Every conservative in the country today is a proud "Reagan conservative." This interesting post from Pink Flamingos Pink Flamingos shows that many of them didn't have much use for him when he was actually the President.
”Whoever Reagan’s successor is will have a hard time mobilizing these people because Ronald Reagan walked away from them in the end.” --Edwin J. Feulner Jr., president of the Heritage Foundation
Howard Phillips described Reagan as ”fronting as a useful idiot for Soviet propaganda."
Joel Skousen said ”Mr. Reagan is now seen as untrustworthy by many conservatives who believe he has betrayed his own principles in an effort to appease his critics.”
“…Conservatives may not back President Reagan for reelection in 1984 unless he reverses what they consider “almost a stampede to the left” in the White House, New Right leaders said Tuesday."
