Substitute “Obama” for “Jimmy Carter” and it’s pretty much the same.
Fantastic speech.
Is there a Republican candidate who could get a crowd chanting “We want Reagan, we want Reagan!” as enthusiastically as this crowd?
Don’t see it at this point as neither Paul nor Romney can inspire this much passion.
So far, I’ve seen that kind of enthusiasm only when a crowd was responding to one of Sarah Palin’s speeches.
Am I wrong?
I miss Ronnie. He was an excellent writer and left us some great American thinking on paper. It’s too bad the Straussian overlords of the American empire took a dislike to his moral fiber and constitutionalist leaning – still he survived that attack, but was never as vocal about American freedom after it.
At about the 5:50 mark, Reagan says “recovery will begin when Jimmy Carter loses his job”. Substitute Obama for Carter.
Newt had the audience in his hands on a few occasions in last nights’ debate.
Our American friends need someone of Reagan’s caliber to turn their ship of state away from socialist path it is on currently.
The undermining of America began around this time.
Since this speech,the outsourcing of jobs to China and other low wage countries has continued unabated. This does not bode well for the FREE WORLD.
gellen, yes, you are wrong (17JAN, 09:16 a.m.) Paul, Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, any of the current crop of GOP wannabe candidates should have no problem inspiring a crowd to chant, “We want Reagan, we want Reagan!”
I’m another who misses Regan bigtime. Perhaps he could have done a better job of explaining the problem but there hasn’t been another President in decades who could relate better to the citizens he served. Moral integrity second to none.
Agree with Arnold on this…
RayGun’s “trickle-down” economic theory was a crock.
Unlike water, unfettered money inevitably flows uphill.
America’s “Golden Era” ended well over a generation ago.
paul;Reagans trickle down message was NOT a croc.The opposite of trickle down is work for the govt as in the former USSR.Citizens of the USSR paid NO taxes as every one worked for the govt and it has to be repeated endlessly that govt empoyies DONT PAY TAXES.They just give some back.They are PAID with non govt employies taxes.How many tax payers does it take to pay the salary of one govt employee that makes $100,000 a year? Remember that over 50% 0f Americans DONT pay federal taxes.Cuba is finally getting the message and are firing a quarter of a million govt employies.
Ronaldus Magnus, the Iron Lady, Havel, etc.
Will the emergence of next great one in that line be choked off by the MSM solid wall of lies and smears?
According to the polls Reagan was not such an obvious choice at the time. It wasn’t until he debated Carter on Oct 29 that he pulled ahead.
I wish Palin were running, but am hoping whoever wins the nomination finds the courage to lead as well as Reagan did (is there a Thatcher somewhere, ready to provide encouragement?).
Spike 1:
I find your comment somewhat specious – though it all depends on one’s perspective. A good part of our income is more or less derived/contrived from government spending – so we all end up giving some of it back via taxes along with significant administrative fees, hidden or otherwise. Given politician’s unbridled greed it’s not a zero sum game. Fact of life.
That said –
Raygun tripled America’s deficit during his tenure despite promising balanced budgets.
Metaphorically driving more nails into the coffin of America’s “Golden Era”
AS a plumb-line Libertarian I’m not implying causation or correlation here, but rather condemning his clever rhetoric as that of a Judas Goat leading voters (AKA the sheeple) from green pastures into the slaughter house.
WRT the Keynsian/Krugman thinking that deficits don’t matter – inflation (AKA legalized theft) combined with downloading debt to future generations is their criminal modus operandi.
Palin is your Thatcher only better. The MSM has killed her and what was best for the USA. She would have taken the USA to heights never before seen. The MSM is killing the USA and don’t care. That’s too bad, but true.
Clinton was still running off the fumes of the Regan economic recovery. I know. I lived to see it all.
It was under the first Bush America started on the road to renting out their economy to India & China.
Jimmy Carter was every bit as bad as Obama, except in his time The Islamist threat was just beginning In fact he supported it in Iran. Carter couldnt brush his teeth without disaster. Watch Barny Miller or any show from that period. You get the feeling of the era real quick. Dark, hopeless, helpless. That was Carters legacy. That & Iran
Dear SDA conservative/libertarian supporters of uber-nutter Ron Paul:
Please listen to this while trying to imagine Ron Paul giving a speech that could even remotely duplicate this. This is why I, a long-term austro-libertarian, reject Ron Paul as a presidential candidate. He has ZERO leadership qualities — just like his potential opponent Barack Hussein Obama. It is not enough, now, to have some good ideas about monetary reform, constitutional restoration and limited government: you have to be able to INSPIRE the citizenry.
THAT is LEADERSHIP writ LARGE.
On a personal note I started my business in 1979. I SO remember Carter despair. I cannot listen to Reagan without a lump in my throat and misty eyes. Timeless. Morning in America was no mere slogan. How lucky I was to come of age in the Thatcher-Reagan era.
Me No Dhimmi –
Agreed – RP is not electable – Far too logical – Not what the rabble would vote for.
Me thinks there was a typo in your posting – should have read as “Mourning in America.” RayGun’s tenure marked the beginning of fascist MBA reign in America.
Paul,
Reagan reset the economy, it was being socialized to death.
Reagan stopped the decline. Obviously it did not come cheap, these things cost money.
However, Reagan established foundation for the 2 presidents that followed him.
Clinton rode a wave of prosperity based on Reagan’s foundation, with the repulican congress to see to it that it will be done.
It’s too bad that Bush the younger screwed it up.
It is tempting to say that the current president have not done anything because he nowest not what he doest.
Ron Paul will win the populist vote and either come close to beating Romney (the Obama wannabe) or force the GOP to take him and his supporters seriously. If he was real mean about losing he could run on a Libertarian ticket and suck hafl or better of the GOP votes away from them. OR He can cut a deal with the GOP and Ronmeny to actuate some of his economic reforms of the Fed.
They didn’t call Reagan “the Great Communicator” for nothing.
Although his economic policies did fall short of the stated goals, we should remember that Reagan had to successfully manage serious international crises at the height of the Cold War, but the Berlin wall finally came tumbling down. Not to mention concerns such as the civil wars in Afghanistan, Nicaragua and El Salvador, tyrants in Panama and Grenada, and a gazillion smaller communist revolutions around the world which were the Soviets’ last ditch attempt at world domination. I’m fairly certain that tyrannical apartheid in South Africa would have simply been replaced by tyrannical Communism were it not for the democraticizing influence of the U.S. which began under Reagan. (The ANC had clearly developed into a Communist/terrorist organization until Nelson Mandela experienced his “epiphany” while in prison).
Democracy and freedom swept the globe like a mega-tsunami; with the exception of the Islamic world (and [indo-]China and Cuba), which we have to finally deal with today or we’re probably screwed again.
The closest hope for Reagan-like political change today — I dunno, maybe Donald Trump?
My simplified synopsis.
Video on National Review: Sarah says, If I was a South Carolinian, I would vote for Newt.
Great little clip to hear.
Substitute “Obama” for “Jimmy Carter” and it’s pretty much the same.
Fantastic speech.
Is there a Republican candidate who could get a crowd chanting “We want Reagan, we want Reagan!” as enthusiastically as this crowd?
Don’t see it at this point as neither Paul nor Romney can inspire this much passion.
So far, I’ve seen that kind of enthusiasm only when a crowd was responding to one of Sarah Palin’s speeches.
Am I wrong?
I miss Ronnie. He was an excellent writer and left us some great American thinking on paper. It’s too bad the Straussian overlords of the American empire took a dislike to his moral fiber and constitutionalist leaning – still he survived that attack, but was never as vocal about American freedom after it.
At about the 5:50 mark, Reagan says “recovery will begin when Jimmy Carter loses his job”. Substitute Obama for Carter.
Newt had the audience in his hands on a few occasions in last nights’ debate.
Our American friends need someone of Reagan’s caliber to turn their ship of state away from socialist path it is on currently.
The undermining of America began around this time.
Since this speech,the outsourcing of jobs to China and other low wage countries has continued unabated. This does not bode well for the FREE WORLD.
gellen, yes, you are wrong (17JAN, 09:16 a.m.) Paul, Romney, Gingrich, Santorum, any of the current crop of GOP wannabe candidates should have no problem inspiring a crowd to chant, “We want Reagan, we want Reagan!”
I’m another who misses Regan bigtime. Perhaps he could have done a better job of explaining the problem but there hasn’t been another President in decades who could relate better to the citizens he served. Moral integrity second to none.
Agree with Arnold on this…
RayGun’s “trickle-down” economic theory was a crock.
Unlike water, unfettered money inevitably flows uphill.
America’s “Golden Era” ended well over a generation ago.
paul;Reagans trickle down message was NOT a croc.The opposite of trickle down is work for the govt as in the former USSR.Citizens of the USSR paid NO taxes as every one worked for the govt and it has to be repeated endlessly that govt empoyies DONT PAY TAXES.They just give some back.They are PAID with non govt employies taxes.How many tax payers does it take to pay the salary of one govt employee that makes $100,000 a year? Remember that over 50% 0f Americans DONT pay federal taxes.Cuba is finally getting the message and are firing a quarter of a million govt employies.
Ronaldus Magnus, the Iron Lady, Havel, etc.
Will the emergence of next great one in that line be choked off by the MSM solid wall of lies and smears?
According to the polls Reagan was not such an obvious choice at the time. It wasn’t until he debated Carter on Oct 29 that he pulled ahead.
I wish Palin were running, but am hoping whoever wins the nomination finds the courage to lead as well as Reagan did (is there a Thatcher somewhere, ready to provide encouragement?).
Spike 1:
I find your comment somewhat specious – though it all depends on one’s perspective. A good part of our income is more or less derived/contrived from government spending – so we all end up giving some of it back via taxes along with significant administrative fees, hidden or otherwise. Given politician’s unbridled greed it’s not a zero sum game. Fact of life.
That said –
Raygun tripled America’s deficit during his tenure despite promising balanced budgets.
Metaphorically driving more nails into the coffin of America’s “Golden Era”
AS a plumb-line Libertarian I’m not implying causation or correlation here, but rather condemning his clever rhetoric as that of a Judas Goat leading voters (AKA the sheeple) from green pastures into the slaughter house.
WRT the Keynsian/Krugman thinking that deficits don’t matter – inflation (AKA legalized theft) combined with downloading debt to future generations is their criminal modus operandi.
Palin is your Thatcher only better. The MSM has killed her and what was best for the USA. She would have taken the USA to heights never before seen. The MSM is killing the USA and don’t care. That’s too bad, but true.
Clinton was still running off the fumes of the Regan economic recovery. I know. I lived to see it all.
It was under the first Bush America started on the road to renting out their economy to India & China.
Jimmy Carter was every bit as bad as Obama, except in his time The Islamist threat was just beginning In fact he supported it in Iran. Carter couldnt brush his teeth without disaster. Watch Barny Miller or any show from that period. You get the feeling of the era real quick. Dark, hopeless, helpless. That was Carters legacy. That & Iran
Dear SDA conservative/libertarian supporters of uber-nutter Ron Paul:
Please listen to this while trying to imagine Ron Paul giving a speech that could even remotely duplicate this. This is why I, a long-term austro-libertarian, reject Ron Paul as a presidential candidate. He has ZERO leadership qualities — just like his potential opponent Barack Hussein Obama. It is not enough, now, to have some good ideas about monetary reform, constitutional restoration and limited government: you have to be able to INSPIRE the citizenry.
THAT is LEADERSHIP writ LARGE.
On a personal note I started my business in 1979. I SO remember Carter despair. I cannot listen to Reagan without a lump in my throat and misty eyes. Timeless. Morning in America was no mere slogan. How lucky I was to come of age in the Thatcher-Reagan era.
Me No Dhimmi –
Agreed – RP is not electable – Far too logical – Not what the rabble would vote for.
Me thinks there was a typo in your posting – should have read as “Mourning in America.” RayGun’s tenure marked the beginning of fascist MBA reign in America.
Paul,
Reagan reset the economy, it was being socialized to death.
Reagan stopped the decline. Obviously it did not come cheap, these things cost money.
However, Reagan established foundation for the 2 presidents that followed him.
Clinton rode a wave of prosperity based on Reagan’s foundation, with the repulican congress to see to it that it will be done.
It’s too bad that Bush the younger screwed it up.
It is tempting to say that the current president have not done anything because he nowest not what he doest.
Ron Paul will win the populist vote and either come close to beating Romney (the Obama wannabe) or force the GOP to take him and his supporters seriously. If he was real mean about losing he could run on a Libertarian ticket and suck hafl or better of the GOP votes away from them. OR He can cut a deal with the GOP and Ronmeny to actuate some of his economic reforms of the Fed.
They didn’t call Reagan “the Great Communicator” for nothing.
Although his economic policies did fall short of the stated goals, we should remember that Reagan had to successfully manage serious international crises at the height of the Cold War, but the Berlin wall finally came tumbling down. Not to mention concerns such as the civil wars in Afghanistan, Nicaragua and El Salvador, tyrants in Panama and Grenada, and a gazillion smaller communist revolutions around the world which were the Soviets’ last ditch attempt at world domination. I’m fairly certain that tyrannical apartheid in South Africa would have simply been replaced by tyrannical Communism were it not for the democraticizing influence of the U.S. which began under Reagan. (The ANC had clearly developed into a Communist/terrorist organization until Nelson Mandela experienced his “epiphany” while in prison).
Democracy and freedom swept the globe like a mega-tsunami; with the exception of the Islamic world (and [indo-]China and Cuba), which we have to finally deal with today or we’re probably screwed again.
The closest hope for Reagan-like political change today — I dunno, maybe Donald Trump?
My simplified synopsis.
Video on National Review: Sarah says, If I was a South Carolinian, I would vote for Newt.
Great little clip to hear.