Wednesday, April 29, 2009

ST. RONNIE AND THE FUNDIES

Sen. Olympia Snowe had an op-ed in the NYT and she included a couple of quotes from a 1992 address by Ronald Reagan:
It is for this reason that we should heed the words of President Ronald Reagan, who urged, “We should emphasize the things that unite us and make these the only ‘litmus test’ of what constitutes a Republican: our belief in restraining government spending, pro-growth policies, tax reduction, sound national defense, and maximum individual liberty.” He continued, “As to the other issues that draw on the deep springs of morality and emotion, let us decide that we can disagree among ourselves as Republicans and tolerate the disagreement.”

This advice goes directly against the Karl Rove coalition strategy that pandered to the Fundies for electoral gain.

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