Biden: Ronald Reagan Could Not Win The Republican Primary Today

Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a visit at St. Paul's Union Depot train station Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, to mark the seventh anniversary of the economic stimulus package in St. Paul, Minn. Biden says projec... Vice President Joe Biden speaks during a visit at St. Paul's Union Depot train station Thursday, Feb. 18, 2016, to mark the seventh anniversary of the economic stimulus package in St. Paul, Minn. Biden says projects like the restoration of an abandoned train hub in Minnesota helped bring the country back from the recession. (Glen Stubbe/Star Tribune via AP) MANDATORY CREDIT; ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS OUT; MAGS OUT; TWIN CITIES LOCAL TELEVISION OUT MORE LESS

March 8, 2016 2:27 p.m.

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Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday said that judging by the state of the Republican presidential primary, Ronald Reagan himself would not be able to win the nomination.

“If Ronald Reagan were alive today seeking the nomination he could no more get the nomination of the Republican party than I could,” Biden said in a question and answer session following a meeting with the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates. “I’m not joking. What you see is this movement to the extreme in the Republican party.”

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jaybeeraybee says:

March 8, 2016

You know it’s bad when Ronald Reagan is too coherent for the Republican Party.
becca656 says:

March 8, 2016

It’s like unelecting Jesus from the leadership of Christianity.

And twice as stupid.
manziel says:

March 8, 2016

Reagan on amnesty for Illegal immigrants…

“I supported this bill. I believe in the idea of amnesty for those who have put down roots and who have lived here even though sometime back they may have entered illegally.” –
dommyluc says:

March 8, 2016

Oh, I don’t know, Joe. It seems that Zombies are a lot more popular than Republicans right now.
sherlock1 says:

March 8, 2016
Ten points that irritate the sh*t out of BonzoRonnie’s Rightie worshippers today. Mention them frequently when in the company of Rightie Nutballs.
1. Reagan was a serial tax raiser.
2. Reagan nearly tripled the federal budget deficit.
3. Unemployment soared after Reagan’s 1981 tax cuts.
4. Reagan grew the size of the federal government tremendously.
5. Reagan did very little to fight against a woman’s right to choose.
6. Reagan wrote that “[m]y dream…became a world free of nuclear weapons.”
7. Reagan gave amnesty to more than 3 million undocumented immigrants.
8. Reagan vetoed a comprehensive anti-Apartheid act.
9. Reagan helped create the Taliban and Osama Bin Laden.
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2011/02/05/142288/reagan-centennial/

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