Ronald Reagan: A Republican Obama?. I. The Three Parts of the Republican Party A. Economic Conservatives & Laissez-Faire: Low Taxes, Low Govt. Spending,

Ronald Reagan: A Republican Obama?

I. The Three Parts of the Republican Party

A. Economic Conservatives & Laissez-Faire: Low Taxes, Low Govt. Spending, Reduce Welfare

B. Cultural Conservatives & the Religious Right: Anti-Abortion, Anti-Gay Rights

C. Military Conservatives & War Hawks: Aggressive Military Spending

Reagan Quotes

1. Concentrated power has always been the enemy of liberty.

2. It’s morning again in America.

3. Man is not free unless government is limited.

4. We have the duty to protect the life of an unborn child.

5. We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added.

II. Reagan’s Life Story & Style Unite Republicans

A. Reagan: America’s First Arnold?

B. The Reagan Style: •The Language of Optimism & Patriotism•The Language of the Common Man•The Language of Laissez-Faire

III. Did Reagan’s Style Equal Substance?

A. Reagan as an Economic Conservative?• Tax Cuts and Supply Side (Voodoo) Economics

• Budget Deficit Few New Social Programs

B. Reagan as a Cultural Conservative?

• Conservative Appointments & the Supreme Court

C. Reagan as a Military Conservative?

– Star Wars (SDI) and the Evil Empire

Military Spending and the Collapse of the Soviet Union