This is from an article in National Review, regarding the 1976 Republican primary between Reagan and Ford:
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=OWQ1NzJjZmViNTRkOWY3ZDZjMWQ5YzFjNjBiYjAyYzc=
“Disgruntled with Ford’s pursuit of détente with the Soviets, Ronald Reagan in 1975 decided to seek the seemingly impossible: to challenge the incumbent president from his own party, thereby breaking Reagan’s own “Eleventh Commandment:” “Thou Shall Not Speak Ill of Another Republican.”
Reagan fired unceasingly at Ford’s support of détente. “We are blind to reality if we refuse to recognize that détente’s usefulness to the Soviets is only as a cover for their traditional and basic strategy for aggression,” he said in October 1975. “Détente is for the Soviet Union a no-can-lose proposition.”
This is no different than the base pounding Scozzofazza, and proves that Mr. Riehl needs to brush up on his history.
