Ronald Reagan News

“I think they figure I'm never going to write another memoir, so they're safe now, you know?”

President Jimmy Carter 'was a congenital liar. He just couldn't tell the truth.'

Richard Nixon 'was a bad man and a poor president.'

Gerald Ford 'was the nicest person I knew ever to become president, but he was totally incompetent.'

Ronald Reagan is 'the only one I'd give a passing grade to.'

These and other presidential assessments were given yesterday by syndicated political columnist Robert Novak, who attended the Kentucky Book Fair to sell his memoir.

Prince of Darkness, which takes its title from a nickname given to Novak by a colleague, tells of Novak's 50 years as a reporter in Washington, D.C. Read more

Today is Sunday, November 18, the 322nd day of 2007. There are 43 days left in the year. via PR-inside.com

“It's a shame we weren't able to produce all that at the time.”

To sit back hoping that someday, someway, someone will make things right is to go on feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last--but eat you he will.- Ronald Reagan categories: archives: TTLB Technorati ... via The Bullwinkle Blog

“It is liberalism, whether people like it or not, which has animated all the years of my life. What on Earth did conservatism ever accomplish for our country?”

To commemorate its 20th Anniversary, the Media Research Center has compiled the most outrageous liberal media quotes of the past two decades in a special edition of "Notable Quotables," the MRC's bi-weekly ... via From the desk of Ted Mathis

“We're about at the tail end of the Ronald Reagan era, where his ideas - fresh and, even as a Democrat, I'd say, many of them needed at the time - have just lost steam, lost resonance”

According to Senator Schumer, the Reagan days are over. "We're about at the tail end of the Ronald Reagan era, where his ideas - fresh and, even as a Democrat, I'd say, many of them needed at the time - have ... via New York Sun

“Hillary Clinton's endorsement from yet another failed Democrat presidential candidate underscores concerns the American people will have with her own candidacy”

Former Vice President Walter Mondale is endorsing Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton for president, the Clinton campaign announced Sunday. via Free Republic

“A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does.”

Today is Sunday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2007. There are 57 days left in the year. via The Topeka Capital-Journal

“A boy becomes an adult three years before his parents think he does, and about two years after he thinks he does.”

Today is Sunday, Nov. 4, the 308th day of 2007. There are 57 days left in the year. via Telegram & Gazette

“It is my intention to curb the size and influence of the federal establishment and to demand recognition of the distinction between the powers granted to the federal government and those reserved to the states or to the people.”

Posted on 10/28/2007 11:01:19 AM PDT by shrinkermd ...In response, the men seeking the 2008 GOP presidential nomination have largely turned that race into a contest over which candidate can best remind primary ... via Free Republic

“I am convinced as an individual senator, as a military lawyer for 25 years, that waterboarding ... does violate the Geneva Convention, does violate our war crimes statute, and is clearly illegal.”

Conservative radio host Michael Reagan, the adopted son of the late President Ronald Reagan, should have known better. via The Post and Courier

From Moonbattery , AYFKM! Remember how Ronald Reagan faced down the Evil Empire and defeated it through sheer brinkmanship, relying on the superior economic efficiency of the capitalist system to cause the ... via Politicalpartypoop.com

President George W. Bush set the record by not vetoing a single piece of legislation in his entire first term. via Accuracy In Media

Former President Gerald Ford believed President Bush made the right decision to go to war in Iraq but did so for the wrong reason, a new book says. via Guardian Unlimited

“This is a very tricky period of time, and a smart president-elect realizes you have to be very, very careful, because whatever happens in those 2months, you become responsible the day after”

Foreign policy and White House transitions Below are recent examples of presidents-elect who took pains to demonstrate support for the outgoing president's diplomatic authority during White House transitions, ... via Indianola Record-Herald

“The Democrats have the same problem. It's going to be interesting to see how they each shift.”

Richard Nixon knew a thing or two about politics after being on the Republican national ticket a record five times. via StarTribune

Here's a news story via Drudge that confirms the spendthrift ways of the Bush admin that were first noted years ago at reason online : George W. Bush, despite all his recent bravado about being an apostle of ... via Hit and Run

“You have the right to remain silent until we rip out your fucking fingernails.”

In World War II, when we were up against the Nazis - a bunch of utterly ruthless inhuman rats so evil they made even the racist scum of the British Empire and the American South look like angels - we didn't ... via Philadelphia weekly online

“A state is nothing more than a reflection of its citizens; the more decent the citizens, the more decent the state.”

Meadow as it will never be again changed forever by our sneaky BOS "Politicians are like diapers, they both need to be changed often and for the same reason" John Green for Madison district Bill Pickett for BOS ... via Caroline County, Va Justice

“But isn't it better for me to tell you what I believe rather than change my positions to fit the prevailing wind?”

WASHINGTON : Rudy Giuliani tried to make peace with a restless bloc of the Republican Party Saturday, telling religious conservatives not to fear him for his stand on issues such as abortion or expect he would ... via International Herald Tribune