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[Baron1710]

Originally Posted by Jermyn Davidson

Obama And Reagan: Different Ideals, Similar Tone
by Don Gonyea


http://www.npr.org/templates/story/s...ryId=100077084

The comparisons are superficial at best.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Baron1710

The comparisons are superficial at best.

sure, sure, sure-- a few posts ago, you couldn't find many comparisons between the two.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Obama and Reagan: Mirror Images, Mirror Ironies*
March 31st, 2009
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Leave a comment If history does repeat itself, can it happen in a mirror image? Consider the strange similarity (in reverse) between Barack Obama and Ronald Reagan. They are distinct mirror reflections of each other, and if that continues, we just might see a major Obama market rally - in about six years.



There are a number of minor mirror image attributes about Obama and Reagan. For example, Reagan was the oldest president in U.S. history while Obama at 47 is fifth youngest. And both were outsiders but in different ways: one because of his prior career as an actor and the other because of his race. But there are much more significant mirror attributes than those.

Read the rest of the article at this address:

http://www.deathoftime.com/2009/03/3...-under-reagan/

[Jermyn Davidson]

Hey Baron,

This ref is really good!!!



Let’s move forward now to Ronald Reagan.


We won’t dwell on Reagan’s cut n’ run from Lebanon; instead

let’s talk about Iran. Iran had illegally siezed the American Embassy, kidnapped it’s American employees, and engaged in a very public campaign to humiliate America, terrorizing American hostages before mobs of screaming Iranian militants. Five short years later, it’s 1985 and Iranian terrorists have kidnapped seven American Hostages in Lebanon. Iran is at war with Iraq and needs arms. Iran made a secret request to buy weapons from the United States. Reagan had campaigned on not negotiating with terrorists. What did Reagan do? Reagan sold over 1500 advanced missiles to Iran and negotiated with the Iranian terrorists for the release of the hostages!

Can you imagine what the GOP would say if Obama sold arms to Iran??


source:
http://www.slate.com/discuss/forums/thread/2699583.aspx


Remember my point was that Reagan and Obama have been compared, by more than a few folks-- not necessarilly on positive terms, but nonetheless, compared.