The Man, the Movie, and the Monster

Trump's Project 2025 party IS NOT Ronald Reagan's party. 

'Nuff said, right? Nope, I can't help myself.

I’m an old-school liberal… and by “old-school,” I mean, pre-cancel culture liberal. I have no love for Reagan – his domestic and social policies were disastrous. But in the light (or darkness) of today’s Trumplican Party, I have a kind of head-scratching appreciation for the days of Dutch (and that's not easy to write).

A biopic starring Dennis Quaid as Ronnie is set to open this weekend. Its roster of filmmakers includes a few well-known conservatives and one outright loon, Jon Voight. "Reagan" is being viewed and discussed as a propaganda film intent on swaying the election for the Right. Subsequently, it is receiving a fair amount of social media canceling. I haven't seen the film. I'll probably never see the film... but it is vital that Americans understand the drastic differences between Ronald Reagan and the Nectarine Nemesis:

Reagan was an excellent communicator and, along with his reliable team, conveyed the meanings of complicated policies for a general audience. Duck Sauce Donald is, unto himself, a digressive policy void -- a mumbling imbecile with delusions of intelligence.

Reagan appealed to a broad swath of Americans, including many, many who leaned center/center-left. He did this with his mere manner and twinkling appeal. The Klownfish Kingpin has amassed a fervent army with little regard for those who don't believe in his ideological buffoonery.

Reagan WAS, for a majority of Americans, a uniting figure; the Puss-Filled Pantywaist is hellbent on dividing.

One idolized Franklin Delano Roosevelt (even after becoming a Republican in 1962); the other worships Putin.

One inhaled jelly beans by the handful; the other absorbs Big Macs by the truckload. Okay, neither is a healthy habit... but the former's is kind of endearing, and the latter's is outrightly gross (and entirely representative of who he is). 

Whether or not I watch Dennis Quaid's new movie or whether or not anyone does, there is no confusing the Gipper with Baby Bone Spurs. 

The Citrus Slug is no Ronald Reagan... and this is not the Great Communicator’s Republican Party.