For contrast, here is Reagan’s brief, warm, gracious convention speech in support of Ford, very soon after Reagan had just barely lost the nomination:
http://video.foxnews.com/v/4518663/reagans-1976-republican-convention-speech/?#sp=show-clips
The world wasn’t quite ready for his brilliance. I didn’t see either notes or a teleprompter. Made me sob. We are so fortunate to have seen a man like him in our lifetimes.
We have perhaps another, not as well-spoken, maybe, but also full of not just brilliance, but equally as much love of our nation and what it has always stood for. Please, God, help our country now, so that people 100 years from now will know how much we cared for their lives and freedom.