People, let's have a serious reality check and discussion about this Reagan thing [View All]

I think most of you have seen I'm not one to diss other candidates. Damn, I support the guy that most people take such great pleasure skewering, for crying' out loud, and gladly post them in long lists! ;)

This isn't about Edwards. This isn't about Clinton.

This is the first time I've felt really, really, really concerned about what one of the candidates has said/done during this campaign process.

We all know they're gonna move to the center, or that they're likely to.

But I am frankly stunned that anyone over the age of 35 would dare defend Obama's comments (which we've just seen plastered all over the news shows...with everyone, including Tucker Carlson, salivating over him) about Reagan.

Sure, you can parse it all you want and say he didn't say it was a GOOD TRAJECTORY. But damn, just listen...he was appealing to the Reaganites big time, at the EXPENSE of a Democrat: Clinton.

I don't expect a candidate to have blind loyalty and say the dems are perfect, yada, yada...but he hit on a HOT BUTTON issue when he involved Reagan. And he KNEW it. It was not an off-the-cuff remark. He knew what he was doing and it bothers me. It bothers me because he was my second choice and because he has a very good chance of being the nominee.

As many have been saying of late, we don't know 100% whether we can trust ANY OF THEM. Just read here and you'll see pros and cons about EVERY candidate, all listing many reasons not to trust what they're saying.

But my point is this: don't we at least need to AGREE WITH WHAT THEY'RE SAYING in large part as the first step? Whether they'll come through and act on it is the second part of the equation when choosing a candidate. That's why some people support Edwards not for HIM, per se, but because of the power of his message being to empower US...the citizen, seeing how so much have been taken from us since REAGAN years.

I'm not feeling empowered by anyone else right now and that troubles me as a Democrat.


IN ADDITION: If age is the discrepancy in reaction to the Reagan comments, that would be good to know. Because if anyone isn't appalled at the correlation to the Reagan trajectory with regard to domestic issues, they need to learn. I know he didn't say he supported Reagan's policies, but he sure as hell didn't discredit them either. Please don't parse this. I heard him, I didn't just read the quotes. It had a very favorable tone. Well, I should clarify that that was my interpretation. But, damn, it's a strong, clear one.