The Era of Reagan and the Era of (Who's Next?)

"His integrity was most pure, his justice the most inflexible I have ever known, no motives of interest or consanguinity, of friendship or hatred, being able to bias his decision. He was indeed, in every sense of the words, a wise, a good, and a great man." --Thomas Jefferson on George Washington

"I never thought of myself as a great man, just a man committed to great ideas. I've always believed that individuals should take priority over the state. History has taught me that this is what sets America apart -- not to remake the world in our image, but to inspire people everywhere with a sense of their own boundless possibilities. There's no question I am an idealist, which is another way of saying I am an American." --Ronald Reagan

By Douglas V. Gibbs

The car wreck that was the Carter Presidency gave way to Ronald Reagan. He was conservative beyond the taste of the political elite, and perfect for America at a time when the country needed true leadership.

Obama's catastrophe of a presidency, many believe, will encourage the next great conservative president.

With the Tea Party's influence, that may be true.

While leftists like Alan Colmes claims they are fans of the Muslims, or while the hard left Democrats rally around Obama as he works further to redistribute the wealth by trying to force corporations to part with their profits so that the money can be redistributed to the workers (Marxism as clear as day), the States are working to flex their sovereign rights. Arizona plans to pass Senate Bill 1433 which would give the State the ability to nullify unconstitutional federal laws. The argument that the 14th Amendment, by the way, enables the Bill of Rights to be applied to the States is a false argument. There is no language in that amendment that clearly states the 14th Amendment changes the application of the first ten amendments, and there is no evidence that the Founding Fathers desired the Bill of Rights to be applied to the States either.

Idaho, and six other states, also plan to use nullification, but in their case, specifically against Obamacare.

The Obama Administration, according to many political pundits, is acting lawlessly by ignoring the federal court opinions that the Health Care Reform law is unconstitutional. If a Republican was to ignore the courts in the same way, the liberal left would claim the GOP to be acting unlawfully.

The liberals in the Courts are declaring the Constitution to be void, while allowing Islamic flags to fly in the United States through the use of public funds.

Obama is eyeing Internet IDs for users, encouraged the FCC to unconstitutionally regulate the net with their Net Neutrality regulations, and has been unconstitutionally seizing domains.

The Obama Administration has seized control of insurance companies, banks, and automobile companies. They are trying to dictate to you what you can eat, how our farmers can grow food, and what your political speech must sound like through a concept of political censorship they call "civility."

The Democrats are operating outside the rule of law, outside the limitations of the U.S. Constitution, and outside the will of the people.

The Economic Recovery is a lie, the unemployment numbers are being deceptively manipulated, and the man-made global warming scare with all of the Cap and Trade style legislation that is being pushed has turned out to be one great big hoax.

The American People are so pissed off at the hard left Democrats that the perfect storm is in place to sweep the GOP back into full power in 2012, hopefully with a conservative candidate.

The political elite in the Republican Party, however, believes the liberal lies that it takes a moderate to win, and that a conservative Tea Party candidate would be slaughtered by the Democrats. Mitt Romney, the GOP candidate that has a few progressive twinges about him, in fact, is trying to steer as far away from the Tea Party as possible.

The GOP elite did the same to Reagan, too. In fact, his loss to Ford in the primary in 1976 was largely attributed by the political establishment and media to the fact that Ronald Reagan was an "extreme rightwing candidate."

Ronald Reagan's legacy is now being tainted with progressive spin in the media because the left fears another Reaganesque candidate emerging. They claim Ronald Reagan was for amnesty, when the reality is that was only to be two million illegals a single time, and he was told if he did that the Democrats would go along with his demand to secure the borders. Reagan lived up to his end of the deal, and the Democrats didn't. We are still waiting for the border to be secured.

The left also claims Reagan was not a tax cutter, but that he signed a number of tax increases. Once again, it was deals the Democrats did not follow through with. Reagan made a bold move as a tax cutter in 1981 with a tax cut that lowered the tax rates across the board for all Americans, which also included business building tax cuts, and big breaks, for businesses. The result? Massive growth on the supply side of the economic picture, which resulted in economic prosperity. After the recession began to subside, Reagan turned his sights on cutting spending. However, the Congress had a Democrat majority. So, Reagan began to make deals. He signed a number of small tax increases in exchange for the Democrats being willing to cut spending. Then later the Democrats asked for spending increases to allow Reagan to cut other taxes, and to be able to put money into the military and SDI. In the end, the Democrats did not live up to their end of the deal, as usual, and after all the dust settled, not only were a number of taxes increased, but federal spending grew by an average of 2.5 percent a year.

If Reagan was guilty of anything, it was believing the Democrats when they promised to secure the border, reduce spending, and reduce the size of government if he would only sign this, and sign that.

One must remember that despite the difficulties he experienced, and a hostile Democrat-controlled Congress, Ronald Reagan fought for America. Ronald Reagan set the stage for the end of the Cold War. Ronald Reagan defeated Soviet communism without firing a shot. Ronald Reagan loved America, and despite the few failures brought about by the broken deals by the Democrats, he turned this nation around and left it better than it was when he had become president.

Now a new conservative is on the horizon. Is it Pence? DeMint? Palin? Perhaps a name we don't know yet? Hard to say. But with the influence of the Tea Party, the hope is that the next GOP president will be a conservative through and through. . . like Reagan.

-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary

Alan Colmes says that he is a fan of Al Jazeera and defends the Arab network - Examiner

Obama: Corporate Profits "Have To Be Shared By American Workers" - Real Clear Politics

Arizona bill aims to let state ignore federal laws - The Raw Story

Idaho, 6 Other States, to “Nullify” ObamaCare - Hot Air

Lawless Regime Refuses to Listen - Rush Limbaugh

U.S. Supreme Court Issues Landmark Decision: Constitution is Void - Breitbart

Judge OKs 'flag of Islam on American soil', Decision approves government funding for Shariah indoctrination - World Net Daily

Obama Eyeing Internet ID for Americans - CBS News

FCC moves to dismiss Net neutrality lawsuits - CNET News

Feds seize sports websites before Super Bowl - Politico

The Companies Who Support Censoring the Internet - Tech Dirt

Morning Bell: The Obamacare Assault on the Rule of Law - Heritage Foundation

The ‘Economic Recovery’ Lie - Before It's News

The Reagan Recovery vs The Obama Recovery - Heritage Foundation

Crony Capitalism, A Return to British Mercantilism - Political Pistachio

Economist: U.S. In Worse Shape Than Greece. . . they just aren't telling us - Political Pistachio

Unemployment Rate Spun Like A Top - Political Pistachio

The glaciers that are actually GROWING, not shrinking: Climate change not as catastrophic as scientists first thought - Daily Mail U.K.

Snow Blankets U.S., Anti-Capitalist Environmentalists Claim it to be the Fault of Man-Made Global Warming - Political Pistachio

Romney Steers Clear of Tea Party - NewsMax

Beware of Liberals Waxing Reaganesque - Heritage Foundation

Ronald Reagan: A centenary to celebrate; President Reagan was not just a communicator – he won the Cold War - U.K. Telegraph

Exclusive: Governor Palin Visits Reagan Country - Big Government

Liberals Don’t Deserve America - Bernard Goldberg