Published in Deseret News, February 13 2008
Reagan and Romney — both six-letter R-names, both movie-star handsome, both uniters of security, social and fiscal conservatives.
Ronald Reagan: close call with Gerald Ford in 1976. Ford loses to Jimmy Carter. Stagflation and the Soviets. Nation remembers Reagan. Reagan reclaims economy, defeats Soviets, goes down in history.
Mitt Romney: close call with John McCain in ’08. McCain loses? Stagflation and terrorism. Nation remembers Romney. Romney reclaims economy, stands strong, goes down in history.
Michael R. Brown, Bountiful
I thought it was clever (of course, since I wrote it). It got a huge comment string mostly from people who apparently don’t think much of Reagan or Romney. I must be living in a Bizarro, brain-dead world of people who think they know it all, and have no clue. (Many would say that of me upon reading my stuff). Reagan WAS a great man of solid character, and he DID a lot more for us than he gets credit for. Romney IS a man of solid character – the flip-flop charges are a farce. He CAN DO a lot of great things for us, and I’m sad to say but I think we’ll need a turn around artist much like himself before too much longer. 999 in 1000 think I’m nuts, but as time moves forward I’ll be proven right!
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