Rasmusssen: Polls Show That Reaganism Is Not Dead

[The Paperboy]

Barack Obama won the White House by campaigning against an unpopular incumbent in a time of economic anxiety and lingering foreign policy concerns. He offered voters an upbeat message, praised the nation as a land of opportunity, promised tax cuts to just about everyone, and overcame doubts about his experience with a strong performance in the presidential debates.

Does this sound familiar? It should. Mr. Obama followed the approach that worked for Ronald Reagan. His victory confirmed that voters still embrace the guiding beliefs of the Reagan era.

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[Red Dawn]

You Bush-McCain voters are szichophrenic. Do you have multiple personality disorder?


You cons spent 6 months saying Obama was a radical Marxist, and all of a sudden he's a Reaganite?

 

[The Paperboy]

You Bush-McCain voters are szichophrenic. Do you have multiple personality disorder?


You cons spent 6 months saying Obama was a radical Marxist, and all of a sudden he's a Reaganite?

Sigh. Obama ran as a "Reganite" but he won't govern as one.

 

[bk1983]

Sigh. Obama ran as a "Reganite" but he won't govern as one.

Look I know we dont agree on anything, but can you make sure my paper makes it in the garage? It got wet this morning. Thank you!

 

[CrimsonWhite]

Actually you are missing the point. The themes of Obama's campaign were borrowed directly from Reagan's playbook. Change, hope, a vision of a successful future. These are all themes that played well for Reagan in 1980. Obama is not a Reaganite and doesn't share any political ideals, but he did employ the same strategy as Reagan and it worked for him. It shows that the American people still hold that vision that Reagan brought forward close to their hearts.

Kudos to Obama for capitalizing on it.

 

[AVG-JOE]

Sigh. Obama ran as a "Reganite" but he won't govern as one.

Thank goodness!

The only thing good coming out of the Bush administration is proof positive that Trickle Down Reganomics and its reliance on wealthy corporations to create American jobs with their tax breaks because they were 'asked nicely' to is absolute bullshit.

-Joe

 

[Zoomie1980]

Thank goodness!

The only thing good coming out of the Bush administration is proof positive that Trickle Down Reganomics and its reliance on wealthy corporations to create American jobs with their tax breaks because they were 'asked nicely' to is absolute bullshit.

-Joe

Funny Joe....corporations are the ONLY thing that supplies jobs. And there should be NO corporate taxes at all, since all they do is pass them on anyway.

 

[DiveCon]

Funny Joe....corporations are the ONLY thing that supplies jobs. And there should be NO corporate taxes at all, since all they do is pass them on anyway.

no no no, the GOVERNMENT creates jobs

 

[Toro]

no no no, the GOVERNMENT creates jobs

Actually, government has been expanding the number of jobs, at least until recently. Government spending has been growing at a 3-4% clip over the past year or two. With government spending, quarterly GDP would have been negative in at least three of the past four quarters and there would have been absolutely no debate about whether or not this country was in a recession (which of course it is).

 

[editec]

Actually you are missing the point. The themes of Obama's campaign were borrowed directly from Reagan's playbook. Change, hope, a vision of a successful future. These are all themes that played well for Reagan in 1980. Obama is not a Reaganite and doesn't share any political ideals, but he did employ the same strategy as Reagan and it worked for him. It shows that the American people still hold that vision that Reagan brought forward close to their hearts.

Kudos to Obama for capitalizing on it.

Sell the sizzle, not the steak.

 

[Red Dawn]

Sigh. Obama ran as a "Reganite" but he won't govern as one.

So, you're contention is that Obama ran as a Reaganite, but will govern as a Marxist?

You sure you want to stick with that theory? No serious poster who values their credibility would make such a ridiculous assertion.

 

[AVG-JOE]

Funny Joe....corporations are the ONLY thing that supplies jobs. And there should be NO corporate taxes at all, since all they do is pass them on anyway.

I disagree. There should be low taxes on corporations that are as concerned about their responsibility to the nation that provides the infrastructure that makes it possible for them to do business at all as they are about profits.

Corporations that import cheap Chinese shit should be taxed heavily, but fairly. If I was king, I would tax all corporations at 20% with non-executive payroll as their only deduction.

-Joe