The GOP Civil War — Is Ronald Reagan Being Purged?
November 17, 2009 at 8:35 PM Leave a comment
Wow, this is big: Marco Rubio is running for the senate in Florida, as is Governor Charlie Crist. Crist is thought of as a moderate; Rubio is the favorite of the radical tea party-types. Apparently Rubio slammed Ronald Reagan’s immigration policy today, which I find fascinating because as we know, Republicans have regarded Reagan as a sacred saint for decades. Only a heretic would criticize him and far from slamming him, Republicans have instead been exaggerating the success of his policies for years.
So if the wingers win the GOP civil war, will Ronald Reagan eventually be purged — for being too liberal — like Dede Scozzafava was in NY-23?
Seriously. Having lived through 20 years of the GOP genuflecting to Reagan, it stuns me that anyone in that party would criticize him. He has been their untouchable god for such a long time.
This is going to be a vicious war.
Entry filed under: Republicans, Including Wingers & "Moderates". Tags: .
Trackback this post | Subscribe to the comments via RSS Feed