reagan s life, nothing is written. pat buchanan? up until the moment he got over 270 electoral votes on election night 1980, ronald reagan was considered a joke by the overwhelming majority of elites in this country, by the overwhelming number of news editors and news anchors, by the overwhelming number of professors, washington, official washington considered this man a joke. i was out in the iowa caucuses when reagan got beat by bush. someone came up to me and said your guy is a 70-year-old hollywood b-grade actor with prematurely orange hair. punch him and the straw comes out. that was before new hampshire. peggy noonen is right. at that convention in 76, kansas city, reagan when he was called down there, reagan knew exactly what he wanted. he didn t want to be vp.
about sarah palin s choice of words. blood libel, mistake? the rabbi in the wall street journal defended the use of the term and others may disagree. and we d be arguing about the semi colons when it comes to sarah palin because she remains this incredibly polarizing figure that is not going to change. i was amazed at the conservative rakes to the almost sense of relief, oh, thank goodness, he didn t try and pin it on us, as bill clinton it in the second day of his speech after oklahoma city. so, there was, you know, peggy noonen saying it was the perfect town. right pitch perfect. and thank goodness he didn t try and blame us and one thing i want to quickly say cause i know, we watching at home probably have a remember, this was not a tv show totally, he though, obviously, it was on national tv and the obama team knew it. i think the sometimes
about sarah palin s choice of words. blood libel, mistake? the rabbi in the wall street journal defended the use of the term and others may disagree. and we d be arguing about the semi colons when it comes to sarah palin because she remains this incredibly polarizing figure that is not going to change. i was amazed at the conservative rakes to the almost sense of relief, oh, thank goodness, he didn t try and pin it on us, as bill clinton it in the second day of his speech after oklahoma city. so, there was, you know, peggy noonen saying it was the perfect town. right pitch perfect. and thank goodness he didn t try and blame us and one thing i want to quickly say cause i know, we watching at home probably have a remember, this was not a tv show totally, he though, obviously, it was on national tv and the obama team knew it. i think the sometimes boisterous atmosphere, cut
reaches out pan does a deal and all of a said he is fighting everybody, the penal he it the deal with, the left and the media. come on. and peggy noonen pointed out at friday s journal, the audacity of animosity, i mean, he chose he could have gone out there and said i ve made a wonderful deal, help america, wonderful for everybody and hope it passes instead he says i don t like this deal, i don t like the democrats, i don t like the republicans, obama chose to throw elbows every which way for reasons i can t although the best jon stewart said in a handy skit last week, obama s approval rating in obama s rate 68%, and it wasn t rating obamaing, it was obama s rating of america. he s slammed because he s too above the fray and doesn t show anything or shows the grit and compassionate and genuinely and rightfully angry and oh, my god he s angry, no
he has every right. he s got a voice. he believes sarah palin is not qualified to be president. i think peggy noonen s been very critical, other columnists have. but my view is this, i think she has earned a right, if she wishes to compete in the republican primaries, to have that competition and to try and prove she s fully qualified to be president. she s got enormous assets, tremendous following, political instincts. her last two statements on wikileaks have been right on the money, which suggests she s staffing up. i think we give her a chance to prove herself and for heaven s sakes, we don t want another goldwater/rockefeller battle. pat, hold on for a second. i want to get the answers of the erstwhile republican here. do you believe with your hand on a bible that she has the right