Flashback: Reagan Skipped Last Debate Before IA Caucus.....Went On To Win In Landslide

[Steve_McGarrett]

Looks like history's repeating itself.

FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Skipped Last Debate Before IA Caucus - Went on to Win in Landslide - The Gateway Pundit

 

[Pogo]

A caucus. OOoooh, that's big.

Anyway from your own link:

>> Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush <<

 

[S.J.]

Most presidents lose the Iowa Caucus. It's not even a real primary. New Hampshire is the one that counts.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

Looks like history's repeating itself.

FLASHBACK: Ronald Reagan Skipped Last Debate Before IA Caucus - Went on to Win in Landslide - The Gateway Pundit

Apples to oranges.

Look at the context in which Reagan skipped the debate. You will find it is totally different than Trump.

Trump is skipping it because he's afraid Kelly will be "unfair".

Reagan's debate wasn't originally planned on being televised, that came after he decided to skip it. Reagan's campaign manager simply believed that as a frontrunner, Reagan was above the debate. Only five of the nine Republicans vying for the nomination participated in the debate.

 

[DarkFury]

A caucus. OOoooh, that's big.

Anyway from your own link:

>> Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush <<

YOU thought it was big until YOU realized YOU were going to get YOUR ass kicked there by a Socialist.

 

[Preacher]

Ha! I got beat by a few minutes posting this.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

A caucus. OOoooh, that's big.

Anyway from your own link:

>> Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush <<

Reagan came in second with 30 percent. Bush had 32 percent. not a huge victory. And remember Reagan won by a landslide.

 

[Pogo]

A caucus. OOoooh, that's big.

Anyway from your own link:

>> Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush <<

Reagan came in second with 30 percent. Bush had 32 percent. not a huge victory. And remember Reagan won by a landslide.

If uh, you come in second.... you didn't "win". That would be the guy who came in first.
You know, old "Voodoo Economics"?

 

[Pogo]

A caucus. OOoooh, that's big.

Anyway from your own link:

>> Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush <<

YOU thought it was big until YOU realized YOU were going to get YOUR ass kicked there by a Socialist.

Uhhhh.... what?

No idea what this even means, Pinky. Are you drinking furniture polish again?

 

[Steve_McGarrett]

A caucus. OOoooh, that's big.

Anyway from your own link:

>> Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush <<

Reagan came in second with 30 percent. Bush had 32 percent. not a huge victory. And remember Reagan won by a landslide.

If uh, you come in second.... you didn't "win". That would be the guy who came in first.
You know, old "Voodoo Economics"?

Jews!

 

[g5000]

Speaking of Reagan and Fox News sponsoring a debate, does anyone remember the time a New Haven newspaper wanted to sponor a debate during the 1980 primaries?

The FEC said the newspaper sponsored debate would violate election regulations, and so the newspaper backed out.

And so Reagan paid for the debate himself. The famous, "I am paying for this microphone" moment.

'I Paid for This Microphone': The Reagan v. Bush Debate Controversy

 

[g5000]

 

[Lonestar_logic]

A caucus. OOoooh, that's big.

Anyway from your own link:

>> Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush <<

Reagan came in second with 30 percent. Bush had 32 percent. not a huge victory. And remember Reagan won by a landslide.

If uh, you come in second.... you didn't "win". That would be the guy who came in first.
You know, old "Voodoo Economics"?

Who won the Republican primary in 1980 and subsequently the Presidency?

 

[Pogo]

A caucus. OOoooh, that's big.

Anyway from your own link:

>> Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush <<

Reagan came in second with 30 percent. Bush had 32 percent. not a huge victory. And remember Reagan won by a landslide.

If uh, you come in second.... you didn't "win". That would be the guy who came in first.
You know, old "Voodoo Economics"?

Who won the Republican primary in 1980 and subsequently the Presidency?

Who won the Iowa caucus? That's the issue at hand, not what a ton of other variables did subsequent to that. Extending that far is a blatant fallacy.

 

[Lonestar_logic]

A caucus. OOoooh, that's big.

Anyway from your own link:

>> Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush <<

Reagan came in second with 30 percent. Bush had 32 percent. not a huge victory. And remember Reagan won by a landslide.

If uh, you come in second.... you didn't "win". That would be the guy who came in first.
You know, old "Voodoo Economics"?

Who won the Republican primary in 1980 and subsequently the Presidency?

Who won the Iowa caucus? That's the issue at hand, not what a ton of other variables did subsequent to that. Extending that far is a blatant fallacy.

You act as if the Iowa caucus is the be all, end all, when it's just a beginning. It doesn't matter who wins this one primary when there are 49 more to go.

Trump will lose Iowa and then he'll lose New Hampshire.

 

[Pogo]

A caucus. OOoooh, that's big.

Anyway from your own link:

>> Trump isn’t the first top-tier presidential candidate to skip a debate. Ronald Reagan did not attend a Republican debate ahead of the 1980 Iowa caucuses, which he lost to George H.W. Bush <<

Reagan came in second with 30 percent. Bush had 32 percent. not a huge victory. And remember Reagan won by a landslide.

If uh, you come in second.... you didn't "win". That would be the guy who came in first.
You know, old "Voodoo Economics"?

Who won the Republican primary in 1980 and subsequently the Presidency?

Who won the Iowa caucus? That's the issue at hand, not what a ton of other variables did subsequent to that. Extending that far is a blatant fallacy.

You act as if the Iowa caucus is the be all, end all, when it's just a beginning. It doesn't matter who wins this one primary when there are 49 more to go.

Trump will lose Iowa and then he'll lose New Hampshire.

On the contrary. The Iowa caucus is all there is here. You can't extend it to the infinite future as the OP desperately wants to do; when it's over, it's over. Winning or losing the Iowa caucus in no way predicts jack squat. Either, the campaign then goes "oh shit, we lost, we'd better ramp up for the next one" and changes strategy, OR it goes "BFD. Iowa caucus, who gives a shit".

Either way its significance is nil, and either way causation to the end result isn't even implied let alone established.