David, by that definition wouldnโt you have to say that the Reagan of 1969 wasnโt a conservative? Heโd liberalized abortion and was only beginning to realize he had made a mistake, and he had raised taxes. At the end of his political career, moreover, he endorsed the Brady bill, which makes him 0 for 3.
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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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