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Inglis, a Palmetto State Republican who was defeated earlier this year in a conservative primary challenge, said that "optimistic" conservatives might have been threatened by the conservative Tea Party movement.
"Well, not so much moderates. Surely, maybe they're unwelcome, but also conservatives of the optimistic sort," Inglis said during an appearance on CNN in response to a question about whether centrists were being forced out of the GOP.
"I think this would be a tough time for Ronald Reagan and Jack Kemp," Inglis added. "They were optimists that believe in America. Right now, unfortunately, conservatism is being presented with a voice of snarling rather than a face of smiling, and it really doesn't fit America."
Republican Pol : Ronald Reagan, Jack Kemp Would Have Tough Time Fitting In With Today's GOP
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I tend to agree. Reagan was essentially a good hearted man irregardless of his political beliefs. I don't think that description can always (or often) applied to today's conservatives.
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