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MTV will televise its own ball from the Ronald Reagan Building on Pennsylvania Avenue. And the Smithsonian American Art Museum will be the site of the Lincoln 2. (Park Hills Daily Journal, MO)
10 essay writers can win chance to see Obama take oath Dec 30, 2008
1981: 500,000, Ronald Reagan. 1977: 350,000, Jimmy Carter. (USA Today)
Bush among 'worst in history' ? Dec 30, 2008
William F. Buckley Jr., Barry Goldwater, and yes, even Ronald Reagan, would have been horrified to witness how the party was hijacked by right wing religious fanatics, values voters with their heads in the sand of time, and vicious immoral political assassins like Karl Rove and Dick Cheney. Hanging chads be damned, the Bush catastrophe started the minute the election was subverted and ultimately settled by a partisan Supreme Court, to the day he was too lazy to read his morning National Security... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
Weak economy boosts fraud investigations Dec 30, 2008
In the 1980s, he was assigned to security detail for visits by Pope John Paul and President Ronald Reagan to Guam. Stern later served on the Phoenix and Mesa police departments. (AZCentral -- Business)
Missile Defense Director Moves to End Test Glitches Dec 30, 2008
The tests are part of an effort to construct a scaled-down version of the "Star Wars" network envisioned by President Ronald Reagan two decades ago. While Reagan imagined a shield against a massive Soviet attack, President Bush has pursued a more limited system aimed at thwarting a small number of ballistic missiles that might be fired at the United States not by a major power such as Russia or China but by a smaller adversary such as North Korea or Iran. (Yahoo News -- Missile Defense System)
Bush and the Firing Squad Dec 30, 2008
So might Ronald Reagan. So might John Kennedy. (Townhall.com)
Veterans of 1990s bailout of U.S. thrifts stand to profit from bank crisis Dec 30, 2008
Robert Clarke - controller of the currency under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush and a former Resolution Trust board member - has been advising banks throughout the South on how to get their shares of bailout money. "I have been absolutely inundated," said Clarke, who works at Bracewell & Giuliani, the Houston-based law firm affiliated with the former New York mayor and presidential candidate, Rudolph Giuliani. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Book Review: 'The King's Messenger' Dec 30, 2008
Ronald Reagan called the embattled Afghans "freedom fighters," while to the Saudis they were "holy warriors.". Then there was the contradiction that repeatedly tore Washington apart: The more secure the Saudis felt, the less secure the Israelis believed themselves to be. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Stalin Third-Best Russian Ever? Dec 30, 2008
Still, in the wake of a presidential campaign marked by an unusually high standard of political rhetoric, it was weirdly revealing to listen to Martin Luther King Jr., Ronald Reagan, JFK and RFK, Franklin Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and even Nixon, one after the other, out of chronological order ... To some degree, this is to be expected: It's clear, when you listen to them together, that the authors of Ronald Reagan's ("We come to Berlin, we American presidents, because it's our duty to speak, in... (Slate)
Cappiello says General Assembly should have more business owners Dec 27, 2008
Mr. Cappiello said his political role model, former Republican President Ronald Reagan, succeeded because he had "true values and a true core set of beliefs. He was able to deliver his message in an eloquent way, and even when he was stern he could do it with a smile. "He also was pragmatic and would listen to the other side," Mr. Cappiello said regarding Mr. Reagan's interaction with Democrats. The departing state senator said that Mr. Reagan's supply-side tax cut of 1981 "created an economy... (Brookfield Journal, CT)
Another Pastor Controversy for Obama Dec 27, 2008
Mr. Reagan is a syndicated radio talk-show host, author of (Broadman n Publishers) and and the son of former President Ronald Reagan. Reader Comments: () Here are a few of the comments submitted by our readers. (Human Events Online)
Letters to the editor Dec 27, 2008
When things got tight, you cut spending and raised taxes; Ronald Reagan did it as California governor in 1967, and Pete Wilson did it in 1991. Pete Wilson also signed the law stipulating that the car tax would return to the previous level when state revenues declined. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
The inexact science of economics Dec 27, 2008
Ronald Reagan, our former popular president, once stated his simple yet insightful interpretation of economics: The government s view of the economy could be summed up in a few phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. (Princeton Bureau County Republican, IL)
Obama Riding High on President-elect Ratings Dec 27, 2008
"He's putting up better numbers, usually by double digits, than Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, or either George Bush on every item traditionally measured in transition polls.". The survey also found that 56 percent of those asked backed Obama's plans for a huge stimulus package to ignite the crisis-hit economy, with 42 percent against. (Newsmax)
Lump of Coal: Bush Revokes Man's Pardon Dec 27, 2008
That's fewer than half as many as Presidents Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan issued during their two-term tenures. 2008 Newsmax. (Newsmax)
Reagan: If I were president Dec 26, 2008
Mike Reagan, the elder son of the late President Ronald Reagan and the chairman of ww , is heard on more than 200 talk radio stations nationally as part of the Radio America Network. Look for Mike's newest book, "Twice Adopted" and other info at. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
Watchdogs or Lapdogs? Dec 26, 2008
There is the Franklin Roosevelt model during the Depression, and the Ronald Reagan model during 1981 and '82, a very deep recession ... Ronald Reagan cut taxes and engaged the one group that Obama doesn't seem to be interested in engaging the business community, corporations, entrepreneurs ... And, you know, Ronald Reagan was also a Keynesian. (Fox News)
Obama two-hour interview with four investigators? Dec 26, 2008
After leaving office Ronald Reagan provided videotaped testimony in the Iran-contra trial of an aide while George H. W. Bush was interviewed about the scandal while still vice president. 1. (The Drudge Report)
Obama abs-olutely in keeping with presidential photo history Dec 26, 2008
Since then we've had Lyndon Johnson lifting his shirt to show reporters his surgery scar and pictures of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton in swim trunks ... Since then we've had Lyndon Johnson lifting his shirt to show reporters his surgery scar and pictures of Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton in swim trunks. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
Giuliani's foes see abortion as chink in armor Dec 26, 2008 McGovern Beats Nixon Dec 26, 2008 Was it supply and demand after all? - A View from the Right Dec 26, 2008 Cappiello Setting New Course With the GOP Dec 26, 2008 Obama follows a tradition of testifying for prosecutors Dec 26, 2008 President-elect's Christmas present Dec 26, 2008 Football shootings and housing musings Dec 26, 2008 Ignatieff warns PM against use of hardball tactics in Parliament Dec 26, 2008 Little good news for Siegelman or Scrushy Dec 26, 2008 George Bush, Protectionist Dec 26, 2008 A blessed land, an optimistic future Dec 26, 2008 TUESDAY: Bush pardons 19, grants clemency to 1 Dec 26, 2008 2008 Passages: Lives lost this year Dec 26, 2008 Will Obama Deliver for Organized Labor? Dec 26, 2008 Waking from Lever-Lever Land Dec 25, 2008 Free Accessible Downloads from PBS Dec 25, 2008 Heritage: No More Waffling on Missile Defense Dec 25, 2008 Bush pardons 19, commutes 1 prison term Dec 25, 2008 Bush pardons man who helped Israel during wartime... Dec 25, 2008 Bush revokes developer's pardon Dec 25, 2008 Poll: Honeymoon with Obama continues Dec 25, 2008 Looking back, Bush and Cheney reveal different views Dec 25, 2008 Obama's honeymoon Dec 25, 2008 Dissecting Obama's 'perestroika' Dec 23, 2008 PELOSI POWER: CALIFORNIA -- NOT ILLINOIS -- RULES NEW D.C... Dec 23, 2008 * Obamas pragmatic view of China Dec 23, 2008 Medicare withstood Republican assault Dec 23, 2008 On the Death of Deep Throat Dec 23, 2008 Marin GOP Activist Sally Ann Rakow Dies Dec 23, 2008 Libya acts in HIV row with Bulgaria Dec 23, 2008 Timing, luck crucial for high court seat Dec 23, 2008 Still a great rule: Trust but verify Dec 22, 2008 Obituary: Mark Felt Dec 22, 2008 A Keynes insight into free markets Dec 22, 2008 'ONLY ONE CALL'... Dec 22, 2008 Fewer in state plan to travel Most will travel by car. The rest will take a plane, bus or train Dec 22, 2008 Giuliani's foes see abortion as chink in armor Dec 22, 2008 Missile Defense Director Moves to End Test Glitches Dec 22, 2008 How it all began Dec 22, 2008 Paul Weyrich: Architect of the Conservative Movement Dec 22, 2008 Interview of the Vice President by Chris Wallace, FOX News Dec 22, 2008 Pelosi power: California rises Dec 22, 2008 A letter to Sarah Palin Dec 22, 2008 Reagan: If I were president Dec 21, 2008 Gas tax an unpopular idea Dec 21, 2008 Obama to tilt toward domestic issues Dec 21, 2008 AP: Mark Felt, Watergate's 'Deep Throat,' Dies at 95 Dec 21, 2008 The GOP - in search of its resurrection Dec 21, 2008 School Crossings: Signing on for the whole load Dec 21, 2008 The Toyota Republicans Dec 21, 2008 Recapturing Supply-Side Coherence Dec 21, 2008 Editorial: Needed: A more relevant state GOP Dec 21, 2008 The U.S. government is over stimulating Dec 21, 2008 28 comment(s) Dec 21, 2008 John E. Sprizzo, judge known for his temper Dec 20, 2008 Paul Weyrich, leader of religious right, dies Dec 20, 2008 What qualifications? Dec 20, 2008 Taking a Stand: Atheists’ national holiday? Dec 20, 2008 • 'Deep Throat' dies at 95 Dec 20, 2008 Little good news for Siegelman or Scrushy Dec 20, 2008 400 comments Dec 20, 2008 Missing the Story -- Again Dec 20, 2008 Canadian PM Faces Test Of Conservatism With "Big Three" Bailout Dec 20, 2008 History Points to GOP Gains in 2010 Dec 20, 2008 Sitting on Great Judges Dec 20, 2008
a presidential candidate and steadfast abortion opponent, said in last week s debate: I could, because I believe in the Ronald Reagan principle that somebody that s with you 80% of the time is not your enemy; that s your friend and that s our ally. The abortion credentials of potential Republican White House contender Fred Thompson came into question Tuesday when a survey filled out by his 1994 Senate campaign surfaced on the Internet. (Yahoo News -- Presidential Election 2000)
Where Have All the Neocons Gone? Dec 26, 2008
In 1988, after George H.W. Bush replaced Ronald Reagan, neocon lioness Midge Decter fretted, are we a long, sour marriage held together for the kids and now facing an empty nest ... Their failure to create regime change in the Democratic Party meant that they began enlisting in the GOP. More precisely, they flocked to the banner of Ronald Reagan, a former New Deal Democrat turned conservative, or, in their eyes, the first neocon. (The American Conservative)
Even Ronald Reagan paid more lip service than fealty to the new priorities of the Right: he had come of age with an earlier anticommunist and libertarian brand of conservatism. But in the 1990s, Republicans embraced anti-McGovernism with ardor. (The American Conservative)
Facts wrote on Dec 23, 2008 5:11 PM:" Bill - Is it just me or do you find it interesting that for the last 3-4 years all I have heard is how Bush and Chaney drove up the price of gasoline, for their own personal gain. Now that the price per gallon is lower than when Bush took office in 2001 all the liberals like to say we know the President doesn't have anything to do with the price of gas. Strange. We have so much to be thankful for this Holiday season. I for one am so thankful and proud to be... (Cameron Observer, MO)
" "With pork and earmarks on top of everything, you are building a system that can't sustain itself," Mr. Cappiello said. However, he criticized many members of Congress for not "putting the brakes" on the higher spending. Mr. Cappiello said his political role model, former Republican President Ronald Reagan, succeeded because he had "true values and a true core set of beliefs. " "He was able to deliver his message in an eloquent way, and even when he was stern he could do it with a smile," he... (Litchfield County Times, CT)
After leaving office, Ronald Reagan provided videotaped testimony in the Iran-contra trial of an aide, and the elder George Bush was interviewed about the scandal while still vice president. Clinton provided sworn testimony at least 10 times, according to David Kendall, his lawyer in the Whitewater and Monica Lewinsky investigations. (International Herald Tribune)
She ought to spend the next decade being a good governor, tending to her children so none of them turn out like Ron Reagan Jr., and reading everything Phyllis Schlafly, Thomas Sowell, Ronald Reagan and Publius have ever written. (She also might keep in mind that HUMAN EVENTS was Ronald Reagans favorite newspaper. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
One more recent and great Sowell quote: Ronald Reagan had a vision of America. Barack Obama has a vision of Barack Obama. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
International conservative leaders such as Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush rode the wave of looser market regulation that has been blamed for sparking the global financial crisis. The market meltdown has been a moment of truth for conservative ideology, and a moment of validation for liberal ideology, Mr. Ignatieff said. (Globe and Mail)
Edmondson was appointed to the court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. Tjoflat was appointed by President Richard Nixon to a federal district court in 1970 and elevated to the appeals court by President Gerald Ford in 1975. (Madison County Record, AL)
Ronald Reagan, too, was not prepared to see Japan take down the U.S. auto industry, or steel industry, or computer chip industry, or Harley-Davidson. Believing Japan was dumping to destroy U.S. companies, Reagan put patriotism before ideology and imposed quotas on Japanese imports. (Townhall.com)
Early in his primary campaign, Obama said he admired Ronald Reagan for lifting the hopes of a dispirited and pessimistic nation at a dark time in our country's history. Some in his party criticized him for believing there was anything good to say about Reagan. (Townhall.com)
By contrast, Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan and Gerald Ford pardoned or commuted more than 400 sentences; Jimmy Carter and John Kennedy more than 500; Richard Nixon nearly 1,000; and Lyndon Johnson nearly 1,200. Bush's highest-profile case was that of Lewis "Scooter" Libby, who as Vice President Cheney's chief of staff was convicted of perjury and obstructing justice in the leak of an undercover CIA agent's name to the press. (USA Today)
Clockwise from top left: Steve Fossett, Tim Russert, Miriam Makeba, Paul Newman, Heath Ledger, Isaac Hayes, Estelle Getty and Gene Upshaw all died in 2008. File photos clockwise from top left by: AP, Getty Images for 'Meet the Press,' AP, AP, AP/Focus Features, AP, AP, US Presswire. (USA Today)
There is no doubt that an Obama presidency will mark a suspension of the assault on unionization that started under Ronald Reagan and peaked under George W. Bush. Obama is sure to appoint labor-friendly members to the National Labor Relations Board and begin to undo many of the obstacles Bush constructed. (Time.com)
The Baby Boomers were in their 20s and 30s when Ronald Reagan took office in 1981, and they needed all the capital they would borrow. All the instruments of monetary destruction that rained ruin on American markets in 2008 came into the world as good things. (Asia Times Online)
The accessible Presidents series includes Closed-caption biographies of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Jimmy Carter, and Ronald Reagan. The Roosevelt biography FDR (1994) is also the first online video program to be offered as a download with a Descriptive Video Service (DVS) track that includes narration of key visual elements (e. (Suite101.com)
Ronald Reagan s moral revulsion at the thought of massive retaliation led him to establish the Strategic Defense Initiative SDI. He envisioned a global network of missile interceptors that would make missiles obsolete. Dutch s grand vision survived the derisive objections of naysayers who dismissed SDI as a fanciful variation of Darth Vader s Death Star. (Fox News)
That's fewer than half as many as Presidents Clinton or Ronald Reagan issued during their two terms. Bush also commuted the prison sentence of Reed Raymond Prior of Des Moines, Iowa. (MSNBC -- Politics)
That's fewer than half as many as Presidents Clinton or Ronald Reagan issued during their two terms. Well-known names were not on Bush's holiday pardon list. (The Drudge Report)
Mr Bush has pardoned fewer people than Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan ... Mr Bush has granted far fewer pardons than did Mr Clinton and President Ronald Reagan during their terms in office. (BBC News)
Obama has higher ratings than Bill Clinton or Ronald Reagan did at same time ... "Obama walks in with nearly twice the support on the economy that President-elect had in January 1993, and he beats Ronald Reagan as well," Holland adds. (CNN -- US)
President Ronald Reagan gave five interviews during his last two months in office; President Bill Clinton gave seven. Bush has already given 10, to outlets as varied as Real Clear Politics, the Pentagon Channel, an Arabic television channel and a sportswriter for The Washington Post; the White House says more are to come. (International Herald Tribune)
"He's putting up better numbers, usually by double digits, than Bill Clinton, Ronald Reagan, or either George Bush on every item traditionally measured in transition polls.". Support for Obama's stimulus package. (iAfrica.com)
Obama could do what Gorbachev did with his sworn enemy, Ronald Reagan. While this move would be pleasing to Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad who, following Reagan, might praise Obama as a man who would "tear down this wall", such an event could hardly please Russia. (Asia Times Online)
Pelosi power: California rises - Charles Mahtesian - Politico. " Most of these leading Californians, we should remember, will be directly guided by the visionary leadership of a man from Illinois. Party: Independent Reply #12 Date: Dec. 22, 2008 - 7:51 AM EST Agnostic Neocon, i dont know how you will define a crushing defeat but the way the democrats won the last 2 election cycles is paramount to a crushing defeat... the republicans were annihilated. Party: Libertarian Reply #13 Date: Dec. 22,... (The Drudge Report)
As a presidential candidate, Ronald Reagan once criticized Jimmy Carter for normalizing relations with China and forsaking Taiwan; Bill Clinton accused then-president George Bush of cuddling with the butchers in Beijing after the 1989 Tiananmen Massacre. George W. Bush later criticized Clintons policies, arguing that China was not a strategic partner but a strategic competitor. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
But it is also important to remember that in 1965, the "great" Ronald Reagan used almost iden tical words: "... or one day, we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free." In 1965, those words were spoken not in our fight against fascism, not in our fight against totalitarianism, but rather as the opening salvo in the Republican war against Medicare. I am sure that many, if not all, of our senior... (NJ.com -- Times)
When Felt was convicted, Ronald Reagan pardoned him, declaring that if the Carter amnesty was proper for those who had defected to Canada rather than serve in Vietnam, it was right to pardon those who risked their careers to protect the nation. After exposure as Deep Throat, Felt wrote in a 2006 memoir, "The bottom line is that we did get the whole truth out, but isn't that what the FBI is suppose to do?". (Human Events Online)
Marin County GOP activist Sally Ann Rakow dies. Article:Marin County GOP activist Sally Ann Rakow dies:/c/a/2008/12/22/BAG714QRGO.DTL Article:Marin County GOP activist Sally Ann Rakow dies:/c/a/2008/12/22/BAG714QRGO.DTL. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, will formally end half a century of hostilities today when she steps on to Libyan soil and shakes the hand of Muammar Gadafy, once described by Ronald Reagan as the "mad dog" of the Middle East. 7 Aug 2007. (Yahoo News -- Libya)
In 1987, Biden had just taken over the chairmanship of the Judiciary Committee when President Ronald Reagan nominated then-U.S. appeals court Judge Robert Bork to the high court. The Bork hearings were some of the most rancorous in decades and ended with his Senate defeat, 58-42. (USA Today)
"Trust but verify" is often attributed to Ronald Reagan. He certainly used it very often. (Boston Globe)
They were convicted in 1980 but pardoned a few months later by President Ronald Reagan. The president said they had "acted on high principle to bring an end to the terrorism that was threatening our nation". (BBC News -- Americas)
Enter Margaret Thatcher, Ronald Reagan, and a return to free-market economics that persisted until the current crisis. But Hugh Mackenzie, an economic consultant and a research associate at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, argued Keynes's theories were "misrepresented and distorted" to mean governments didn't need to worry about deficits. (Toronto Star)
If Mr. Obama was a real leader like Ronald Reagan or Dwight Eisenhower, he would understand that you need everyone committed to fixing the problems our nation faces ... R. Nixon, R. Gerald Ford, D. Jimmy Carter, R. Ronald Reagan 8 Years, R. George H.W.Bush Sr. D.Bill Clinton 8 Years and George W. Bush Jr. 8 Years. (The Drudge Report)
At Ronald Reagan National Airport in Arlington, the next two days will be the busiest days to fly. Dulles International Airport in Chantilly will see the most travelers tomorrow. (Fredericksburg.com, VA)
a presidential candidate and steadfast abortion opponent, said in last week s debate: I could, because I believe in the Ronald Reagan principle that somebody that s with you 80% of the time is not your enemy; that s your friend and that s our ally. The abortion credentials of potential Republican White House contender Fred Thompson came into question Tuesday when a survey filled out by his 1994 Senate campaign surfaced on the Internet. (Yahoo News -- Presidential Election 2000)
The tests are part of an effort to construct a scaled-down version of the "Star Wars" network envisioned by President Ronald Reagan two decades ago. While Reagan imagined a shield against a massive Soviet attack, President Bush has pursued a more limited system aimed at thwarting a small number of ballistic missiles that might be fired at the United States not by a major power such as Russia or China but by a smaller adversary such as North Korea or Iran. (Yahoo News -- Missile Defense System)
In 1982, shortly after Ronald Reagan came to power with his laissez-faire convictions, the U.S. government moved again, introducing the Alternative Mortgage Transaction Parity Act. Congress noted that the rate environment was making it difficult for consumers to get long-term, fixed-rate mortgages, so it further loosened the rules, allowing lenders to promote a hodge-podge of alternative mortgage features. (Globe and Mail -- Business)
Though his name was not known as much among citizens as the names of Bill Buckley, Pat Buchanan or Ronald Reagan, among conservative activists in the Beltway he was a titan ... Unlike many Republicans prior to the era of Ronald Reagan, Weyrich was not satisfied with merely having conservatives sit unobtrusively at the table, but, better, in the congressional and executive seats that run the government. (Human Events Online)
And of course, right around the corner was 1980, the election of Ronald Reagan. We recaptured the Senate and so forth. (White House News Releases)
The state was plugged in during the administration of its former governor, Ronald Reagan, and boasted significant influence in the Clinton administration and subsequently within the Republican congressional majorities. But with California having emerged as a blue state citadel in an era where the White House and both chambers of Congress are under Democratic control, the stars are aligned for the Golden State as never before. (Yahoo News -- Politics)
Ronald Reagan often joked that earlier in his life he hadn t left the Democrat Party, that it had left him ... YOU ARE THE FUTURE OF AMERICA. GOOD OLD FASHIONED VALUES AND MORALS. YOU REPRESENT LIFE, LIBERTY AND THE PURSIUT OF HAPPINESS. THEY REPRESENT DEATH, SOCIALISM AND MISERY. KEEP ON KEEPIN' ON. WE KNOW WHAT RONALD REAGAN DID TO JIMMY CARTER AFTER HIS FOUR YEARS, CAN'T WAIT. (Wasilla Frontiersman, AK)
Mike Reagan, the elder son of the late President Ronald Reagan and the chairman of ww , is heard on more than 200 talk radio stations nationally as part of the Radio America Network. Look for Mike's newest book, "Twice Adopted" and other info at. (DeKalb Daily Chronicle, IL)
John F. Kennedy proved this and Ronald Reagan followed this example. Never give these incompentent fools more money. (Montana Standard, MT)
The White House drug control office was created under Ronald Reagan. The National Economic Council was created by Clinton. (International Herald Tribune)
He knows everything that's to be known in the FBI." Felt left the FBI in 1973 for the lecture circuit. Five years later he was indicted on charges of authorizing FBI break-ins at homes associated with suspected bombers from the 1960s radical group the Weather Underground. President Ronald Reagan pardoned Felt in 1981 while the case was on appeal - a move applauded by Nixon. Woodward and Bernstein said they wouldn't reveal the source's identity until he or she died, and finally confirmed Felt's... (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Or, as was the case when Ronald Reagan emerged on the national scene in 1964 with "The Speech," is it something more akin to a harmonic convergence. This much we know: The Bush presidency leaves Washington with a giant hole in the federal budget, and the president himself leaves his party with an intellectual void. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Opinion)
Staunch Republican Ronald Reagan offered insights every bit as valuable as the life stories of Democrats Lyndon Johnson and John Kennedy. I tend toward the Democratic view, but the greatest president we ve ever had hands down, in my book was Republican Abraham Lincoln. (Menomonie Dunn County News, WI)
It was the economic nationalism of Ronald Reagan. When an icon of American industry, Harley-Davidson, was being run out of business by cutthroat Japanese dumping of big bikes to kill the "Harley Hog," Reagan slapped 50 percent tariffs on their motorcycles and imposed quotas on imported Japanese cars. (Human Events Online)
Instead of arguing, as did such vintage supply-siders as Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp in the early '80s, that reductions in marginal income tax rates would spur economic growth because they would provide incentives to produce and invest (supply-side), he said the growth would be (and was) a result of people having more to spend and spending it (demand-side). He compounded the confusion when he attempted to sell his tax rebate plan with the same rationale. (Townhall.com)
The party of Ronald Reagan has made the fight against taxes its top priority and vilifies Schwarzenegger for not being resolute on this issue. Yet its leaders often forget that both Reagan and Pete Wilson supported tax increases while serving as governor, putting the state's interests above ideology. (Sacramento Bee -- Opinion)
Ronald Reagan said the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I m from the government, and I m here to help. Congress and the incoming Obama administration are attempting to defy both these axioms by enacting yet another stimulus package in time for it to be signed into law on the day the President-elect is inaugurated. (Atmore Advance, AL)
"~ ~ Ronald Reagan ~ ~ ". ELN71 wrote on Dec 20, 2008 4:15 PM:" Welcome to the United Socialists States of America.......Be back later...gonna go have a smoke............ ". (Muscatine Journal, IO)
Judge Sprizzo was recommended for the federal bench by a Democratic senator, Daniel P. Moynihan, and nominated in 1981 by a Republican president, Ronald Reagan. He was a conservative-minded jurist. (Boston Globe)
More than any person, excluding President Ronald Reagan, whom he attacked as insufficiently conservative, Mr. Weyrich stitched social-issue conservatives into the fabric of the Republican Party. He brokered the marriage of religious and secular conservatives and founded the Heritage Foundation in 1973 as a counterbalance to the liberal Brookings Institution. (San Francisco Chronicle)
If memory serves me correctly, qualifications sure didn't mean much when Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California and George Murphy tap-danced his way into the U.S. Senate in the 1960s. Short memories sure mature over time. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
I d like to remind our nation that it was only a short time ago when Ronald Reagan freely spoke for the majority by explicitly and passionately conveying belief in Jesus Christ during his presidential Christmas addresses. Compare the message in his Dec. 23, 1981, speech (www. (Green Valley News & Sun, AZ)
President Ronald Reagan pardoned Felt in 1981 while the case was on appeal - a move applauded by Nixon. He is survived by two children, Joan Felt and Mark Felt Jr., and four grandchildren. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Edmondson was appointed to the court by President Ronald Reagan in 1986. Tjoflat was appointed by President Richard Nixon to a federal district court in 1970 and elevated to the appeals court by President Gerald Ford in 1975. (Madison County Record, AL)
Obama's War - HUMAN EVENTS. Obama's War by 12/19/2008. (Human Events Online)
The potentates of the press gave short shrift -- or simply ignored -- two far more important news stories: the first-ever assembly of Latin American leaders gathered to stick it to the United States and the passing of a great conservative leader who helped Ronald Reagan become one of America's greatest presidents. Both stories deserved more attention than they received. (Townhall.com)
Harper has the economic background to defend free-market economics and conservative principles and leverage his current surge in popularity, but can he sell and articulate it for mass consumption the way Ronald Reagan did. Or will he start lowering the bar and talking about depressions and recessions and bailouts, as Conservatives have already started to do this week. (Townhall.com)
Ronald Reagan rode out of the West four years later to easily beat Carter and recapture the White House for the GOP, which made significant gains in Congress. But Rosenberg and his fellow Democrats think this time it's going different. (Townhall.com)
Since Ronald Reagan, Republican administrations have to staff those circuits with judges who share their views. Now it's Obama's turn. (Slate)
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