October 12, 2007
Desperately Seeking Ronnie
Two excellent articles in National Review Online today look at the attempts of Republican voters to find (and the GOP Candidates attempts to be) the next Ronald Reagan.
Jonah Goldberg's "Gipper's Glass Slipper" reminds us that Reagan was a man who was right for his time. But he left office twenty years ago and times have changed.
Rich Lowry looks at the current field of candidates and reminds us "Yes, This Is It."
I have a great appreciation for the achievements of Reagan (a far greater appreciation than I had when he was President). But I have to agree with Messrs Goldberg and Lowry - it's time to get over it. He was great. He should be remembered. But now he's gone.
To hold aspirants to the Oval Office to that standard every four years is getting tedious. And bitching that there isn't an "ideal" candidate nowadays is childish.
It is what it is. Determine what's most important to you (for me it's more dead terrorists and low taxes), vote for the candidate that you think is the best person to lead the country (not just the party) in 2009 and vote. If he doesn't win the nomination, support the one who does. He may not be "ideal" but guaranty he'll be a lot better than the alternative.
Democrats have spent the last forty years looking backwards - for the next JFK. That's gotten them nowhere.
It's time to look forward - towards America's future. Because, frankly, that's what the Gipper would have done.
Posted by Gary at October 12, 2007 02:27 PM | TrackBackAMEN! Just like finding the next Goldwater.
Posted by: AKL at October 12, 2007 09:42 PMWhen the times call for it, great leaders will emerge...Remember, many thought Ronald Reagan and W as lightweights...But both rose to the challenges of the Presidency..
And much more was expected from the gosh darn smart than what they delivered (think Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton)...
Posted by: kmr at October 13, 2007 08:01 AMGonna have to disagree with you there. As long as the party base keeps on voting for losers who have more in common with Hillary Clinton than they do with the people who you are encouraging to vote for them, the party will keep on supporting and protecting those same losers. If the ONLY thing the party can offer as a guiding philosophy is, "We act just like Democrats, but we have an 'R' after our names! Vote for us, or people just like us will win!" , the party has nothing.
The time has come to say that enough is enough; and if the Republican Party wants to run a big government, antigun, proabortion, open borders, slate of candidates they can go to hell.
If the Dems are looking for the next JFK, they're looking in the wrong place. JFK would fit better in the far right of the Republican party than the Democrats of today. Think tax reductions to improve the economy, the Berlin airlift, not backing down at the Cuban missile crisis. Yes, I know he was the Clinton of his age as far as women went, and that he made his share of mistakes. Also, he set the tone for Catholics who run for office being required to deny that they actually are faithful in order to be elected, but that too is part and parcel of being a Republican today, unfortunately.
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