Tuesday, August 18, 2020

Ronald Reagan: I feel your pain, Donald

 Jeffrey Lord has seen this show before.

I have no idea whatever in the world happened to John Kasich. But I understand completely the appearance at the Democratic Convention by former GOP Governor Christie Todd Whitman. Apparently the ex-Ohio Governor and once-upon-a-time conservative Republican Congressman has now abandoned his political roots and flipped to become an Establishment finger wagger, leaving behind every last conservative principle he once professed to have. Whitman, on the other hand, has never made a secret of her Establishment ties. And if the Fox News accounts are accurate that there are others besides those two who will be speaking at the Democratic Convention, one can be sure they will be lionized in the mainstream media. 
As a former Reagan staffer, I can only say that this all seems reminiscent of Ronald Reagan’s rise in the 1960’s and on through to his election in 1980 and beyond.

The ease with which these skunks have changed their stripes is nauseating. I can't imagine that the appearance of these faux Republicans at the (virtual) Democratic National Convention will have much impact. I had to look a couple of them up; I either never heard of them before, or had completely forgotten who they were. Perhaps they are unaware that Benedict Arnold was scorned by many in England after the war (whatever the value of the service he provided to the Crown, his change of sides was seen by many as having been rooted in dishonor).

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