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

[BrokeLoser]

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

Fuck Reagan...he was a nutless sack of shit...no US President fucked over good Americans like that pussy did. For me, he ranks just behind the Kenyan Zulu as the second worst president of all time

 

[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

Correct, Patti.

Your father would not have stood for this.

Then again, your father would not have been subjected to this.

As off-beat as some of his ideas were, he never came under suspicion of treasonous collaboration with adversarial nations.

And, his love of Nancy was legendary... he was never taped joking about grabbing women by their genitals.

Nor would he have been stupid enough to engage in the wide-array of faux pas and terrible optics that we have seen recently.

Ronnie Raygun may have been a little scary himself at times, but he was a loyal American and a Class Act, in contrast with Cadet Bone Spurs.

The Trump and Russia is your Democrat butt hurt, it has nothing to do with Trump or reality or Reagan

 

[DrLove]

Correct, Patti.

Your father would not have stood for this.

Then again, your father would not have been subjected to this.

As off-beat as some of his ideas were, he never came under suspicion of treasonous collaboration with adversarial nations.

And, his love of Nancy was legendary... he was never taped joking about grabbing women by their genitals.

Nor would he have been stupid enough to engage in the wide-array of faux pas and terrible optics that we have seen recently.

Ronnie Raygun may have been a little scary himself at times, but he was a loyal American and a Class Act, in contrast with Cadet Bone Spurs.

The Trump and Russia is your Democrat butt hurt, it has nothing to do with Trump or reality or Reagan

You get funnier by the second Orangeling - Do continue!

 

[DrLove]

Fuck Reagan...he was a nutless sack of shit...no US President fucked over good Americans like that pussy did. For me, he ranks just behind the Kenyan Zulu as the second worst president of all time

170 presidential historians rank Dotard as WORST EVER at present. Obama and Reagan in top ten. Oh well

History experts in New York Times op-ed: Trump worst president ever, Obama in top 10

 

[kaz]

Correct, Patti.

Your father would not have stood for this.

Then again, your father would not have been subjected to this.

As off-beat as some of his ideas were, he never came under suspicion of treasonous collaboration with adversarial nations.

And, his love of Nancy was legendary... he was never taped joking about grabbing women by their genitals.

Nor would he have been stupid enough to engage in the wide-array of faux pas and terrible optics that we have seen recently.

Ronnie Raygun may have been a little scary himself at times, but he was a loyal American and a Class Act, in contrast with Cadet Bone Spurs.

The Trump and Russia is your Democrat butt hurt, it has nothing to do with Trump or reality or Reagan

You get funnier by the second Orangeling - Do continue!

I didn't even vote for Trump. If I'm an orangeling, it's not Hillary's boot you're licking ...

This is how mindlessly stupid Democrats are. You can't process different views, so anyone who is different than you is a Trump supporter. You're not very smart

 

[MindWars]

Someday some will undo their idiot mentality and they will wake to realize what you accuse Trump of is actully th creations of leftist commie shitstains.

 

[DrLove]

One way that leftist organizations like RealClearPolitics skew conclusions is that they constantly imply that anyone who disapproves of job performance is going to vote Democrat.

I'm a disapprover. I don't like the tariffs, his tax cut wasn't deep enough, he signed the massive 2017 budget and most of all, he hasn't built the wall.

I didn't vote for Trump in 2016. I may or may not in 2020, but I sure the hell won't vote Democrat

1. So a 1.5 trillion giveaway 83% of which went to the top 1% wasn't ENOUGH
2. There will be NO WALL - EVER
3. You continue to get funnier .. GO!!

 

[DrLove]

Gotcha. You're not an actual Marxist, you just play one on message boards

We should take a poll. How many USMB members who constantly spew leftist crap are not really Democrats.

Trumplings such as yourself are NOT "conservatives". Embrace it.

We're not? Then what are we?

White Nationalists, Nazis, Klansmen, Alt-Righties, Protectionists, Baggers, Birthers, Blowhards and well ... Deplorables

And DrLove decides he's getting his ass handed to him and decides to throw dirt in the air and run away with a rendition of, but you're a racist ...

You asked, I answered .. Still here Asshole

 

[DrLove]

I'm not a Marxist - Any more questions or dumb assumptions Trumpling?

Gotcha. You're not an actual Marxist, you just play one on message boards

We should take a poll. How many USMB members who constantly spew leftist crap are not really Democrats.

me
42% of American voters are Independents

Correct - And only 26% are Republicans. And Donald is rapidly killing what was left.

"There is no Republican Party - There is a Trump Party" -John Boehner

80% of Republicans approve of Trump. You're just venting more hate filled butt hurt

And "Republicans" represent 26% of the electorate.
Try Again?

 

[DrLove]

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

Apples to oranges. They never attacked Reagan like they do to Trump.

Perhaps that is because Reagan wasn't an ASSHOLE?
Ya - Prolly

 

[OldLady]

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

Apples to oranges. They never attacked Reagan like they do to Trump.

No, because Reagan in his wildest Alzheimers moment would never say or do the ridiculous shit that Trump has.
RIP, Ronald. Not funnin' your affliction.

 

[DrLove]

Thankfully the party is dying a slow death before our eyes.

Yep.......that's what I've been hearing.......for the last 30 years or so.

Well then you've been hearing wrong. The death is being hastened .. every day in every way.
My suggestion would be to embrace your White Nationalist nature and come up with a new party.
Leave true conservatives and what is left of the R Party the hell alone.

Well if this is death of a party, long live death, because we took over the Congress, took over the Senate, took over the White House, and captured 2/3 of the Governorships across the country.

Enjoy that for another 2.5 months

Well if it makes you happy. But you know, I have no faith in polls or experts. Much of the time they are wrong just like last election. They are designed to shape opinion instead of reporting opinion. There is an old saying we used years ago "If it's not broke, don't fix it' so I can't imagine anybody who would want to change what we have going on today.

But then again there are people that have always voted for failure in the past. If people want to do that again, then we haven't learned anything as a nation yet.

Polls were spot on last election
One last look: 2016 polls actually got a lot right

If not, perhaps everyone misunderestimated the effect of two Comey announcements and thousands of Russian bots and trolls?

 

[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

How can a senate resolution change peoples minds when they have seen the bias with their own eyes?

WHAT SENATE RESOLUTION?

 

[boedicca]

Scuze moi, but considering the unseemly manner in which Patti has trashed Reagan in the past, her current virtue signaling self-serving pronouncement isn't at all credible.

It's time to tell the truth about parents, self, says Patti Davis

 

[DrLove]

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

How can a senate resolution change peoples minds when they have seen the bias with their own eyes?

WHAT SENATE RESOLUTION?

Don't expect a lot out of our Mikey - He's on the bottom at present ...
FEEDING

 

[Polishprince]

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

President Trump and President Reagan were close friends, photographic evidence shows the two together, Reagan giving Mr. Trump his blessing. The two great men lived in two different ages.

Sure, the Media hated Reagan, and invented all kinds of vile lies about him. Reagan, a small time boy, thought ignoring the lies for the most part was the best option. Trump, on the other hand, is living in a different age altogether. Trump grew up not in rural Illinois, but in the mean streets of New York. He had to fight his way just to go to the store if he was going to survive. As such, he can't ignore slights against him. Further, in the current age, he doesn't have to. His expert use of Twitter gives him access to the people without going through intermediaries in the media.

 

[WaitingFor2020]

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.

Group-think at it's best.
You're a good little Stalinist, Tipsy.

 

[easyt65]

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

There is a difference between a free press and a proven treasonous, biased, agenda-driven press.

 

[Rustic]

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

 

[WaitingFor2020]

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

President Trump and President Reagan were close friends, photographic evidence shows the two together, Reagan giving Mr. Trump his blessing. The two great men lived in two different ages.

Sure, the Media hated Reagan, and invented all kinds of vile lies about him. Reagan, a small time boy, thought ignoring the lies for the most part was the best option. Trump, on the other hand, is living in a different age altogether. Trump grew up not in rural Illinois, but in the mean streets of New York. He had to fight his way just to go to the store if he was going to survive. As such, he can't ignore slights against him. Further, in the current age, he doesn't have to. His expert use of Twitter gives him access to the people without going through intermediaries in the media.

"Trump grew up not in rural Illinois, but in the mean streets of New York. He had to fight his way just to go to the store if he was going to survive. As such, he can't ignore slights against him. """"

WTF????

Are you seriously trying to pass this off as true?

Trump grew up with a silver spoon in his big, fat mouth and went off to a very prestigious military school when he was 13, idiot.