that he wanted to totally publically disassociate himself with the policies of Ronald Reagan(funny but he yet to publically disassociate with the 9-11 truther movement or Code Pink). He later told the Dallas Morning News that the presidency of Ronald Reagan was a ”dramatic failure”. OK, let’s take a look at the political success of both politicians and decide if that is true. In 2008 Ron Paul ran in the Republican primary for president. He got 5% of the vote. In other words, 95% OF THE REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY VOTERS REJECTED RON PAUL IN THE LAST ELECTION!!!! In 1984, Ronald Reagan was reelected as the president of the United States in a landslide, winning 49 out of 50 states, and his 525 electoral votes were the the most of any candidate in American history. Hmmm, I think we have to score this one for the Gipper.

This is a repost of Posted by mikeymike143 (Diary)

Thursday, September 8th at 7:19AM EDT

For three years we’ve been forced to hear what Obama inherited and listen to his loyal lemmings harp about how bad a hand he was dealt...time to set some facts straight!

First look at Reagan, by the end of the summer of Reagan's third year in office, the economy was soaring. The GDP growth rate was 5% and racing toward 7%, even 8% growth. In 1983 and '84 output was growing so fast the biggest worry was that the economy would "overheat." In the summer of 2011 we have an economy limping along at barely 1% growth and by some indications headed toward a "double-dip" recession. By the end of Reagan's first term, it was Morning in America. Today there is gloomy talk of America in its twilight with unemployment of 8% or 9% and real output of about 1 percent.

Next let’s look at President Bush, he was “dealt” 9/11 and all that came with it and now is the never ending source of “war under false pretenses” or he “passed this mess on to Obama” crap.  First point of fact is the Bush debt is backend loaded and in large part due to the 2006 elections and all the spending Pelosi pushed.  Second, is that Obama has almost doubled in three years what Bush did in eight and it took the 2010 election and Tea Party to slow his never ending appetite for spending down.

Another case for comparison since 44 is turning out to be the 44th worst President is him to Truman.  He had to take the economy for a full war footing and manufacturing base and ensure that the post war America economy was not a bust with massive layoffs.  He also was forced to deal with a post WWII Soviet Union and massive communist expansion to include Korea.  In short Truman inherited far worse and never played the “Roosevelt” card.

It’s time to cut the incessant whining and admit that this administration is to blame for where we are as a country.  Its past time to call the progressive far left agenda and reckless mess that Keynesian economics have created what it is...a total failure on all fronts.  We have a President that champions being a victim and has his minions out in mass for three years selling this sack of rank, ripe, nasty, cow dung to cover for a woeful lack of competence on the issues and a dismal failure of leadership on any problem facing our great nation.

America looks like a second rate, cry baby nation, wallowing in self pity because the leader of the country engages in these very un-American traits.  One thing is for sure 2012 will usher in a new president that as a minimum must show some backbone, courage, and Reagan like traits that personify American exceptionalism. 

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