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...when one of their own ran for President - that would be Jimmy Carter - were more than ready to abandon him when he turned out to be, of all things, a true believing Democrat, in favor of a divorced Hollywood actor who was elevated to political sainthood. Ronald Reagan's divorce and estrangement from children were not disqualifying - adding yet another motive for candidates of both parties to invoke him as their icon...
...have never bought into degrading people who offer themselves as candidates for President. This reference that is often used - "wannabes"? Well, Ronald Reagan was once a wannabe. John Kennedy was a wannabe...
Internment Camps In 1988, President RONALD REAGAN signed a bill that apologized and granted reparations to Japanese Americans forced to live in relocation centers during World...
...move to outsource government, begun under Ronald Reagan and accelerated during the Clinton years, has been a spectacular boon to northern Virginia. The once green region offered land, few restrictions on business and a transport hub in Dulles International Airport. The presence of the Pentagon, that greatest of cash-spewing economic-development engines, was the clincher...
...conservatives had little to unite them except, as always, lower taxes. "You have to cut taxes whenever you can," Jeb Bush proposed, "or government will grow faster than people's ability to pay for it." Huh? Bush's assumption was Ronald Reagan's: that "government" is part of the problem, not part of the solution. In truth, it is neither: it is the concrete expression of our collective will. And if you want to govern as a responsible conservative, you have to pay for it--especially when you're fighting a global...