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2016 Postmortem

AlinPA

(15,071 posts) Sat Jan 21, 2012, 03:43 PM Jan 2012

Republicans' biggest change this election: How much they violate "Reagan's rule" about not

speaking ill of another republican. They are butchering each other.

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Republicans' biggest change this election: How much they violate "Reagan's rule" about not (Original Post) AlinPA Jan 2012 OP

Yeah, don't you love it? nt auburngrad82 Jan 2012 #1

well, reagan's rule REALLY was, "whatever works for me, Me, ME!" unblock Jan 2012 #2

auburngrad82

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1. Yeah, don't you love it? nt

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Sat Jan 21, 2012, 04:00 PM

Jan 2012

unblock

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2. well, reagan's rule REALLY was, "whatever works for me, Me, ME!"

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Sat Jan 21, 2012, 04:01 PM

Jan 2012

only AFTER tearing ford up with negative campaiging when that strategy suited him in the 1976 primary season did he concoct his rule about not speaking ill of another republican -- when he was the front-runner in the 1980 primary season and THAT strategy suited him.

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