TRUMP: A BETTER CANDIDATE THAN REAGAN

[Gefn]

I think those of us who respect Reagan can figure it out.

Trump is the anti-Reagan.  Everything Reagan was, Trump is not.  Everything Reagan wasn't, Trump is.

Two people could not be any farther apart in every sense of the word.

 

[Cyber Liberty]

I think those of us who respect Reagan can figure it out.

Trump is the anti-Reagan.  Everything Reagan was, Trump is not.  Everything Reagan wasn't, Trump is.

Two people could not be any farther apart in every sense of the word.

He would be too much of a gentleman to say anything as bad as what he thought, but everyone who respects him can be pretty sure about what he would be thinking now.

Shame.  Like the rest of us.

@musiclady
I'd consider him a "better candidate" if he could get better results than Ronald Reagan.  That would be 49 states to 1, the one  being a small to mid size state.

[ABX]

This is time for a reminder that Trump hated Reagan. He called him a 'con man' in The Art of the Deal, and he took out several full page newspaper ads in the NYT trashing Reagan.

Conversely, Reagan and his people did not like Trump. They called him basically an attention hound and warned Reagan to avoid meetings with him. Reagan even incorrectly signed a book for Trump (on accident?) and when Trump demanded a correction, they sent him one with an auto-pen signature.

[DB]

The only people comparing Reagan to Trump were either too young/not born yet to be aware of who Reagan was or where high on drugs at the time.

There's no other explanation. Trump and Reagan are polar opposites on virtually every front. I voted for Reagan. If Trump were half the man Reagan was I'd consider voting for him but he's the anti-Reagan.

[DB]

Trump never signed abortion into law.

Could you finally answer a simple question, did you vote for Reagan?

[DB]

This is time for a reminder that Trump hated Reagan. He called him a 'con man' in The Art of the Deal, and he took out several full page newspaper ads in the NYT trashing Reagan.

Conversely, Reagan and his people did not like Trump. They called him basically an attention hound and warned Reagan to avoid meetings with him. Reagan even incorrectly signed a book for Trump (on accident?) and when Trump demanded a correction, they sent him one with an auto-pen signature.

Yes, he went up to capital hill to testify against Reagan's tax cuts. He complained that the "wealthy" were no longer forced to invest in real estate tax shelters to avoid paying high rates. Tax shelters run by people like Trump. And he wanted the return of at least 50% tax rates to force "investment" into these government connected cronies. And morons today want to claim he's the anti-establishment... He's as connected as you can get.

[musiclady]

@musiclady
I'd consider him a "better candidate" if he could get better results than Ronald Reagan.  That would be 49 states to 1, the one  being a small to mid size state.

Yeah.......... can't wait to see if THAT happens!

[musiclady]

This is time for a reminder that Trump hated Reagan. He called him a 'con man' in The Art of the Deal, and he took out several full page newspaper ads in the NYT trashing Reagan.

Conversely, Reagan and his people did not like Trump. They called him basically an attention hound and warned Reagan to avoid meetings with him. Reagan even incorrectly signed a book for Trump (on accident?) and when Trump demanded a correction, they sent him one with an auto-pen signature.

That reminder should be made on every thread on this forum.

Trump is the anti-Reagan, and he has been for decades.

The people who think Trump is the new Reagan so ignorant it's embarrassing.

[TomSea]

Trump is the anti-Bush and anti-Clinton,

No dead bodies, not putting Christians in the firing line, no open borders. How's that for your comparison.

And to think I voted for Bush, 2 times.

[txradioguy]

This is time for a reminder that Trump hated Reagan. He called him a 'con man' in The Art of the Deal, and he took out several full page newspaper ads in the NYT trashing Reagan.

Conversely, Reagan and his people did not like Trump. They called him basically an attention hound and warned Reagan to avoid meetings with him. Reagan even incorrectly signed a book for Trump (on accident?) and when Trump demanded a correction, they sent him one with an auto-pen signature.

Lets not forget too that he went before Congress to bash the Reagan tax cuts comparing the U.S. to Russia for doing them.

[txradioguy]

Trump is the anti-Bush and anti-Clinton,

No dead bodies, not putting Christians in the firing line, no open borders. How's that for your comparison.

And to think I voted for Bush, 2 times.

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

Conversely, Reagan and his people did not like Trump. They called him basically an attention hound and warned Reagan to avoid meetings with him. Reagan even incorrectly signed a book for Trump (on accident?) and when Trump demanded a correction, they sent him one with an auto-pen signature.

Hillary brought that up in the debate and she had a point, he was saying the exact same thing in 1987 or whenever when Reagan was President.


He's just a moron.

[TomSea]

@musiclady
I'd consider him a "better candidate" if he could get better results than Ronald Reagan.  That would be 49 states to 1, the one  being a small to mid size state.

But Romney won the white vote as much as Reagan, point being, America has changed, if one wants to compare a map of 1984 to 2016;  have at it but it's not an accurate comparison.

[txradioguy]

So this tax act was just an absolute catastrophe for the country, for the real estate industry, and I really hope that something can be done — as Congressman Thomas recently said, that something can be done to change at least parts of it, because it has taken all incentive away from investing in real estate, and real estate really means so many jobs...by having cut the high income tax rates to 25 percent, as an example, people don’t have the incentive any more to invest. They’re saying, “Why should I take a chance on investing in low or moderate-income housing? I might as well just pay the tax.” But the fact is, that 25 percent for high-income people — for high-income people — it should be raised substantially with the understanding that if you invest, you can get it down and down substantially below that number...I was asked to come by the Chairman, and I make this plea that, if something isn’t done to put the incentive back — I mean, we’re no different right now than the Soviet Union. They have no incentive, and we have no incentive. And if something isn’t done to quickly put the incentive back, this country is going to be in very deep problems.

http://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2016/04/19/video-trump-trashes-reagan-tax-cuts-as-democratcalled-expert-witness-in-1991-n2151131

[Weird Tolkienish Figure]

@musiclady
I'd consider him a "better candidate" if he could get better results than Ronald Reagan.  That would be 49 states to 1, the one  being a small to mid size state.

Better results than Reagan? I'd be happy if we didn't lose the Senate. Thrilled if Trump won (albeit a little nervous).


The GOP has won the popular vote ONE TIME since 1988. Once.

[Cyber Liberty]

Better results than Reagan? I'd be happy if we didn't lose the Senate. Thrilled if Trump won (albeit a little nervous).


The GOP has won the popular vote ONE TIME since 1988. Once.

I don't think they ever wanted to win.  Even that once.

[goodwithagun]

Pinot Grigio out the nose! It burns!

[TomSea]

Oooh, New York Values,

Maybe those who say that can answer us why Trump won Dixie so big.

Taking away Incumbents running, Bush and Reagan in 84 and 92, I wonder when the last time, a candidate won Dixie so big, I think it's virtually ever state, it is of the old South,

Texas is pretty split, it's Southwestern too, Cruz won that.

[TomSea]

Romney won the same kind of vote as Reagan,

I don't know if Reagan had that much success with the quote "minority" vote, Blacks and Hispanics.

We are a different country from 1984; to compare these two eras is a joke.

[Norm Lenhart]

Romney won the same kind of vote as Reagan,

I don't know if Reagan had that much success with the quote "minority" vote, Blacks and Hispanics.

We are a different country from 1984; to compare these two eras is a joke.

No he didn't. Conservatives voted for Reagan and thus he won in a landslide. Conservatives abstained from voting for Pro Abortion/Pro gay agenda Romney and thus  he lost decisively.

[ABX]

No he didn't. Conservatives voted for Reagan and thus he won in a landslide. Conservatives abstained from voting for Pro Abortion/Pro gay agenda Romney and thus  he lost decisively.

Actually, that's a myth. Romney had a bigger Conservative turn-out than McCain.

The problem wasn't Conservatives, it was that he was running against Santa Claus promising free goodies.

[Cyber Liberty]

Texas is pretty split, it's Southwestern too, Cruz won that.

Maybe it wasn't so good Trump told the Cruz voters to go Eff themselves, huh?

[txradioguy]

Romney won the same kind of vote as Reagan,

That is a blatant lie.

I don't know if Reagan had that much success with the quote "minority" vote, Blacks and Hispanics.

The minority vote was at an all time high for Reagan in his second election when he came within 2,000 votes of a 50 state sweep.

34% of the Latino vote and 95 of the Black vote in 1984.

They haven't been near that level since. 

We are a different country from 1984; to compare these two eras is a joke.

The only joke around here when talking about the two eras is you.

[Norm Lenhart]

Actually, that's a myth. Romney had a bigger Conservative turn-out than McCain.

The problem wasn't Conservatives, it was that he was running against Santa Claus promising free goodies.

Last I saw, the population increase accounted for the higher numbers. A lot of conservatives either wrote in or stayed home.

[Cyber Liberty]

Actually, that's a myth. Romney had a bigger Conservative turn-out than McCain.

The problem wasn't Conservatives, it was that he was running against Santa Claus promising free goodies.

I'm confused.  I thought the comparisons were with Ronald Reagan, the winner, and not McCain, the deliberate loser.   (He threw that election.)