Maggie's Farm

Thanks for the link Buddy...I happened to reference an article by ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE here a few weeks ago and one of the posters made fun of his name and was in a deep fog over who the hell HE was..what could he know....I let it go ..no use arguing with the congenitally illiterate.

Over at Lucianne the re is a post with the question of whether Rush, Sean et. al. are losing influence in the turbulence of this Republican race for the nomination.

Rush I quite listening to a few years ago due to heavy work load and my TV is off befor Sean hits the airwaves, but my impression is they are stuck ..... stuck in the Reagan era and stuck in the conservatism that marked that era.

It took over twenty years for the Republicans to develop the philosophy that took them to victory, the conservatism of Reagan. But Reagan was not a single issue, no compromising politician. He made plenty nice-nice with the Democrats when it served a better end than getting nothing done at all. The rank and file loved the smell of victory every morning of his presidency, and he was a truly great President ,but he was not a dictator, and knew how to play the political game.

Now those who believe they are the last true believers of, and standard bearers for Reaganism have grown sclerotic in their politics, wishing for days gone by and a return to what no one has ever been able to do...a return to yesterday..yesterday is gone, get over it, and move forward. They believe they are the only "true' Republicans left on Earth when in reality their feet are firmly planted in the cement of the early 1980's ...not just the last century but the last millennium also ...not a good thing for those of us who live in reality.

This is an election we can win, and win decisively because our nation is fundamentally conservative. However we will never win it having to drag an encrusted anchor of paleolithic conservatives, unwilling to face todays challenges through the process. It is time to move beyond the cult of Reagan..even he would want it that way.

Unless your brain has flatlined on you then you certainly realized the importance of this election.

Henry Kissinger was asked why he felt this election was so important for the next several decades. His response ..six Supreme Court judges readying themselves for retirement. The next President will nominate those judges. Need any more be said?