It's funny to see NeoCons get emotionally teary eyed when they mention how President Ronald Reagan was such a great "conservative"* What these uneducated NeoCon idiots don't know is that Ronald Reagan was in fact more liberal* and socialist than liberals. But moronic NeoCons know for sure that ignorance is bliss until smacked in the head with the facts and see Reagan was truly indeed a flip flopper 
Was Reagan a Liberal?, A Review by Katherine Ernst
http://www.city-journal.org/html/rev2007-03-02ke.html
August 10, 1982
Policy Analysis no. 13
The Reagan Budget: The Deficit that Didn't Have to Be
by David Boaz
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=879
Read entire article * http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0301.green.html
Reagan's Liberal Legacy
What the new literature on the Gipper won't tell you.
By Joshua Green
Reagan is, to be sure, one of the most conservative presidents in U.S. history and will certainly be remembered as such. His record on the environment, defense, and economic policy is very much in line with its portrayal. But he entered office as an ideologue who promised a conservative revolution, vowing to slash the size of government, radically scale back entitlements, and deploy the powers of the presidency in pursuit of socially and culturally conservative goals. That he essentially failed in this mission hasn't stopped partisan biographers from pretending otherwise. (Noonan writes of his 1980 campaign pledges: "Done, done, done, done, done, done, and done. Every bit of it.")
A sober review of Reagan's presidency doesn't yield the seamlessly conservative record being peddled today. Federal government expanded on his watch. The conservative desire to outlaw abortion was never seriously pursued. Reagan broke with the hardliners in his administration and compromised with the Soviets on arms control. His assault on entitlements never materialized; instead he saved Social Security in 1983. And he repeatedly ignored the fundamental conservative dogma that taxes should never be raised.
All of this has been airbrushed from the new literature of Reagan. But as any balanced account must make clear, Reagan acceded to political compromises as all presidents do once in office--and on many occasions did so willingly. In fact, however often unintentionally, many of his actions as president wound up facilitating liberal objectives. What this clamor of adulation is seeking to deny is that beyond his conservative legacy, Ronald Reagan has bequeathed a liberal one.
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Ronald Reagan was a Liberal Compared to Current Republicans
Cenk-Uygur
Posted Feb 1st 2008 8:08PM by Cenk Uygur
Filed under: Young Turks, Republicans, Video, Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan cut and ran from Beirut. Ronald Reagan negotiated with the Evil Empire. Ronald Reagan sold arms to Iran! Ronald Reagan raised taxes eleven times. Ronald Reagan was the one who gave ******* immigrants amnesty in the first place!
Reagan would be laughed out of the Republican primaries now. They'd call him a softie lib. God knows what Ann Coulter would call him. Yet these same Republicans treat him like a demi-god. You know why? Because they have no other Republican presidents they can be proud of. Who else are they going to praise? Richard Nixon? George W. Bush?
I think they should be proud of George H. W. Bush for many reasons, but of course they **** him because he raised taxes and didn't invade Iraq.
Present day conservatives are an embarrassment. They are the most ideologically rigid party I have ever seen. Now compare them to the Democrats running:
http://ncrepublicans.blogspot.com/2007/11/governor-reagan-pro-life-liberal.html
What would the Club for Growth have said about Governor Ronald Reagan in 1980???
[Governor Reagan] "signed a series of tax increases aimed at ending the state’s deficit. Nonetheless, during his tenure California’s budget more than doubled and the number of state employees increased significantly.] Columbia Encyclopedia
"Unfortunately, Governor Reagan's efforts to reduce taxes and spending in the Golden State met with less success. ... Reagan reluctantly signed a tax increase in 1967." National Review
"[Governor] Reagan did institute property and inventory tax cuts, but during his tenure the sales tax was increased to six percent and withholding was introduced to the state income tax system. Under Reagan’s administration, state funding for public schools (grades K- 12) increased 105 percent (although enrollment went up only 5 percent), state support for junior colleges increased 323 percent, and grants and loans to college students increased 900 percent" Reason Magazine
"But in 1968, California was a high tax state -- among the top 10 in the country. The previous year, California's new Republican governor, Ronald Reagan, had just called for, and signed, the biggest tax increase in the history of any state." Sacramento Bee
"Gov. Reagan raised taxes by an amount equal to 30% of the general fund" Los Angeles Times
"[Governor Reagan] was a liberal Democrat and a supporter of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s ... [Governor Reagan] signed a series of tax increases aimed at ending the state's deficit. Nonetheless, during his tenure California's budget more than doubled and the number of state employees increased significantly." Factmonster
Governor Reagan in 1973: "When I took office in 1967, we discovered that the promise of "no tax increases" could not be carried out. ... In seven years we've managed to increase state support for public schools by 92 per cent, although enrollment this year is less than 6 per cent grater than it was in 1967." National Review
... Thank goodness the Club for Growth wasn't around in 1980 to go after Ronald Reagan and selectively twist his record like they do against so many others today.
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Reagan's Liberal Legacy
What the new literature on the Gipper won't tell you.
By Joshua Green
Reagan is, to be sure, one of the most conservative presidents in U.S. history and will certainly be remembered as such. His record on the environment, defense, and economic policy is very much in line with its portrayal. But he entered office as an ideologue who promised a conservative revolution, vowing to slash the size of government, radically scale back entitlements, and deploy the powers of the presidency in pursuit of socially and culturally conservative goals. That he essentially failed in this mission hasn't stopped partisan biographers from pretending otherwise. (Noonan writes of his 1980 campaign pledges: "Done, done, done, done, done, done, and done. Every bit of it.")
A sober review of Reagan's presidency doesn't yield the seamlessly conservative record being peddled today. Federal government expanded on his watch. The conservative desire to outlaw abortion was never seriously pursued. Reagan broke with the hardliners in his administration and compromised with the Soviets on arms control. His assault on entitlements never materialized; instead he saved Social Security in 1983. And he repeatedly ignored the fundamental conservative dogma that taxes should never be raised.
All of this has been airbrushed from the new literature of Reagan. But as any balanced account must make clear, Reagan acceded to political compromises as all presidents do once in office--and on many occasions did so willingly. In fact, however often unintentionally, many of his actions as president wound up facilitating liberal objectives. What this clamor of adulation is seeking to deny is that beyond his conservative legacy, Ronald Reagan has bequeathed a liberal one.
Was Reagan a Liberal?, A Review by Katherine Ernst
http://www.city-journal.org/html/rev2007-03-02ke.html
August 10, 1982
Policy Analysis no. 13
The Reagan Budget: The Deficit that Didn't Have to Be
by David Boaz
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=879
Read entire article * http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2003/0301.green.html
Reagan's Liberal Legacy
What the new literature on the Gipper won't tell you.
By Joshua Green
Reagan is, to be sure, one of the most conservative presidents in U.S. history and will certainly be remembered as such. His record on the environment, defense, and economic policy is very much in line with its portrayal. But he entered office as an ideologue who promised a conservative revolution, vowing to slash the size of government, radically scale back entitlements, and deploy the powers of the presidency in pursuit of socially and culturally conservative goals. That he essentially failed in this mission hasn't stopped partisan biographers from pretending otherwise. (Noonan writes of his 1980 campaign pledges: "Done, done, done, done, done, done, and done. Every bit of it.")
A sober review of Reagan's presidency doesn't yield the seamlessly conservative record being peddled today. Federal government expanded on his watch. The conservative desire to outlaw abortion was never seriously pursued. Reagan broke with the hardliners in his administration and compromised with the Soviets on arms control. His assault on entitlements never materialized; instead he saved Social Security in 1983. And he repeatedly ignored the fundamental conservative dogma that taxes should never be raised.
All of this has been airbrushed from the new literature of Reagan. But as any balanced account must make clear, Reagan acceded to political compromises as all presidents do once in office--and on many occasions did so willingly. In fact, however often unintentionally, many of his actions as president wound up facilitating liberal objectives. What this clamor of adulation is seeking to deny is that beyond his conservative legacy, Ronald Reagan has bequeathed a liberal one.
*
Ronald Reagan was a Liberal Compared to Current Republicans
Cenk-Uygur
Posted Feb 1st 2008 8:08PM by Cenk Uygur
Filed under: Young Turks, Republicans, Video, Ronald Reagan
Ronald Reagan cut and ran from Beirut. Ronald Reagan negotiated with the Evil Empire. Ronald Reagan sold arms to Iran! Ronald Reagan raised taxes eleven times. Ronald Reagan was the one who gave ******* immigrants amnesty in the first place!
Reagan would be laughed out of the Republican primaries now. They'd call him a softie lib. God knows what Ann Coulter would call him. Yet these same Republicans treat him like a demi-god. You know why? Because they have no other Republican presidents they can be proud of. Who else are they going to praise? Richard Nixon? George W. Bush?
I think they should be proud of George H. W. Bush for many reasons, but of course they **** him because he raised taxes and didn't invade Iraq.
Present day conservatives are an embarrassment. They are the most ideologically rigid party I have ever seen. Now compare them to the Democrats running:
http://ncrepublicans.blogspot.com/2007/11/governor-reagan-pro-life-liberal.html
What would the Club for Growth have said about Governor Ronald Reagan in 1980???
[Governor Reagan] "signed a series of tax increases aimed at ending the state’s deficit. Nonetheless, during his tenure California’s budget more than doubled and the number of state employees increased significantly.] Columbia Encyclopedia
"Unfortunately, Governor Reagan's efforts to reduce taxes and spending in the Golden State met with less success. ... Reagan reluctantly signed a tax increase in 1967." National Review
"[Governor] Reagan did institute property and inventory tax cuts, but during his tenure the sales tax was increased to six percent and withholding was introduced to the state income tax system. Under Reagan’s administration, state funding for public schools (grades K- 12) increased 105 percent (although enrollment went up only 5 percent), state support for junior colleges increased 323 percent, and grants and loans to college students increased 900 percent" Reason Magazine
"But in 1968, California was a high tax state -- among the top 10 in the country. The previous year, California's new Republican governor, Ronald Reagan, had just called for, and signed, the biggest tax increase in the history of any state." Sacramento Bee
"Gov. Reagan raised taxes by an amount equal to 30% of the general fund" Los Angeles Times
"[Governor Reagan] was a liberal Democrat and a supporter of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal in the 1930s ... [Governor Reagan] signed a series of tax increases aimed at ending the state's deficit. Nonetheless, during his tenure California's budget more than doubled and the number of state employees increased significantly." Factmonster
Governor Reagan in 1973: "When I took office in 1967, we discovered that the promise of "no tax increases" could not be carried out. ... In seven years we've managed to increase state support for public schools by 92 per cent, although enrollment this year is less than 6 per cent grater than it was in 1967." National Review
... Thank goodness the Club for Growth wasn't around in 1980 to go after Ronald Reagan and selectively twist his record like they do against so many others today.
______________________________________________________
Reagan's Liberal Legacy
What the new literature on the Gipper won't tell you.
By Joshua Green
Reagan is, to be sure, one of the most conservative presidents in U.S. history and will certainly be remembered as such. His record on the environment, defense, and economic policy is very much in line with its portrayal. But he entered office as an ideologue who promised a conservative revolution, vowing to slash the size of government, radically scale back entitlements, and deploy the powers of the presidency in pursuit of socially and culturally conservative goals. That he essentially failed in this mission hasn't stopped partisan biographers from pretending otherwise. (Noonan writes of his 1980 campaign pledges: "Done, done, done, done, done, done, and done. Every bit of it.")
A sober review of Reagan's presidency doesn't yield the seamlessly conservative record being peddled today. Federal government expanded on his watch. The conservative desire to outlaw abortion was never seriously pursued. Reagan broke with the hardliners in his administration and compromised with the Soviets on arms control. His assault on entitlements never materialized; instead he saved Social Security in 1983. And he repeatedly ignored the fundamental conservative dogma that taxes should never be raised.
All of this has been airbrushed from the new literature of Reagan. But as any balanced account must make clear, Reagan acceded to political compromises as all presidents do once in office--and on many occasions did so willingly. In fact, however often unintentionally, many of his actions as president wound up facilitating liberal objectives. What this clamor of adulation is seeking to deny is that beyond his conservative legacy, Ronald Reagan has bequeathed a liberal one.
