THESE DAYS WE HEAR A LOT ABOUT RONALD REAGAN AND THE CONSERVATIVE MOVEMENT. WHAT HAPPENED TO THOSE DAYS, WHERE DID THEY GO ? IT ALL CAME ABOUT BY SEVERAL REASONS,AND NOT JUST REASONS HERE IN THE U.S.
CAPITOLISM WAS IN CRISIS FROM THE LATE 1970'S AND EARLY 1980'S. IN EUROPE THE SOCIAL DEMOCRACY FROM THE 1940'S AND 1950'S STARTED COMING APART.(WELFARE STATE,HIGH INFLATION,HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT,LABOR FIGHTS,PROTESTS,TERRORISM ALL WAS CAUSING PROBLEMS FOR WESTERN EUROPE) HERE, WE WERE LIVING WITH HIGH UNEMPLOYMENT,HIGH INTEREST RATES ETC. AND THE COLD WAR WAS STILL IN FULL SWING.
FROM NIXON TO P.M. HEATH TO THATCHER TO MITTERAND TO HELMUT SCHMIDT TO HELMUT KOHL TO CARTER TO REAGAN THERE WERE MANY PIECES THAT MADE UP THIS PUZZLE. VOTERS WANTED PUBLIC ORDER RESTORED. I SEE THAT AGAIN TODAY. VOTERS WANT ORDER RESTORED BEFORE THIS THING GETS AWAY FROM US. HIT THE BREAKS !!
YOU CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT WE ARE SLOWLY COMMITTING SUICIDE NOT BY SELF-DESRTUCTION,BUT BY CREATION.
AFTER TODAYS ELECTIONS IN VIRGINIA,NEW JERSEY,AND UPSTATE N.Y. WE COULD SEE A CHANGE THAT WE CAN BELEIVE IN, BUT THAT DOES NOT MEAN IT'S ALL MORE BETTER NOW. AFTER THE ELECTIONS THE WORK BEGINS
ARE YOU IN FAVOR OF A CONSERVATIVE PARTY ? OR DO YOU THINK IT'S BETTER TO CHANGE FROM WITHIN THE PARTY YOU BELONG TO ?