Posted on 02/13/2024 7:19:03 AM PST by ChicagoConservative27
Acclaimed historian and Ronald Reagan biographer Craig Shirley still hasn't found what he's looking for. Citizens across the United States keep looking, too — for a new leader to draw the curtains on a new "Morning in America."
They're getting closer to unraveling the mystery behind the Reagan mystique.
"The Search for Reagan: The Appealing Intellectual Conservatism of Ronald Reagan," with a Feb. 13 publication, is Shirley's newest biography of the 40th president of the United States of America.
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Will look for this in a couple months.
I have not read his other books, but he has written several about Reagan including, "Last Act: The Final Years and Emerging Legacy of Ronald Reagan" and "The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All."
Pfft.
Craig Shirley has been described by insider Reagan people, including Mike, as someone who was never a party to any of those discussions who has written so much.
Isubmit my bio, “Reagan: The American President” (2016) has more PREVIOUSLY UNSEEN material direct from the Reagan archives at the Reagan Library, than all of his put together. From looking at visitor logs when I was there, he had never visited the archives once. I looked through materials from hundreds of boxes. It irks me when someone like this gets on FAUX or another outlet and my book was basically ignored. It broke key new ground on Reagan’s intellect, his initiative in setting up the amnesty of 1986, his mission to Moscow to convert Gorby to Christianity, etc. GRRR
Imagine having terrorists blow up 250 Americans in one of our ME bases today. Has there been another president with the insight and forbearance to realize WE screwed up by placing them there in those circumstances. Rather, than starting a bloody American war, Reagan corrected our mistake and got out. He was from the warmongering cowboy the left made him out to be.
“...The Untold Story of the Campaign That Started It All...”
His book gives much credit to the political organization of Senator Jesse Helms in North Carolina including key Helms’ strategists Tom Ellis and Carter Wrenn.
There was much contempt for early Reagan campaingn director John Sears (who was smart in a sly fox sort of way) among the Helms people. True conservatives were wanted and needed and thus the 1980 coup against Sears at the time of the New Hamshire primary voting was very welcome.
Nancy Reagan and Senator Paul Laxalt encouraged Reagan to use his old Hollywood friends to help his ‘76 campaign. Among those who were active included, Jimmy Stewart, John Wayne, Pat Boone, Efrem Zimblist Jr., Jack Webb, and Ken Curtis.
Ronald Reagan was the best president since Washington.
Donald Trump was the best president since Washington.
Donald Trump will be the best president since Trump.
One of Reagan’s most important sayings was that “it’s amazing what you can accomplish when you let others take credit for it.”
That holds true for his intellect, as well. He never claimed intellect, and let others take credit for it,
Yep.
Another one is “Reagan, In His Own Hand”. Highly recommended. Includes handwritten notes, speeches, etc. The documents include the edits he made to his own work, striving to make his point(s) perfectly clear. The reader gets to see how this great man’s mind worked.
Re: 3 - It ALL adds to the knowledge base of President Reagan.
New documents are always coming to light. I remember thinking that when Kiron Skinner published her books regarding the radio addresses and his handwritten notes, and how that added to the body of knowledge, just like your wonderful book did.
I wish I had time to go back and spend another year or two going through all the documents I didn’t see!
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Ronald Reagan made it seem like a privilege to be an American. And when he took off for California in January 1989 he left us an America at the absolute pinnacle of strength and influence in the world. Basically, it’s been downhill ever since. Hate to say it, but it’s true.
“”””Imagine having terrorists blow up 250 Americans in one of our ME bases today. Has there been another president with the insight and forbearance to realize WE screwed up by placing them there in those circumstances. Rather, than starting a bloody American war, Reagan corrected our mistake and got out. He was from the warmongering cowboy the left made him out to be.””””
When that bomb went off the invasion of Grenada had already started, 47 hours after the bomb went off our troops were in ground combat conquering Grenada.
Thanks for the pointless history lesson. Granada had zip to do with anything going on in ME. You must be trying to say Reagan WAS cowboy when standing up to the Soviets and Cubans in this atmosphere? That does not surprise me. It keeps your record intact of always being wrong about the correct American foreign policy.
How you make all that hostile nutty stuff out of everything is a mystery, your life must be hell.
I only pointed out that America was already in the early hours of the invasion of Grenada when the barracks bomb went off.
We have a thread today where some media source laments that Reagan would be shocked at some to the friendly outreach to Russia. As your book was very detailed on his outreach to Russia, do you have any wild speculation about how he would be doing with Russia at this point? He seemed to have good feelings about the Russian character in general.
Reagan would be in constant dialogue with Putin, would NOT see him as a communist, but as another world power leader, and would work behind the scenes to negotiate an end to the war, not blow up negotiations like Rutabaga did.
Reagan would like MUCH about Russia today-—its renewed religious fervor, its pro-family agenda.
Solid
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