[mkleesma]

God, how I miss those days. We thought things were bad under Carter...we had NO idea.

[mkleesma]

Here’s the link again:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EU-IBF8nwSY

[Slyfox]

It is our memory of Ronald Reagan that is sustaining us in these rough days.

[Gay State Conservative]

We must admit...*sadly* admit...that Reagan wouldn't stand a chance today.He was so dominant during his time because the overwhelming majority of Americans worked for a living and *wanted* to work for a living.

The Rat Party's long term strategy...begun in the mid-late 60's...has been very successful and has brought us very close to...or even beyond...a tipping point.That tipping point is the percentage of Americans who see themselves as victims,who see themselves as being entitled to other people's money.

Sorry,I calls 'em as I sees 'em.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

Chokes

me

up.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Even harder to believe that, in 30 years, we went from Reagan’s America to a country on the brink of road with a socialist president

[skinkinthegrass]

*tear* .. my G*d, I truely miss him. 😢

[Vendome]

Boo Yah!!!

I needed that.

It’s rare I’m exhausted but, got this thing going on and all I wanted to do today was nap and watch TV.

Skip that!!!

Man in motion lives better and The Gipper was tireless.

Think I’ll take on what’s left of my day.

[BenLurkin]

[Prospero]

Sure doesn't seem like thirty years ago, that's for sure. In the wee hours, the darkest witching hours, it's difficult to believe it will ever be morning in America ever again, but it can be. It is not impossible.

If Romney couldn't whip the chump in the White House two years ago, why in the world would anyone think he could win two years hence?

And Jeb Bush? Come on, folks.

[greene66]

I miss them too. America still seemed like America back then. Still seemed to have ties to its 200-year history and heritage. Still had a hefty number of older generations who had vinegar in them, who had fought wars and depression, and could flatly differentiate between good and evil.

America-2014 isn’t even like a country anymore. More like a raggedy, run-down bus-station full of disparate interlopers, coming and going. A citizenry with a bottomless sense of entitlement and zero sense of responsibility, and a culture that is so crippled by a kind of PC mindthink and moral relativism, that it has ossified everything. A degenerate wastrel offspring of the country’s former greatness, wildly emoting and wildly flailing around, as it’s engulfed by its own weakness and degeneracy.

America-2014 is like warmed-over death.

[Skooz]

I have 8 or 9 speeches by Reagan on my iPod.

I used to listen to them for inspiration or nostalgia.

But, I find that I can longer listen to them. They just make me sad, now.

[SamAdams76]

1980 was a pivotal year for me. I graduated high school and enlisted in the Marine Corps. I was fortunate to come of age as Ronald Reagan was coming into office. The 1980s were definitely the best years of my life.