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Posted: 8/14/2011 12:01:30 PM EDT

I doubt it.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:02:05 PM EDT

[#1]

I did.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:07:19 PM EDT

[#2]

So did I.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:09:15 PM EDT

[#3]

Nope. He was responsible for creating the requirement that OC firearms in CA must be UNLOADED.

It is true and it would be a big problem here.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:11:05 PM EDT

[#4]

Quoted:
I did.

Me too.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:11:30 PM EDT

[#5]

Quoted:

Nope. He was responsible for creating the requirement that OC firearms in CA must be UNLOADED.

It is true and it would be a big problem here.

dont forget him being a dem at one point

his stance on "assault weapons"

etc..

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:11:33 PM EDT

[#6]

Not a chance.....

....and that's sad

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Posted: 8/14/2011 12:14:02 PM EDT

[#7]

The GOP had to rewrite their checklist a few years ago when they realized Reagan wouldn't qualify.

And the GOP isn't conservative enough for ARFCOM.

So pretty much, no fucking way.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:22:34 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

I did.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:24:11 PM EDT

[#9]

Quoted:

Quoted:

I did.

Reagan was the first person I voted for right out of high school.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:25:52 PM EDT

[#10]

Me? I did.

ARFCOM? There'd be a ten page thread of argument, and many people would threaten to stay home on election day since Reagan isn't perfect. Hell, he was once a Democrat.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:26:12 PM EDT

[#11]

I did, and in 1976 too when he ran against Ford for the GOP nomination.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:27:44 PM EDT

[#12]

I did. Most of Arfcom, I think, would have labelled him a "kook."

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:35:04 PM EDT

[#13]

Quoted:
I did.

ETA: First President I was able to vote for.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:39:02 PM EDT

[#14]

No, they would love Bush.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:47:55 PM EDT

[#15]

my ww2 veteran grandfather, grandmother, great grand parents...and the rest of my family did

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:48:42 PM EDT

[#16]

Quoted:

So did I.

Same here.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:49:53 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:

So did I.

Me too!

I supported him in the primary in 76.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:51:15 PM EDT

[#18]

A gun grabbing, big spending politician who can make a great speech about government not being the answer?

What's not to love?

Arfcom is thrilled if they're lucky enough to get two out of three of those in an election.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:51:47 PM EDT

[#19]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I did.

Reagan was the first person I voted for right out of high school.

Same here.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:52:34 PM EDT

[#20]

I voted for him.
It sure as fuck wasn't going to be Carter/Mondale.
But after eight years I was tired of him.
Meese is still a pig.

Posted: 8/14/2011 12:54:29 PM EDT

[#21]

His platform didn't include legalizing dope so that would have alienated a lot of the dopers here.

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:04:20 PM EDT

[#22]

Never got the chance of voting for him. Too young.

Although I do have an autographed picture of him that the White House sent me (actually, two of them).

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:07:30 PM EDT

[#23]

Lots of thread about the Union President thing too.

Plus the California bashing

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:12:09 PM EDT

[#24]

I remember reading Disney comic books about how we were running out of oil and wouldn't have enough energy, and noticed how the food prices kept going up every week. Oh yeah, and bunch of pissants captured our people and the government couldn't or wouldn't do anything about it. Even as a 6 year old I knew how crappy things were under Carter.

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:12:33 PM EDT

[#25]

Quoted:
Me? I did.

ARFCOM? There'd be a ten page thread of argument, and many people would threaten to stay home on election day since Reagan isn't perfect. Hell, he was once a Democrat.

I voted for Reagan too. And your observation is spot on, IMHO.

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:13:38 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Me? I did.

ARFCOM? There'd be a ten page thread of argument, and many people would threaten to stay home on election day since Reagan isn't perfect. Hell, he was once a Democrat.

Just like that RINO Rick Perry!

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:16:49 PM EDT

[#27]

So, what GOP candidate would Arfcom have supported back then?

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Posted: 8/14/2011 1:17:10 PM EDT

[#28]

Quoted:

So, what GOP candidate would Arfcom have supported back then?

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Al Haig

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:40:32 PM EDT

[#29]

Yes I did.

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:43:21 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:

I did.

You fold art.

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:43:51 PM EDT

[#31]

Quoted:

Quoted:
I did.

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:44:22 PM EDT

[#32]

Who was the looney libertarian pussy back then ?

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:45:13 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:
So, what GOP candidate would Arfcom have supported back then?

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the one that was a fringe, batshit-crazy loon

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:48:20 PM EDT

[#34]

Quoted:
I doubt it.

Then you are an idiot don't know Arfcom or don't know history which is it?

In 79 the big issue was the Iran Hostage Crisis Operation Eagle Claw Carter's attempt to rescue them was a disaster mostly because of bad luck and Carter's inability to keep to one decision. We were in a recession and Regan was anti hippy had been anti hippy since 65 and we were int he Cold War Arfcom has no love for the reds.

Reagan would have been supported here, Nixon would have been supported here too. The only person who would have gotten more support is Goldwater

Posted: 8/14/2011 1:59:05 PM EDT

[#35]

wasnt he running against Carter in 80? Who here would have voted for Carter during that election?

Posted: 8/14/2011 2:07:41 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

Quoted:
So, what GOP candidate would Arfcom have supported back then?

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the one that was a fringe, batshit-crazy loon

My mind dredges up the name Anderson

Posted: 8/14/2011 2:08:46 PM EDT

[#37]

Quoted:

Who was the looney libertarian pussy back then ?

David Koch? The other Koch Brother.

ETA: David ran as VP. Ed Clark was the LP candidate.

Posted: 8/14/2011 2:10:02 PM EDT

[#38]

I was born in the middle of his second term.

Posted: 8/14/2011 2:32:06 PM EDT

[#39]

Quoted:
wasnt he running against Carter in 80? Who here would have voted for Carter during that election?

No, the OP question is about the year before, and that primary. I think the Al Haig post above is probably correct. Reagan did not bulldoze over Bush in the primaries, iirc.

No question in the Generl Elections who would of been supported here.

I was too young to vote, but worked in the Republican HQ for my town that year, and got to watch Carter's concession speech from there.

Posted: 8/14/2011 2:49:50 PM EDT

[#40]

John Anderson for the MFW!!!

Posted: 8/14/2011 2:51:01 PM EDT

[#41]

I did.

Posted: 8/14/2011 2:51:50 PM EDT

[#42]

I voted for Reagen and for Nixon before that.

So, I certainly would have supported him.

Posted: 8/14/2011 3:09:20 PM EDT

[#43]

Quoted:
A gun grabbing, big spending politician who can make a great speech about government not being the answer?

What's not to love?

Arfcom is thrilled if they're lucky enough to get two out of three of those in an election.

Gun grabbing?

Posted: 8/14/2011 3:12:29 PM EDT

[#44]

Voted for him twice..

Posted: 8/14/2011 3:12:45 PM EDT

[#45]

Quoted:
The GOP had to rewrite their checklist a few years ago when they realized Reagan wouldn't qualify.

And the GOP isn't conservative enough for ARFCOM.

So pretty much, no fucking way.

He was the best available, but yeah, that's why we've been going down the hill. Nobody really conservative runs for office.

Posted: 8/14/2011 3:14:33 PM EDT

[#46]

Quoted:
Who was the looney libertarian pussy back then ?

Lyndon Larouch I think..Wrong

Ed Clark and his running mate David Koch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ed_Clark

Posted: 8/14/2011 3:18:35 PM EDT

[#47]

Hell no. All the Ronulans who make it their business to flood the site with pro-Ron Paul threads would be going berserk. Just like they're doing with Perry and trying to drag him down. They're just as afraid of Perry as the Democrats are.