Jesus Wept

[Dill]

(08-28-2018, 12:12 PM)Benton Wrote: Reagan was palatable. One divorce, not a whole lot of baggage. And I believe his divorce was very amicable. I think his ex campaigned for him.

The Trump thing is weird though. The whole 'we can only have wholesome values restored by a guy with multiple ex-wives, a history of sexual/physical assault, and who has been thoroughly dishonest' is kind of amazing. It's like hiring Dahmer to prepare food for your vegetarian children.

The other thing about Reagan--he was very civil and listened to advice. He was willing to take on opponents, but didn't create fights unnecessary to his agenda.  He could see a lot farther down the road of policy consequences than Trump. And it was clear there were things he stood for and against, which were much larger than "Hillary" and "Obama." This often resulted in bad foreign and domestic policy, but it was principled policy.

Can't see him tweeting out a glamorous picture of Nancy and an ugly one of Kitty Dukakis and inviting voters to judge who was more beautiful. (Still hard to believe Trump did that to Cruz, BUT HE DID!) So low road.