The idea that former President Ronald Reagan was just some sunny guy preaching optimism has gotten a lot of traction lately.
The idea that President Ronald Reagan was just some sunny guy preaching optimism has gotten a lot of traction lately.
Typical of this misunderstanding is The New York Times. On Aug. 27, it headlined, “Ramaswamy-Pence Clash Shows New Right’s Radical Break From Reaganism.” That would be former Vice President Mike Pence, who, having been born in 1959, was part of the Reagan Revolution. In the debate, Mr. Pence specifically attacked the Biden administration on abortion, taxes, spending, crime and education.
Indeed, if one were to rank the U.S. presidents by their cumulative “box score” in the Electoral College, Reagan would rank second — behind only George Washington.But it could be argued that the times were different then, that Mr. Reagan’s message, effective as it was in the 1980s, would not resonate today.
In his nationally televised 1964 speech on behalf of Barry Goldwater, Mr. Reagan said: “If we lose freedom here, there’s no place to escape to. This is the last stand on Earth.”In his acceptance speech to the 1980 Republican National Convention, Mr. Reagan said: “The major issue of this campaign is the direct political, personal and moral responsibility of Democratic Party leadership — in the White House and in Congress — for this unprecedented calamity which has befallen us.”It is true that Mr.
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