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Ronald Reagan also raised taxes three times, granted amnesty to three million illegals, and turned tail and ran in Lebanon after a terrorist killed 240 Marines.

Nobody's perfect.

No, Reagan wasn't perfect, nor were Churchill or Thatcher; but they were all great leaders.

To your points, however: Reagan lowered taxes on net far more on net than he agreed to increase them. Amnesty was a mistake, no doubt. But it came about because Democrats (specifically, Tip O'Neill and Ted Kennedy) lied to Reagan's face, and he made the error of trusting them).   And of course, RWR always regretted what transpired in Lebanon before and after the attack.

In the intervening time, Democrats have become ever more radicalized, and their character has sunk lower than Ted's '68 Oldsmobile in Poucha Pond.
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Of course, prioritization is necessary, but to be effective, it must reflect a proper measure of relative values. And compromise is not intrinsically wrong, but rather depends on one's objective and upon the nature of the opposition.

In today's political world, I believe we have a situation where Republican leaders cannot seem to prioritize effectively because their interests and core values have significantly diverged from those of their base voters.

Additionally, Democrats almost never negotiate with Republicans in good faith any more, especially on matters of first importance to them.  And because they are largely devoid of morality in general, it is a mistake to trust them.

 
Obama's controllers have unleashed a virtual gold rush of corruption. Since there are no longer ANY checks on what a politician does, everyone is focused on 'getting theirs' before the other guy does. Cry Havoc! and let slip the dogs of ... of ... of money!
 
Having all of Congress focused on grabbing fictitious money which is created out of thin air, instead of doing their jobs, Congress loses sight of their responsibilities and convictions in the feeding frenzy. And Obama laughs at them.
 
This is a clever ploy and a distraction which benefits the Obama regime. Congress is being played for the selfish little piggy fools that they are, oblivious to the fact that they are running to their own destruction.
 
Whomever is doing this is smart guy, and that automatically rules out Obama. We shall all see soon how this will end. IMO, it will not be good for anyone, rich, poor, liberal, conservative, we are all on the same train bound for hell.

You cannot "COEXIST" with people who want to kill you.
If they kill their own with no conscience, there is nothing to stop them from killing you.
Rational fear and anger at vicious murderous Islamic terrorists is the same as irrational antisemitism, according to the Leftists.

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To this day the Rockefeller wing of the GOP have never understood Reagan or what made his so beloved they are the wing Gourmet Dan is referring to IMHO
�The time is now near at hand which must probably determine, whether Americans are to be, Freemen, or Slaves.� G Washington July 2, 1776