As I reported last week, the Democratic candidates for president held their first debate, a year and a half before the election. it was the Republican's turn. Held in a highly symbolic setting, the Ronald Reagan Library in California, the debate pitted the 10 GOP To be quite honest, I hadn't even heard of 4 of them.
There could be a couple of reasons for that - first, alot of attention has been focused on the 2 higher profile candidates, Rudy Giuliani and John McCain; second, alot of attention has been garnered by Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama. In any case, the GOP event last night focused on the Iraq war again. Most of the gentlemen didn't object to the war itself, but as to how it was executed.
Abortion and gay rights were other hot button issues But the most revealing point about the debate itself was how many times the name of Ronald Reagan was mentioned -19 times...
.19! As CNN reported, "GOP hopefuls were not shy about hitching them- selves to the Reagan mantle".
The legacy of the late president clearly loomed large over the arena. All Republicans dream of another Ronald Reagan; GOP politicians try to become 2nd comings. Sadly, I do not see another Ronald Reagan emerging from these candidates.
will be proven wrong, but he was the last of a dying breed, a politician with brass ones, who did the right thing without trying to please every- Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Roosevelt, and Harry Truman were 3 other presidents who were also such "let the chips fall where they may" Let's hope the U.S.
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