DailyKos diary: "I knew Reagan. Sen. Obama, You're No Reagan"

I knew Reagan. Sen. Obama, You're No Reagan

by wmtriallawyer

Thu Jan 17, 2008 at 11:20:45 AM PST

In all the hubbub about the Obama comments on Reagan, I decided to check out the whole interview myself and find out what was up.

It only took me a minute into the interview to realize that Sen. Obama is no Reagan.

Because Ronald Reagan would never say something like this:



Now, we can debate whether government was ever "cool", but that gets off the point. For all the handwringing about whether Obama is a right-winger in disguise, or parrots the right-wing talking points too much, you will never, ever, EVER hear a Republican saying they want to make government "cool" again.

Ya certainly never heard Reagan say that.

I'm here to say that when I heard Obama's words, I was proud. Because living here in the D.C. area, as a local government employee, married to a federal government employee, I can tell you right now: our government, our rank-and-file federal government worker, is pretty demoralized. I've heard stories already that if a Republican wins in '08, a lot of those smart, fresh, talented minds that work for our government absolutely BECAUSE, like OBAMA, they believed in it as a agent of change...well those folks will leave.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/1/17/142045/514/287/435007