Patti Davis: My father, Ronald Reagan, would never have stood for this

[DOTR]

This is something important to notice about the artificial world liberals create. They know deep down they have no credibility so they rely on conservative outliers in hopes of some gravitas. They swoon for celebrities and inherited office. Can we count the number of "son of X attacks Trump"? Or "ancient conservative from 1950 attacks Trump"?
I particularly like "man who killed Bin Ladin attacks Trump" Reminds of all those Marketwatch articles that start with "Man who predicted 2008 crash says...."

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Well said Patti ... well said

<snips>

The verbal sparring between my father and Sam Donaldson of ABC, or Helen Thomas of UPI, is well documented. But there was never vitriol, there was never name-calling, and if anyone had attacked a journalist, my father would have been the first to stand in the way.

I've tried to imagine what my father would have done if people attending a political speech of his had turned to the press and raised their middle fingers, hurled obscenities or physically menaced the reporters there doing their jobs. I found it difficult to conjure the image, and then I realized why. It simply wouldn't have happened. The person on the podium, the person everyone has gathered to see, sets the tone.

President Donald Trump has quite successfully set today’s tone. He expertly stirred up the anger that was already simmering in the people who support him, and then he lit a match to it. He gave them an enemy — always a useful tactic. And naming the press as the enemy has precedents: Many tyrants have employed it to their advantage. Trump may not read much, but I’ll bet he knows that.

Those of us who are horrified by the vilification of the news media, those of us who cringe at the sight of angry mobs jeering at the cordoned-off journalists at Trump rallies, far outnumber those who are swept up by this ugly passion. We are still in the majority. But if we are silent, if we don't speak up, if we don't raise our voices and say, "This is not America," it won't matter that we are in the majority.

Silence didn't create this country; brazen, unwavering commitment did. And one of those commitments was to a free press - one not controlled or hampered by a demagogue who has a good day only when he's being flattered.​

Patti Davis: My father, Ronald Reagan, would never have stood for this

Patti speaking for her father is amusing. Her father thought she was a flake, as she thought him. Same for twinkle-toed Lil' Ron.

 

[Missouri_Mike]

Well said Patti ... well said

<snips>

The verbal sparring between my father and Sam Donaldson of ABC, or Helen Thomas of UPI, is well documented. But there was never vitriol, there was never name-calling, and if anyone had attacked a journalist, my father would have been the first to stand in the way.

I've tried to imagine what my father would have done if people attending a political speech of his had turned to the press and raised their middle fingers, hurled obscenities or physically menaced the reporters there doing their jobs. I found it difficult to conjure the image, and then I realized why. It simply wouldn't have happened. The person on the podium, the person everyone has gathered to see, sets the tone.

President Donald Trump has quite successfully set today’s tone. He expertly stirred up the anger that was already simmering in the people who support him, and then he lit a match to it. He gave them an enemy — always a useful tactic. And naming the press as the enemy has precedents: Many tyrants have employed it to their advantage. Trump may not read much, but I’ll bet he knows that.

Those of us who are horrified by the vilification of the news media, those of us who cringe at the sight of angry mobs jeering at the cordoned-off journalists at Trump rallies, far outnumber those who are swept up by this ugly passion. We are still in the majority. But if we are silent, if we don't speak up, if we don't raise our voices and say, "This is not America," it won't matter that we are in the majority.

Silence didn't create this country; brazen, unwavering commitment did. And one of those commitments was to a free press - one not controlled or hampered by a demagogue who has a good day only when he's being flattered.​

Patti Davis: My father, Ronald Reagan, would never have stood for this

Dear Patti,
You're an idiot.

 

[DOTR]

So funny. The only way to deal with a bully is let him beat you up all the time, just don't swing back and hope he doesn't hit as hard the next time.

So Reagan never went after the press, and how did that work out for him?
Bush Senior never went after the press, and how did that work out for him?
George junior never went after the press, and how did the work out for him?

Reagan won his second term with among the largest margins in history and left with his legacy largely intact.
Bush Senior lost but not because of the Press, look at a guy named Ross Perot.
George Jr. won two terms. The press had absolutely nothing to do with his legacy. That was pure Bush.

It is only Trump acting like a whiny little autocrat that can't take criticism that viciously attacks the press.

That's not the point. The point is that the MSM is an extension of the Democrat party and will always go after Republicans regardless how they treat the press. It never made sense to me why any Republican didn't punch back. It's one of the things I like about Trump.

His actual standing up up the press Politburo is one of my favorite things about him. They have ruled long enough. And they arent fit to rule as evidenced by their conniption fit of hatred when faced with a man who wont bow to them.

 

[DOTR]

The press are truly an enemies of the people.

 

[Remodeling Maidiac]

Reagan was a devotee of politics. From the time he started at the Screen Actor's Guild to his time as governor and then president, he was a student of politics. He was not a blatant amateur like Trump. Unlike Trump, Reagan truly did hire some of the best people in the business. Reagan knew how to deal with the press. He did not have thin skin and dealt with them deftly. Who could forget his bantering with Helen Thomas.

Reagan had defined values and kept to those values. I may not have agreed with all of them, but he was consistent.

If Reagan were around today he would be considered a RINO or worse in their eyes. That is how far Republicanism has deviated from its modern foundations.

Revisionist history is such fun no?

Today's politics are nothing like Reagan's years and neither is the press.

Idiot

 

[DrLove]

Patti speaking for her father is amusing. Her father thought she was a flake, as she thought him. Same for twinkle-toed Lil' Ron.

Even the adopted nutbar son says his Pop wouldn't have voted for Emperor Drumpf

Michael Reagan explains why his father wouldn't have voted for Trump - CNNPolitics

 

[OldLady]

While her father was unfairly attacked it was nothing like the press has done to Trump, the administration and even the citizen voters.

The press is the enemy. Not principally of Trump either. The press is the enemy of whoever doesn't agree with the press.

so the Senate resolution means nothing to you

What Senate resolution?

 

[kaz]

Well said Patti ... well said

<snips>

The verbal sparring between my father and Sam Donaldson of ABC, or Helen Thomas of UPI, is well documented. But there was never vitriol, there was never name-calling, and if anyone had attacked a journalist, my father would have been the first to stand in the way.

I've tried to imagine what my father would have done if people attending a political speech of his had turned to the press and raised their middle fingers, hurled obscenities or physically menaced the reporters there doing their jobs. I found it difficult to conjure the image, and then I realized why. It simply wouldn't have happened. The person on the podium, the person everyone has gathered to see, sets the tone.

President Donald Trump has quite successfully set today’s tone. He expertly stirred up the anger that was already simmering in the people who support him, and then he lit a match to it. He gave them an enemy — always a useful tactic. And naming the press as the enemy has precedents: Many tyrants have employed it to their advantage. Trump may not read much, but I’ll bet he knows that.

Those of us who are horrified by the vilification of the news media, those of us who cringe at the sight of angry mobs jeering at the cordoned-off journalists at Trump rallies, far outnumber those who are swept up by this ugly passion. We are still in the majority. But if we are silent, if we don't speak up, if we don't raise our voices and say, "This is not America," it won't matter that we are in the majority.

Silence didn't create this country; brazen, unwavering commitment did. And one of those commitments was to a free press - one not controlled or hampered by a demagogue who has a good day only when he's being flattered.​

Patti Davis: My father, Ronald Reagan, would never have stood for this

Awwwww, the pooow widdle wefist is upset.

You pansy asses need to grow a pair. The press blasts Trump, he blasts you back. It's the way life works. Stop crying about it, Nancy.



BTW, if you don't want Trump to attack you back, maybe you could stop attacking him first, dumb ass. In the mean time, you and Jim Acosta are just going to need to keep crying yourselves to sleep

 

[tinydancer]

The media have earned the people's disdain and animosity.

 

[Billy_Kinetta]

Patti speaking for her father is amusing. Her father thought she was a flake, as she thought him. Same for twinkle-toed Lil' Ron.

Even the adopted nutbar son says his Pop wouldn't have voted for Emperor Drumpf

Michael Reagan explains why his father wouldn't have voted for Trump - CNNPolitics

So he says. But he's a NeverTrumper, a Kasich supporter, and so it's expected.

 

[kaz]

Well Patti Smattie, maybe you could suggest to your asswipes in the press that they should try for reporting the news rather than be political hacks. Ya Think?

the news ?

did Trump tell some new lies over the weekend ?

So what you're saying is ...



Doesn't matter, he doesn't need to say anything for fake news to lie about what he said ... or didn't say ...

Buck up, Buffalo Bob

 

[Ray From Cleveland]

So funny. The only way to deal with a bully is let him beat you up all the time, just don't swing back and hope he doesn't hit as hard the next time.

So Reagan never went after the press, and how did that work out for him?
Bush Senior never went after the press, and how did that work out for him?
George junior never went after the press, and how did the work out for him?

Reagan won his second term with among the largest margins in history and left with his legacy largely intact.
Bush Senior lost but not because of the Press, look at a guy named Ross Perot.
George Jr. won two terms. The press had absolutely nothing to do with his legacy. That was pure Bush.

It is only Trump acting like a whiny little autocrat that can't take criticism that viciously attacks the press.

That's not the point. The point is that the MSM is an extension of the Democrat party and will always go after Republicans regardless how they treat the press. It never made sense to me why any Republican didn't punch back. It's one of the things I like about Trump.

His actual standing up up the press Politburo is one of my favorite things about him. They have ruled long enough. And they arent fit to rule as evidenced by their conniption fit of hatred when faced with a man who wont bow to them.

And you just have to love the left. Any other time Reagan comes up (or they bring him up) he was a scum ball, an idiot, he caused the collapse of the middle-class and was never responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union. Now that his backstabbing kids are talking on his behalf "See! Even Reagan's kids say he wouldn't have approved of Trump!"

Well, if Reagan was such a slime according to the left, what's the message here???

 

[DrLove]

Patti speaking for her father is amusing. Her father thought she was a flake, as she thought him. Same for twinkle-toed Lil' Ron.

Even the adopted nutbar son says his Pop wouldn't have voted for Emperor Drumpf

Michael Reagan explains why his father wouldn't have voted for Trump - CNNPolitics

So he says. But he's a NeverTrumper, a Kasich supporter, and so it's expected.

Sure - SURE he was

MICHAEL REAGAN: I’m still cheering for Trump

 

[kaz]

Reagan was a devotee of politics. From the time he started at the Screen Actor's Guild to his time as governor and then president, he was a student of politics. He was not a blatant amateur like Trump. Unlike Trump, Reagan truly did hire some of the best people in the business. Reagan knew how to deal with the press. He did not have thin skin and dealt with them deftly. Who could forget his bantering with Helen Thomas.

Reagan had defined values and kept to those values. I may not have agreed with all of them, but he was consistent.

If Reagan were around today he would be considered a RINO or worse in their eyes. That is how far Republicanism has deviated from its modern foundations.

Give an example of what Trump did that would have been considered "RINO" today

 

[DrLove]

So funny. The only way to deal with a bully is let him beat you up all the time, just don't swing back and hope he doesn't hit as hard the next time.

So Reagan never went after the press, and how did that work out for him?
Bush Senior never went after the press, and how did that work out for him?
George junior never went after the press, and how did the work out for him?

Reagan won his second term with among the largest margins in history and left with his legacy largely intact.
Bush Senior lost but not because of the Press, look at a guy named Ross Perot.
George Jr. won two terms. The press had absolutely nothing to do with his legacy. That was pure Bush.

It is only Trump acting like a whiny little autocrat that can't take criticism that viciously attacks the press.

That's not the point. The point is that the MSM is an extension of the Democrat party and will always go after Republicans regardless how they treat the press. It never made sense to me why any Republican didn't punch back. It's one of the things I like about Trump.

His actual standing up up the press Politburo is one of my favorite things about him. They have ruled long enough. And they arent fit to rule as evidenced by their conniption fit of hatred when faced with a man who wont bow to them.

And you just have to love the left. Any other time Reagan comes up (or they bring him up) he was a scum ball, an idiot, he caused the collapse of the middle-class and was never responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union. Now that his backstabbing kids are talking on his behalf "See! Even Reagan's kids say he wouldn't have approved of Trump!"

Well, if Reagan was such a slime according to the left, what's the message here???

My first two votes were for Reagan for president.
Your Dotard is no Ronald Reagan.

 

[ColonelAngus]

Is she referring to how Obama’s CIA spied in the US Senate and the AP and James Rosen and millions of everyday Americans ithout probable cause?

I don’t think Reagan would have stood for those Obama Gestapo tactics, either.

 

[kaz]

I didn’t agree with a lot of St Reagan’s policies but at least he was very presidential and a decent human being.

Unlike the slime ball that’s in there now.

Unfortunately, both parties have been on a run since Reagan to nominate nothing but slime balls

 

[kaz]

So funny. The only way to deal with a bully is let him beat you up all the time, just don't swing back and hope he doesn't hit as hard the next time.

So Reagan never went after the press, and how did that work out for him?
Bush Senior never went after the press, and how did that work out for him?
George junior never went after the press, and how did the work out for him?

Reagan won his second term with among the largest margins in history and left with his legacy largely intact.
Bush Senior lost but not because of the Press, look at a guy named Ross Perot.
George Jr. won two terms. The press had absolutely nothing to do with his legacy. That was pure Bush.

It is only Trump acting like a whiny little autocrat that can't take criticism that viciously attacks the press.

That's not the point. The point is that the MSM is an extension of the Democrat party and will always go after Republicans regardless how they treat the press. It never made sense to me why any Republican didn't punch back. It's one of the things I like about Trump.

His actual standing up up the press Politburo is one of my favorite things about him. They have ruled long enough. And they arent fit to rule as evidenced by their conniption fit of hatred when faced with a man who wont bow to them.

And you just have to love the left. Any other time Reagan comes up (or they bring him up) he was a scum ball, an idiot, he caused the collapse of the middle-class and was never responsible for the fall of the Soviet Union. Now that his backstabbing kids are talking on his behalf "See! Even Reagan's kids say he wouldn't have approved of Trump!"

Well, if Reagan was such a slime according to the left, what's the message here???

My first two votes were for Reagan for president.
Your Dotard is no Ronald Reagan.

OMG, another lying Marxist who used to be a Republican. Why do you idiots waste your time with that stupid shit? No one believes you

 

[DrLove]

Reagan was a devotee of politics. From the time he started at the Screen Actor's Guild to his time as governor and then president, he was a student of politics. He was not a blatant amateur like Trump. Unlike Trump, Reagan truly did hire some of the best people in the business. Reagan knew how to deal with the press. He did not have thin skin and dealt with them deftly. Who could forget his bantering with Helen Thomas.

Reagan had defined values and kept to those values. I may not have agreed with all of them, but he was consistent.

If Reagan were around today he would be considered a RINO or worse in their eyes. That is how far Republicanism has deviated from its modern foundations.

Give an example of what Trump did that would have been considered "RINO" today

Trillions in deficit spending - Need more?