In another intriguing column, Ken Braun, a libertarian-leaning
Republican who formerly worked at the Mackinac Center, dares to compare Chris
Christie with Ronald Reagan. Predictably, the tea party folks have cried foul.
intellectually challenged wannabe tea party leader from northwest Michigan,
responded this way: “Really Ken Braun
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| Trucker Randy |
… Ronald Reagan
was PRO-LIFE, PRO-TRADITIONAL FAMILY and PRO-GUN … ‘Chrissy’ is NOT!!! Ronald
Reagan would call ‘Chrissy’ a DEMOCRAT!!!”
effortlessly dismantling Trucker Randy’s argument, and he didn’t even rely upon a barrage of capital letters and exclamation points:
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| Braun |
Reagan wasn’t early in his career. He signed a bill to legalize abortion in CA
in 1967.
“Christie fought the law banning gay marriage in NJ, and only relented when the
courts ruled against it. Reagan fought against and succeeded in defeating a
referendum that would have banned gay teachers in CA schools.
“Reagan was divorced. Christie has had only one wife.
“Reagan even raised taxes during his first term as governor (and numerous times as president, I might add).
“You would have hated him, Trucker Randy, and never
wanted him as your president.”
MLive, points out that the hug Christy gave to President Obama just prior to
the 2012 election, a show of gratitude for the federal aid provided to
Superstorm Sandy victims, is the genesis for all the tea party hate directed at
the New Jersey governor. Braun, who now runs the website InformationStation.org, also
skillfully compares Christie’s situation to the difficulties faced within the
Democratic Party by former senator Joe Liberman.
(yet insufficient hostility) to gay marriage and willingness to support gun
control have taken center stage in the list of tea party indictments against
him. Once cheered as the man who could both implement and sell fiscal conservative values to
Democrats, he’s now called a RINO (Republican in Name Only) … and yet hasn’t
changed a bit.
former U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn. The Democratic vice presidential
nominee in 2000, liberals became so temporarily obsessed with anti-Bush
hysteria Lieberman’s willingness to support Bush on some security issues made
him an outcast in his own party when he chased the 2004 presidential
nomination. Not coincidentally, Bush won more decisively in 2004 than in 2000.
percent pure ideologically, yet have never turned principles into policy. A
highly electable New Jersey governor who is even just 50 percent on their side,
yet with a track record of winning those common fights, deserves consideration,
not scorn.”
