tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post1770555424641482004..comments2023-10-24T09:06:30.200-04:00Comments on No More Mister Nice Blog: THE AWFUL REAGAN WAS MUCH MORE APPEALING TO THE BASE THAN THE NOT-SO-AWFUL REAGANSteve M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11963290427258439242noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-4357994345556699732016-02-24T18:08:25.092-05:002016-02-24T18:08:25.092-05:00Yeah, sure, Squint -- the guy who had a dead femal...Yeah, sure, Squint -- the guy who had a dead female intern found in his office. Trustworthy, unh-hunh.Ok, thenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599365315593474937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-79731135708980215912016-02-24T12:03:38.708-05:002016-02-24T12:03:38.708-05:00Trump is proving on a daily basis that the core be...Trump is proving on a daily basis that the core beliefs that brought Reagan to power are not conservative beliefs. <br /><br />Trump has co-opted those Reagan crossover voters, many of whom used to vote Democratic, with a targeted, tribal, and decidedly non-ideological message that they are eating like ice cream. Conservative elites and pundits are dismayed and confused by this. The swing votes they've taken for granted for 30-40 years never took their ideology seriously.<br /><br />A couple of years ago, I told a self-described "conservative" relative that he doesn't know the meaning of the word. He just worships power and hates hippies.<br /><br />He's a volunteer for Trump on Staten Island now.petrillihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17889489779105405703noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-106477423074332742016-02-24T11:01:18.428-05:002016-02-24T11:01:18.428-05:00Boy, Steve, I couldn't agree with your analysi...Boy, Steve, I couldn't agree with your analysis more!<br /><br />Today's conservatives have some angry animatronic Jesus World Theme Park Ronald Wilson Reagan in mind. <br />Full of Old Testament spouting Jesusy goodness.<br /><br />As I and so many others have said, if they had cloned an adult Reagan in time for this election, he would be laughed out of the same party that reveres him. <br />Victorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06609452382111686086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3856837.post-50170765391113044562016-02-24T10:52:29.125-05:002016-02-24T10:52:29.125-05:00Did you notice there was no comment section to Wei...Did you notice there was no comment section to Weisberg article. He would have had that thing stuffed up so far he would have choked.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14006984334289913006noreply@blogger.com