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Don't Tread on Me
Not according to Reagan!
Reagan.....squawk.....Tea Party is racist.....squawk.....Reagan.....squawk......
Now tell us what you mean.
I provided this quote before. It is a testament to Reagan and his willingness to compromise and work with the opposition. This quote comes from his Autobiography, An American Life
When I began entering into the give and take of legislative bargaining in Sacramento, a lot of the most radical conservatives who had supported me during the election didn't like it. "Compromise" was a dirty word to them and they wouldn't face the fact that we couldn't get all of what we wanted today. They wanted all or nothing and they wanted it all at once. If you don't get it all, some said, don't take anything. I'd learned while negotiating union contracts that you seldom got everything you asked for. And I agreed with FDR, who said in 1933: 'I have no expectations of making a hit every time I come to bat. What I seek is the highest possible batting average.' If you got seventy-five or eighty percent of what you were asking for, I say, you take it and fight for the rest later, and that's what I told these radical conservatives who never got used to it.
You see, Reagan was a leader...not an obstructionist. He took America from its lowest point to one of her higher points. Reagan wasn't a teaper racist, he worked for all America...not just your America. He worked with dems to improve these United States...not tear it apart like you teapers.
What have Ted Cruz or Sarah Palin done to lift the American spirit and improve the US? Outside of obstructionism, vitriol and hate...what has the Tea Party accomplished?
Obama promised a bipartisan health care bill. When the time came for compromise what happened?