Posted on 06/05/2004 7:41:39 PM PDT by Apolitical
June 05, 2004: I sit here not surprised at the announcement of President Ronald Reagan's passing, but incredibly affected. While it was clear that his time was drawing near, I can say with all certainty that I was unprepared for the actual moment, the event, of his passing. In the end, it was the effects of Alzheimer's doing what both political foe and mortal enemy could not do to "The Great Communicator."
It is always a somber time in America when a former president passes away. Some have fallen to the assassin's bullet. But most go quietly into the afterlife, fading away like the old soldiers that they were, whether they served in the military or simply affected the military as Commander in Chief.
Ronald Reagan cheated the assassin's bullet, and lived to build one of the most important presidencies in our country's history..........
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