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Chucky Putzhead Schumer: Reaganism Is Dead
Daily Politics ^
| November 29, 2006
| Ben Smith
Posted on 11/29/2006 7:04:21 AM PST by nwrep
Chuck swung by the Daily News for an editorial board meeting this morning, which you'll be able to read more about in tomorrow's News.
A couple of tidbits from his broader discussion (forthcoming in book form) of how he sees the shifting terrain and the Democrats' edge struck me:
"We're in better shape than [Republicans] are, because they don't realize that Reaganomics is dead, that the Reagan philosophy is dead," he said. "We realize that New Deal democracy, which is still our paradigm, which is sort of appeal to each group ... that doesn't work any more."
He had said a bit earlier, "The old Reagan theory which dominated -- which is, 'Government is bad, it's out of touch, chop off its hands as soon as it moves.' -- is over."
Not sure the conservative love affair with Chuck is going to last.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: biggovernment; commies; hightaxes; nannystate; rats; reaganomics; schlimeball; schumerism; slimeball; socialism; suckeggscheumer; tax; taxandspend; taxes; welfare; welfarestate
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:04:22 AM PST
by
nwrep
To: nwrep
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:05:00 AM PST
by
nwrep
To: nwrep
"Reaganism Is Dead"
Never was alive to dems and in the past 10 years under republican leadership, they did kill it. Chucky's more right then wrong.
3
posted on
11/29/2006 7:06:30 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: nwrep
The more Schumer can become the face of the Democratic Party the better for us.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:06:47 AM PST
by
claudiustg
(Delenda est Iran)
To: nwrep
Gee, huh and chuckie schumer is michael weiner(savage's) second favorite democrat, after Gov. Moonbeam, jerry brown.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:06:58 AM PST
by
Dane
("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
To: nwrep
Not sure the conservative love affair with Chuck is going to last. What "conservative love affair with Chuck"?
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:07:41 AM PST
by
theDentist
(Qwerty ergo typo : I type, therefore I misspelll.)
To: nwrep
If I was a CSI my first suspect would be today's Republican party. They killed Reaganism
To: edcoil
Yep. Thanks W for the "new tone in Washington."
8
posted on
11/29/2006 7:10:12 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: pinz-n-needlez; onyx; ohioWfan; Texasforever; BigSkyFreeper; Tamzee; mrs tiggywinkle; Dog; ...
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:10:39 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
To: nwrep
Reaganism is dead.... and the country is going down the toilet.
Does that make you feel better, Chuckie?
To: slowhand520
If I was a CSI my first suspect would be today's Republican party. They killed Reaganism Wow, dude, you are a genius. Lets see, PBA ban, massive tax cuts, massive increase in military spending, ultra-conservative judges (Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owens) and Justices (Alito, Roberts), massive logging in national forests, weekly conference calls with members of the religious right, ... sure, dude, Republicans killed Reaganism.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:13:09 AM PST
by
nwrep
To: edcoil
This after the schmuck recruits dem candidates who espouse Reagan ideals?
Wow, he surely has earned his nickname......
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:14:19 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(FALLEN HERO JEFFREY TOCZYLOWSKI, REST IN PEACE)
To: Mo1
He sure does like to live up to his nickname, "Schmuckie" doesn't he?
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:14:27 AM PST
by
Txsleuth
(Bolton/Cheney (that would be Lynne) 08)
To: slowhand520
If I was a CSI my first suspect would be today's Republican party. They killed Reaganism LOL! You schumerites have one thing in common, the hubris to think that no one here in flyover country can see your obvious misleading.
Yuh know, not all of us on FR are weinerbots.
14
posted on
11/29/2006 7:14:35 AM PST
by
Dane
("Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" Ronald Reagan, 1987)
To: nwrep
This should be reposted daily over the next 2 years. If you need a rallying cry, this is it.
To: Mo1
Let's see how many pseudo-cons come down on Chuckie's side on this thread.
Should be fun.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:16:17 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
(President Bush - courageously and honorably protecting us in dangerous times, . Praise the Lord!)
To: slowhand520
Well it's obvious you don't know thing about Reaganism
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:16:22 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
To: OldFriend
Rule one: Dems always accuse you of what they are doing.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:16:34 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: nwrep
Reaganomics actually works well for everybody but the Democrats.
Hah! Schumer still green with envy and prejudice over the Reagan years.
And still the government is the worst source of administration. Since Reagan's time more government (worker's) unions have formed, therefore furthering the inefficiency of government.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:17:01 AM PST
by
oyez
(Why is it that egalitarians act like royalty?)
To: ohioWfan
Let them praise Chuckie ..
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:17:07 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
To: nwrep
I have to ask Chuck, if Reaganism is dead, why did your candidates run on it? Chuck, please think it is dead, by all means. Go left young man, hard left and look back to the New Deal. Please, I am begging you.
To: Moonman62; Mo1
Here's one on Chuckie's side.
Shall we keep a count? :)
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:17:51 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
(President Bush - courageously and honorably protecting us in dangerous times, . Praise the Lord!)
To: Mo1
I hope Chucky makes time to explain to us in excruciating details what his thoughts are on all matters governmental. ;-)
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:18:09 AM PST
by
pinz-n-needlez
(Jack Bauer wears Tony Snow pajamas)
To: nwrep
Up-Chuck Schumer needs to get out more often. He has no clue.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:19:07 AM PST
by
TommyDale
(Iran President Ahmadinejad is shorter than Tom Daschle!)
To: edcoil
Rules for Radicals by Saul Alinsky
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:19:17 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
To: nwrep
Good to see an honest title on the article!
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:21:01 AM PST
by
dynachrome
("Where am I? Where am I going? Why am I in a handbasket?")
To: edcoil
Reagan was a man unafraid to confront enemies both foreign AND domestic.
It seems the Bush family can't recognize evil in its own backyard.
Inviting Clinton into their life is just the tip of the iceberg in their failures on the homeland.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:21:26 AM PST
by
Stallone
(Is There A Conservative Leader ANYWHERE In America?)
To: nwrep
Sadly, Schumer is right - Reaganomics is dead, and it died at the hands of the moderate wing of the Republican party, whose ineffectual leadership and finger in the wind decision making paved the way for the democratic resurgence of power we see today, and at the hands of the Conservative wing of the party, whose inability to clearly define what they stand for put the final nail in the coffin.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:21:51 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(A liberal is a suicide bomber without the guts)
To: Stallone
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:22:56 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
(President Bush - courageously and honorably protecting us in dangerous times, . Praise the Lord!)
To: reagan_fanatic
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:23:12 AM PST
by
ohioWfan
(President Bush - courageously and honorably protecting us in dangerous times, . Praise the Lord!)
To: nwrep
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:27:16 AM PST
by
xowboy
(My Parents were Right.......Love It or Leave It.)
To: nwrep
That is about as silly as the Mondale tank photo.
To: ohioWfan
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:27:39 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(FALLEN HERO JEFFREY TOCZYLOWSKI, REST IN PEACE)
To: windsorknot
It was Dukakis in the tank.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:28:57 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(FALLEN HERO JEFFREY TOCZYLOWSKI, REST IN PEACE)
To: nwrep
You forgot to add biggest entitlement program, biggest spender this side of LBJ, amnesty for illegals, I am sure Reagan would have deferred to that! I'm with you on the parts you mentioned but to leave out what I mentioned would be disingenuous or outright ignorant. Bottom line if Republicans would have acted like conservatives we would not be in this mess!
To: nwrep
Thank the republicans who voted for Webb and Tester for putting these ultra liberal wackos in power.
As long as republicans vote for blue dogs who give schumer in power they have no right to complain.
Dems vote for dems electing dems in a wave in the northeast.
Republicans can't seem to understand that a vote for webb and tester was a vote for schumer and ted kennedy. Now 100 judges will be left in committee for the rest of bush's term. But we got change.
To: nwrep
Chuck "I've never had a job other then elected office" Schumer should just shut his pie-hole.
To: Dane
What are you talking about? Can you honestly say that Republicans continued the Reagan legacy? I think the elections proved they didn't
To: slowhand520
...amnesty for illegals, I am sure Reagan would have deferred to that! Yes, Reagan did defer to amnesty. He was the one that passed the last amnesty.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:31:49 AM PST
by
nwrep
To: nwrep
We're in better shape than [Republicans] are, because they don't realize that Reaganomics is dead, that the Reagan philosophy is dead," he said. "We realize that New Deal democracy, which is still our paradigm, which is sort of appeal to each group ... that doesn't work any more."This from the guy who pushes gun control even at the expense of his party's seats.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:33:18 AM PST
by
Lazamataz
(That's the spirit.)
To: ohioWfan
Let's count the number of RINO's in denial:
ohioWfan - One big muther right here!
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:35:00 AM PST
by
Stallone
(Is There A Conservative Leader ANYWHERE In America?)
To: slowhand520
President Bush's judges surpassed Reagan's judges in every category.
Can you compare Kennedy and O'Connor to Alito and Roberts?
And those district judges, appellate judges.....
In the ned Reagan raised corporate taxes and allowed far too much spending by the dems.
And about that Reagan legacy of amnesty???? And cutting and running from Lebanon???????
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:36:28 AM PST
by
OldFriend
(FALLEN HERO JEFFREY TOCZYLOWSKI, REST IN PEACE)
To: Stallone
I think the difference is that the Bush family believes that mediocrity is acceptable. Reagan has his faults in debt and size of government as well but while Reagan strived for the best and did not always meet it, the Bush's don't strive to be the best.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:36:41 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: ohioWfan
W's strategy was to be the next FDR and LBJ and spend his way to perpetual Republican dominance. It was a terrible idea. If it weren't for the security issue, the GOP never would have won the first midterm and W never would have won reelection.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:37:57 AM PST
by
Moonman62
(The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
To: nwrep
Of course, the economic decisions of the 1980's are gone. And Clinton could have avoided a recession in 2000 with a tax cut. And the monetary and fiscal decisions of 1980 are not responsible for the growth and employment of today. And Democrats campaigned on higher taxes and Jimmy Carter monetary policy. And no Democrat endorsed political ads calling themselves conservatives.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:39:15 AM PST
by
ridge
To: nwrep
Yep and the Republicans killed it.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:39:18 AM PST
by
xrp
(Republicans Message: Vote for us, we suck less than Democrats.)
To: nwrep
They said the same thing in 1982 when Dems took Congress.
We're still here, Chucky baby. :)
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:40:20 AM PST
by
MaestroLC
("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
To: OldFriend
Hey Chuck, which were you drinking today? Slammin' Strawberry Kiwi or Blastin' Cherry Berry?

In all honesty, I hope he does believe this. He and the dems will be in for a rude awakening.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:41:12 AM PST
by
batter
("Never let the enemy pick the battle site." - Gen. George S. Patton)
To: nwrep
Yes, Reagan did defer to amnesty. He was the one that passed the last amnesty. He later admitted it was a mistake.
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posted on
11/29/2006 7:41:31 AM PST
by
MaestroLC
("Let him who wants peace prepare for war."--Vegetius, A.D. Fourth Century)
To: OldFriend
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