I'm not a parent myself, but I'd say most parents at times probably do have the nightmare of what they might do if their child were kidnapped. And when there's a news story, it's something people can be pretty thoughtful and intelligent about.
And then Gov. Reagan was saying basically that the family should not pay the ransom.
http://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/01/a...st-food-is-peaceful-kidnappers-silent-no.html
Let's say he compounds this by further statements and shows what I think is kind of the truth, that he very much marches to his own drummer and at times can be a pretty clumsy individual.
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How does this affect the timeline of the Republican party and American conservatism in the late 1970s and beyond?
And then Gov. Reagan was saying basically that the family should not pay the ransom.
http://www.nytimes.com/1974/03/01/a...st-food-is-peaceful-kidnappers-silent-no.html
Let's say he compounds this by further statements and shows what I think is kind of the truth, that he very much marches to his own drummer and at times can be a pretty clumsy individual.
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How does this affect the timeline of the Republican party and American conservatism in the late 1970s and beyond?
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