Proposition: How many times Mitt Romney will invoke Ronald Reagan at the first presidential debate on October 3rd in Denver.
Odds: Even
Stakes: $5
Parameters: Over/Under three mentions (three being a push)
Bettors: Me, Moot
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Did you know conservatives LOVE Ronald Reagan? He's like catnip for Republicans. Which is why I believe Moot is a fool for thinking that Romney will mention the Gipper fewer than three times during the first debate. Moreover, I did some cursory research and found that the first debate is on domestic policy--and, since Reagan oversaw one of the briskest economic recoveries in modern history, you can be sure the Mittster will try to remind us of this as many times as possible. That Moot money is as good as mine.
Have you ever wondered why it is that conservatives all rally around Reagan, but liberals don't do the same for their *great* presidents? You don't commonly hear liberals waxing rhapsodic about FDR, JFK, LBJ. I think the closest you'll find to this phenomenon on the left are people longing for the days of Bill Clinton. Remember those heady times? There was pets.com and the Spice Girls and Eddie Murphy was still making funny movies. We even impeached a guy for having oral sex! Good times. It just seems like conservatives have a much clearer intellectual tradition, an uninterrupted line of wealthy, freedom-loving thinkers stretching from Edmund Burke to Ayn Rand. Yeah, I guess liberals have Martin Luther King, Jr. and Christopher Hitchens. Hmm.
Anyhow, all of this is to say that people who love freedom love Ronald Reagan. Also, did you know that Reagan raised taxes?
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