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...their own, “shared an all-out aversion to the ‘dehumanizing,’ all-pervasive power of modern corporations, and criticized the arrogance and insensitivity of the world that this drive for abundance had produced,” voted fiscal conservative Ronald Reagan into the presidency—twice—in the 1980s. The Peace Corps and groups like it were the second-most popular choice of employment after college for the Class of 1966, when these occupations also qualified for draft deferments from the war, but members of that class and others...
...explanation for Putin's popularity may be found in certain similarities to the man often credited with helping to bring down the Soviet Union. It's not that the former KGB man has any policy preferences or even a political style in common with Ronald Reagan, the great icon of contemporary American conservatism. But in the sense that he has made Russians feel good once again about their country, his appeal is Reaganesque...
...Reagan's own popularity - even among many Democrats - owed less to his specific policies (tax cuts, arms buildup) than to his overall success in restoring Americans' national pride and optimism. If the Carter era had been associated with domestic economic woes and a string of geopolitical defeats that culminated in the Iran hostage crisis, Reagan managed, almost as soon as he took office, to convince the public that a new "morning in America" had broken, by getting tough with U.S. adversaries on the global stage...
While Martel is a devout Catholic, Zimmermann calls himself a “fightin’ atheist.” A collage in Martel’s bedroom features famous right-wingers including Bill O’Reilly and Ronald Reagan, but her running mate is a Democrat...
...bumblebee, one thing he says he won't do is sting his opponents. "I do think the 11th commandment is being violated in a lot of ways, but I don't think I've violated it yet and I'll try not to," Huckabee said, referring to Ronald Reagan's so-called 11th commandment: "Thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican...