Geee Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Investors Business Daily: 'Ronald Reagan changed the trajectory of America in a way that Richard Nixon did not and in a way that Bill Clinton did not." That was Barack Obama in 2008. And he was right. Reagan was an ideological inflection point, ending a 50-year liberal ascendancy and beginning a 30-year conservative ascendancy. It is common for one party to take control and enact its ideological agenda. Ascendancy, however, occurs only when the opposition inevitably regains power and then proceeds to accept the basic premises of the preceding revolution. Thus, Republicans railed for 20 years against the New Deal. Yet when they regained the White House in 1953, they kept the New Deal intact. And when Nixon followed LBJ's Great Society — liberalism's second wave — he didn't repeal it. He actually expanded it. Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency, gave teeth to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and institutionalized affirmative action — major adornments of contemporary liberalism. Until Reagan. Ten minutes into his presidency, Reagan declares that "government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pepper Posted November 2, 2012 Share Posted November 2, 2012 Ten minutes into his presidency, Reagan declares that "government is not the solution to our problem, government is the problem. @Geee 2008: Ten minutes into his presidency, the people declared that "Obamas is not the solution to our problem, Obama is the problem." 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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