Friday marked the 98th anniversary of former President Ronald Reagan’s birth, the fifth since his death in 2004.
Almost two-thirds of U.S. governors — both Democrats and Republicans — enacted a proclamation to delegate Feb. 6 as “Ronald Reagan Day.”
Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle was one of only a handful of governors to deny recognition of the late president, according to the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project based in Washington, D.C.
“By refusing to honor President Reagan, Gov. Jim Doyle has put pusillanimous petty partisanship above patriotism,” said Grover Norquist, chairman of the group, in a press release. “Ronald Reagan was a man loved by the American people and citizens abroad. Ignoring his legacy of leadership ignores the strength and value of freedom and democracy. Gov. Jim Doyle should be ashamed.” http://www.madison.com/tct/news/stories/437408
Supporters of former President Ronald Reagan are lashing out at Gov. Deval Patrick for snubbing the Gipper’s birthday.
Grover Norquist, chairman of the Reagan Legacy Project, said Patrick failed to sign onto a petition observing Feb. 6 as Ronald Reagan Day.
http://news.bostonherald.com/news/politics/view/2009_02_10_Reagan_Day_advocates_blast_Deval_Patrick/
Looking for Grover to pump up FDR Day. And Clinton Day.
Norquist is the key propagandist responsible for the establishment and maintenance of the Reagan mythology.
“There are issues where people like Collins, Snowe, and Specter don’t vote as Reagan Republicans, such as the massive [stimulus] spending program,” says Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, an antitax advocacy group. “Then, there are issues so damaging to the country and to the freedom movement that they are unforgivable. This is card check.” http://features.csmonitor.com/economyrebuild/2009/02/09/gop-centrists-give-obama-a-majority-%E2%80%93-barely/
Update: Waiting also for Norquist to attack Brent Bozell for his unpatriotic smearing of those who emerge from Hollywood and speak publicly…
Hurray for Hollow-Wood?
I can only conclude that 51 percent of Americans have never heard Hollywood celebrities speak out.
Beware celebrities getting involved in politics. In a 2007 CBS News poll, 49 percent of the public agreed with the notion that “Hollywood celebrities are inexperienced about politics and should stay out of politics.” When asked if celebrity endorsements would make voters more or less to support a candidate, 78 percent said it “won’t matter to people on way or the other.”
Update 2: Let’s talk treason…yeah, that’s the ticket
One thing worth thinking about in the Senate’s compromise bill is that one Senator is really putting his neck out here: Arlen Specter, who may be leaving himself wide open to a challenge in the Republican primary.
Unlike his fellow pro-stimulus Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins, Specter is up for re-election in 2010. And there exists an active element in the party that is always eager to push him out the door, even if it meant endangering the GOP’s hold on the seat — in fact, Specter just barely survived a conservative primary challenge 51%-49% in 2004, when the Club For Growth threw its weight behind then-Congressman Pat Toomey.
I spoke today with Nachama Soloveichik, the Club’s communications director, and she confirmed that they’re hearing a lot of anger over the compromise. “Grassroots Republicans are infuriated. They’re fed up. They’ve had it,” Soloveichik said, even going so far as to add that for many, “this is the ultimate act of treason.” http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/02/club-for-growth-specters-stimulus-support-treason.php
