#reagan democrats

[odinsblog]

This is so fucking offensive, and it’s one of the things about neoliberal conservaDems that drives me bonkers. They truly believe that by praising someone like Ronald Reagan—a deeply racist and homophobic person who didn’t lift a finger to to help people with HIV/AIDS—that they will somehow get conservative Republicans who hate them to vote for them in significant numbers.

There’s more:

JFC, this wannabe Reagan “Democrat” doesn’t belong anywhere near the White House.

👉🏿 https://www.wired.com/story/californias-governor-gavin-newsom-vetoes-state-ban-on-driverless-trucks/

👉🏿 https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/24/us/newsom-veto-bill-child-gender-affirmation.html

👉🏿 https://www.sfchronicle.com/politics/article/newsom-scotus-brief-18383709.php

👉🏿 https://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/02/us/02newsom.html

👉🏿 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Newsom

#gavin newsom #ronald reagan #clintonism #reaganism #neoliberalism #conservadems #reagan democrats

[animentality]

#twitter #us politics #ronald reagan #republicans #democrats

[mysharona1987]

#Trump #news #iraq #politics #democrats #republicans #ronald reagan #donald trump #middle east #drone strikes #obana #nyc #war crimes #stormy daniels #liberals

[compacflt]

Hi, big fan of your fics. I've just found your Tumblr and binged everything Icemav-related. When reading about Icemav's political beliefs, I've gotten curious. Does Bradley share the same political beliefs as Ice (and Mav)? Does being raised by them or them pulling his papers influence how he votes? Or there are other factors in the play (e.g. generations, social media)? How about Jake and the other Daggers? How does this young generation of the Navy perceive politics (elections, gender, etc.)? My apologies for bombarding you with questions. But as a non-American, American politics have always been something we must pay attention to. I've seen many interesting interpretations on Tumblr but it feels more or less wistful than realistic, but I might be wrong (again not an American) so I would love to see your perspective on this. Thank you.

a good politics roundup post before i leave this blog

icemav & their conservatism: here, here, here

ice’s NECESSARY conservatism as commander of the pacific fleet (i.e. officers who are most likely to get promoted to the highest ranks do NOT break the service line when it comes to domestic politics, so by necessity ice would’ve had to keep his mouth shut, he Cannot be both a four-star and a revolutionary, like he just can’t; and being a revolutionary is otherwise antithetical to his character anyway): here, here.

and the original “ice & mav politics post” which is being updated here: here

I’ve gone back and forth on everyones politics over the last year of me being involved with these characters, but let me just tell you where I’ve ended up headcanoning them politically, if ur interested

ice: reagan democrat. “educated moderate” who was more right-leaning pre-9/11. now just a regular ol liberal (did you SEE those gay little round glasses in tgm? no way this guy isn’t a straight-up lib) with absolutely no strong feelings about most domestic politics besides “fascism bad”. Has some foreign policy opinions that areeeee questionable at best, like all members of the military elite (hangman voice: DO NOT ASK ICEMAN ABOUT CHINA. WORST MISTAKE OF MY LIFE). foreign policy neoliberal favoring the dovish side of the spectrum. A force conservator (“let’s save our military assets [read: my boyfriend maverick 🥺] for when we really need them, not for any old conflict. the deterring specter of the American war machine should outweigh the risk of underperforming”). He’s in favor of marriage equality of course, but treats it like a privilege and not a right. would be sad/upset if it got repealed but wouldn’t necessarily fight for it. “well at least my marriage will always be legal in california so i just won’t leave, problem solved.” Normie median Biden voter.

mav: political wildcard tbh. original 1986 mav is DEFINITELY right-leaning (i think i’ve written elsewhere, “he fully believes bill clinton is an affront to god”). i get young republican vibes from him. Full on patriotic (but dispassionate) 1980s reaganite anti-commie neoconservative. but after the 2010s i am very confused tbh. Tom cruise’s political aura is an insanely confusing one. idk. No matter what, Mav has some Hot Takes that a.) can immediately be shot down by ice using Facts and Logic at any time and b.) are not strictly partisan. He’s registered democrat just to support marriage equality (his marriage is his top priority but he doesn’t care about Other gays’ marriages, only his own), doesn’t care about any of the party’s other lines. Votes however ice tells him to. I get real “kind clueless libertarian” vibes from 2022 maverick tbh. Especially with the “isolating himself in a hangar in the middle of the mojave desert.” that has a political connotation to it for sure. bro just does whatever he wants out there

also, ice & mav live in San Diego, which… while in blue/democrat leaning California…is famously a bastion of right-wingers & has a hitler particle level off the charts… (sorry its not my favorite place in the world). That’s why they’re both continually so disgusted by San Francisco (a metonym for effete liberal homosexuality). Theyre from San Diego, hatred of SF & liberal SF politics is kinda par for the course down there.

Bradley: as u will see in the extras i definitely hc Bradley as an activist, but because he’s… in the navy and also like in his 30s… It’s not college campus activism, it’s just “things all of us in the left wing can agree upon” activism. so, like, BLM or pride, etc. He’s an “in this house we believe” yard sign liberal. He is 38 years old. hes a solid millennial so not politically hip with the kids (me)

Bradley & ice/mav disagree on the VISIBILITY of politics. Ice & mav, who did live through the vietnam era draft/near-dissolution of American society in the 60s and 70s, are not in favor of possibly losing their job/honor they have fought and killed for, for the sake of a political statement. And they believe their relationship IS a political statement, whereas Bradley would rather encourage them to treat their relationship like, I don’t know, a relationship that has a right to exist independent of politics!

Jake and the other daggers: idk. i don’t really give a shit about the daggers sorry. They r blank slates 2 me. jake especially is canonically frat-boy sexist in a way that gives me the heebs, much like original 1986 maverick and ice. But the navy tends to be the most left-wing (or thought of as left wing in common thought) service of the military, if that helps. But it is also the most traditional service of the military, and by traditional I mean BRITISH!!!! 🇬🇧💂there’s so much pomp and circumstance and hoity-toitiness that comes from the navy’s origins in the Royal Navy. A lot of sticking to outdated tradition in the very fabric of the navy itself, while the navy’s enlisted demographics shift younger and more left-wing/“revolutionary…” some interesting conflicts there. Like that one sailor who got blasted by multiple congressmen on social media for (with permission!) reading a poem about their queer identity on the USS Gerald ford’s intercom a few months back, if I remember correctly. Hoo boy the Takes that day were wild. Younger Americans tend to be more liberal but YMMV with officers, who are by nature trying to uphold outdated traditions of the navy for the sake of keeping the navy a unified service

i am of course writing carole as a christian republican who has gay friends and a gay kid not by choice but by the Grace of God

#i realize some terminology in this post is so hyperamericanspecific that you may need to Google it #like the in this house we believe yard sign #it’s… like… i can’t even describe it. it’s a kind of well meaning liberal who can sometimes be a little cringe. #and Reagan democrats (which ice is) are a whole political subgroup in and of themselves #maybe not Reagan democrat but like conservadem? but no that’s different too #blue dog democrat? but not sure he’s that conservative #THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BECOME SUCH A BIG TENT POST TRUMP THERE ARE 50.000 TYPES OF DEMOCRAT YOU CAN BE #san francisco as a metonym for effete liberal homosexuality of course (it’s where im from 😎😎) #it’s a ten hour drive from SF to San diego like they might as well be different countries. san diego secede from the US when 🙏🏽 #pete maverick mitchell #tom iceman kazansky #top gun #icemav #top gun maverick #jake hangman seresin #bradley rooster bradshaw #normie median biden voter ice #the navy is liberalizing but veeeeery slowly #most of the conservative pressure ive seen towards the navy is external! policymakers & budget drafters etc #the navy is very liberal BUT that makes it a laughingstock among conservatives! #so a desire from higher-ups to push the Navy more conservative to be taken seriously…is kinda understandable #when being taken seriously means more ships more capability more money etc #instead of GOP culture-war-pilled pennypinchers going ‘hey why are we givin the gay service so much money’ #take this post with a grain of salt. i have never been old enough to vote in a federal election.

[allhailthe70shousewife]

#trump #republicans #gop #gqp #jan 6 capitol attack #fascism #us history #southern strategy #roger stone #nixon #reagan #vote blue #vote democrat

[deadpresidents]

Is there anyone who could have given Reagan a bigger challenge than Walter Mondale did in 1984?

If John Glenn had just hired the right people and put together a better campaign strategy (and maybe had a bit more political charisma), he could have absolutely been able to give Ronald Reagan a run for his money in 1984.

Reagan's whole political identity was that he was the most All-Americany All-American that ever stepped foot on the political scene and that he was going to fight Communism and make America that shining city on a hill. Imagine if he had to run against John Fucking Glenn -- a fighter pilot in World War II and Korea who literally fought Communists in real combat. Oh, and then he was one of the Mercury Seven and just so happened to be the first American astronaut to ever orbit the Earth. John Glenn wasn't just an astronaut -- he was the image that people had in their heads when they thought about what an astronaut was. He's still the definition of astronaut to most Americans. He was also buddies with JFK and RFK and when he retired from NASA -- again, he was a fucking ASTRONAUT, in case I didn't make that clear -- instead of moving to Florida and going golfing, he became a U.S. Senator. Not only should John Glenn have been able to out-All-American Ronald Reagan, but he should have been able to make Reagan seem like Leonid Brezhnev. I mean, just picture Reagan trying to get cute in a debate and making some sort of joke and then Glenn saying, "I'm sorry, I don't think I heard you correctly. My ears are still adjusting from when I was a fighter pilot who shot down three actual MiG-15s and then became a FUCKING ASTRONAUT WHO ORBITED THE EARTH."

But when Glenn did seek the Democratic nomination in 1984, he ran a really crappy campaign and somehow lost to Walter Mondale (who went on to lose 49 out of 50 states to Reagan in the general election). Glenn's campaign is one of the all-time missed opportunities. He was running for President just a few months after The Right Stuff came out and reminded Americans that Glenn was not only an astronaut but THE astronaut! His campaign should have held screenings of that movie in every early primary state and just had Glenn serving apple pie and Coca-Cola outside every theater while wearing his space suit and sitting in a fighter jet and reminding folks that Reagan's "combat" duties during World War II was making training films in Burbank.

I don't know who ran John Glenn's disastrous 1984 Presidential campaign, but it was political malpractice. Just answering this question makes me mad because it's so obvious that he was the PERFECT candidate to run against Ronald Reagan. HE WAS JOHN GLENN. He was such a legendary astronaut that, years later, when NASA wanted to send an old guy to space to study the effects of space flight on aging people, they sent him! He was almost 80 years old and passed the same physicals as young astronauts! How the hell did Glenn lose the Democratic nomination to Mondale? John Glenn lost to a guy named "Fritz"! I can't believe that John Glenn couldn't even beat the guy who got beat in 49 out of 50 states in 1984.

I can't believe how frustrated I am from answering this question and slowly realizing the sheer political malpractice of John Glenn's failed 1984 Presidential campaign.

#History #Politics #Presidential Elections #1984 Election #Ronald Reagan #President Reagan #John Glenn #Astronauts #NASA #Mercury Seven #Walter Mondale #1984 Democratic Presidential nomination #Presidential Candidates #1984 Democratic Presidential Candidates #John Glenn '84 #Political History #The Right Stuff

[theunsubtleknife]

Listening to The New Jim Crow and I think we should kill Bill Clinton

#this is a little pet peeve but i dont like that post about how everything is all Reagan's fault #like actually no i think absolving democrats of their harm by blaming cartoon villain Ronald Reagan is unproductive

[ikeameatballspoisonedme]

Things might seems dire right now but Vietnam war ended. Apartheid South Africa was legally dissolved. Zionists painted this as a war that spanned over thousands of years determined by God but it was actually a recent project by British colonial empire a century ago. I truly believe Palestine can be free very soon

#The US election candidates are 2 zionists which is awful #Voting blue is fine on a state level but I'm not gonna lie I hope Biden will not be reelected #I need Democrats to realize that being the 'lesser evil' isn't enough #Just watched Shaun's video and even Reagan. Fucking REAGAN asked Israel to stop the bombing #Meanwhile Biden WANTED to keep bombing women and children

[clarifyingthe]

Great book on the relationship between legendary Democratic Speaker of the House, Tip O’Neil, and Ronald Reagan. Their relationship was contentious due to deep ideological rifts, but they were always civil to one another. Those days of civility, sadly, are over.

#ronald reagan #democrats #congress #books and reading #politics

[failfemme]

i woke up to my mom saying she would consider voting for hogan if he runs for president…… i need to sleep another 12 hours

#mom he has a blue lives matter flag he loves to pose with #he wrote in ronald reagan for president on his 2020 ballot #he hates baltimore city with a passion #mom you are a moderate democrat falling for his ‘blue state republican’ shtick

[odinsblog]

The GOP is currently in the midst of a civil war, and no matter who wins, everyone else loses, because at the end of the day, the “winner” will still be Republicans. Republicans who are still against abortion, who are still against voting rights, and who are still gun nuts who support every single bad regressive thing SCOTUS has done. And Dick Cheney is a war criminal who lied America into not one, but two wars. For oil.

So can the conservative Reagan Democrats now in charge of the Democratic Party please stop trying to whitewash the Cheneys into “heroes”? They aren’t.

All of them are ontologically evil, and they’re only getting progressively worse. From Reagan to Bush to Bush Jr. to Trump to DeSantis (if he should win, God help us). We only win Pyrrhic victories by pretending that the previous Republican evil was somehow good or “better than” the current Republican evil. They’re all Republicans and they all want evil shit. The only difference is which one says the quiet parts aloud.

When both of your enemies are fighting each other, don't strengthen either one. Weaken both.

#politics #dick cheney #liz cheney #donald trump #republicans #reagan democrats #reaganism #clintonism #bidenism

[sspacegodd]

#occupy democrats #ronald reagan #president #america

[mysharona1987]

#Jimmy carter #news #global warming #politics #democrats #republicans #ronald reagan #usa

[spiritmoon23]

Hws illinois would be a politician that simultaneously everyone and no one likes

They could talk out of any situation so they've never actually been in a fight (they count this as winning said fights btw if they actually got into an altercation the other person could wreck their shit no problem)

#a slick talking democrat with ulterior motives most likely #technically lincoln obama and reagan all came from here so like #those r some big names #hws states #hetalia states #aph states #just trust me I'm right

[garthnadermemestash]

Joe Biden is a Catholic ladies.

#cornel west #Bernie bro #joe biden is basically ronald reagan #Ronald Biden #ralph nader #joe biden is too old #bernie 2024 #impeach clarence thomas #anyone but joe Biden #joe biden #bidenomics #grocery list #food #rent #democrats #fail #mst memes #mystery sovcit theater memes #mistaken con man #garth nader memes #dankest memes #political memes #pathetic3 #tumblr memes

[tylerschap]

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#sims #sims 4 #simscc #sims 4 custom content #republican #democrats #eisenhower #nixon #goldwater #ford #reagan #bush #Perot #Dole #mccain #romney #trump #palin #JFK #kennedy #LBJ #humphrey #mcgovern #carter #mondale #dukakis #clinton #gore #kerry #obama