Drew Allen / Flag and Cross / March 10, 2021
An article published in the New York Timeson August 28, 1983, titled “Party moderates plan life after Reagan,” argued that the RINOS of the 80’s were eager to abandon the popular Reagan conservatism and embrace “a new political agenda.” 80’s RINO and Governor of Delaware Pierre S. Du Pont IV is quoted saying, “I think 1988 is going to be a real watershed year for the Republican Party…that’s when we are going to see a generational change in the leadership of the party and a new political agenda.”
Du Pont correctly predicted that “the Reagan agenda — controlling the size and cost of Government, building military power and the rest of it — will have run its course when [Reagan] leaves office.” But I want to deliver a clear message to the RINO’S in the Republican Party today, who are also eager and ambitious to fulfill the selfish and corrupt objectives of their 80’s predecessors, who stated, “there will be no natural place in the party for this big chunk of [Reagan’s] constituency. Here is the message: It’s our party and you can cry if you want to…