Friday, August 10, 2018

LTTE in Praise of Reagan

 I'm writing to thank Frank Fronhofer  for alerting me to the letter signed by Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter and Gerald Ford supporting the banning of assault rifles. Reagan's position was that of Democrats today. He stated, "I do not believe in taking away the right of the citizen for sporting, for hunting and so forth, or for home defense. But I do believe that an AK-47, a machine gun, is not a sporting weapon or needed for defense of a home." No, gunsplaining isn't necessary to tell me an AK-47 isn't a machine gun. If you don't mind the countless lies of Donald Trump, I'm sure you can grant Reagan a little literary license.

Of course, Reagan also treated immigrants humanely, didn't start a trade war with the world because he practiced free trade and he fashioned a cabinet that was competent and not filled with world-class swindlers. His philosophy towards Russia was expressed by "Trust, but verify" not just "Trust." He'd likely be a NeverTrumper and therefore blacklisted in today's GOP. He saw America as a shining city on a hill, not as carnage.  

Other folks deserving shoutouts for recent letters are Carol Simpson, Richard Hayes Phillips and Peggy Wiltberger who all wrote masterful explanations of the "raised taxes 20 times" nonsense. Search for their letters on the website for good nuance. Back to guns. I'm sure Rep. Stefanik will vote to keep assault rifles accessible and whatever else her NRA masters ask for. If that's your major concern then cast your ballot for her. I'm looking at who's going to protect my right, and that of friends, family and fellow citizens, to health insurance. Tedra Cobb is going to do that. I don't need Republican spies to tell me that. 

6 comments:

  1. Thanks to Trump, Reagan looks better all the time. Considering that I was a Republican when he was President but I could never bring myself to vote for him, I'm not sure I'm all that happy about the improvement in his reputation. Also, thanks for stopping by and commenting on my blog yesterday.

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  2. Yes, there are plenty of things to criticize Reagan for and I have, but how far we've fallen when he starts to look good. He gave amnesty to immigrants. OTOH, he tried to starve people on welfare and definitely demonized them. And his cabinet certainly had it's share of creeps. All that would've ruined the tone of my letter, tho.

    And thank you for coming by. I don't put up many posts. Mostly use the iphone and don't really find that conducive to posting. I do put my LTTEs up, tho, for posterity. It's my little scrapbook.

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    1. I couldn't blog if I had to use my smartphone. About all that's good for is Twitter and Facebook, and I still can't do all that I can on the latter that I can do on my desktop.

      I understand. I have another blog where I post my saved comments.

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    2. I had a friend I used to blog with, Repsac, who kept a separate blog for comments because he'd have them moderated away at different sites. He called it What'd I Say.

      I would say don't look for it. I just did a search and an annoying pop up ad came up saying it is for sale. Can't imagine what anyone would pay for a used blog.

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  3. Oh, I should add a link to explain the Republican spies crack at the end. The NRCC sent, or he was a volunteer I suspect, a teenager to spy on Tedra Cobb and got video of her saying she couldn't publicly say she'd ban assault weapons. Northern NY is fairly rural and folks like their shootin' arns so it's a big deal.

    Actually this explains much of the gist of the whole letter.

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    1. Tnank you for the explanation. I would have had no idea what you were talking about if I hadn't missed it entirely the first time.

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