| OnTheIssues.org excerpts: (click on issues for details)
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Abortion
Allowed abortion as CA Gov.; didn’t push pro-life as Pres.
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Civil Rights
Opposed Voting Rights Act of 1965 as “humiliating to South”.
Promised to appoint a female Justice; O’Connor was the first.
Supported Bob Jones Univ.’s miscegeny policy, inadvertently.
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Crime
Approved three new prisons and 6% growth in law enforcement.
Oversaw one execution as CA Gov., supported death penalty.
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Drugs
Fought drugs beyond “Just Say No”.
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Education
Supported school prayer but didn’t push it.
Targeted Dept. of Education to be abolished, but failed.
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Energy & Oil
Decontrolled oil prices, but didn’t fill oil reserves.
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Environment
Western enviro ethic: pro-development, common-sense.
Dismissed acid rain proposals as burdensome to industry.
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Foreign Policy
Ignored ICJ ruling against mining Nicaraguan harbors.
Open door to PRC, but maintain alliance with Taiwan.
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Free Trade
Proposed concept behind NAFTA in 1979.
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Government Reform
Principal mission was government deregulation.
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Health Care
Despite accusations, didn’t much cut Medicare.
Slow to fight AIDS; focused on prevention.
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Homeland Security
SDI averts biblical prophecy of Armageddon.
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Immigration
Allow free movement of people from Mexico & Canada.
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Principles & Values
Cared more about policies than being “Great Communicator”.
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Social Security
Wanted to privatize retirement, but never had opportunity.
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Tax Reform
Serious on tax simplification; mocked as “secret tax plan”.
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Welfare & Poverty
Championed “workfare” as California Governor.
Cut back AFDC & other targeted poverty programs.
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