Spot on! Trump may choose a very conservative VP who he can mold into the fiscally conservative expert in the economy that he has achieved. Then the torch will go on. I am repeating Ronald Reagan’s words that I took from a speech that The Ronald gave and I quoted in an earlier post. I think it has relevance to the contention we see on these boards:
“For in this century and the next decades, it will be decided for the generations whether all mankind is to become Communist; whether the whole world is to become free or, in the struggle, civilization as we know it is to become completely destroyed or completely changed. It is our fate to live on that turning point in history.
“We have already come a long way together. . . join me in a new effort—a new crusade. Nostalgia has its time and place . . . but nostalgia is not enough. The challenge is now. It’s time we stop looking backward at how we got here. We must ask ourselves how we can forge and wield a popular majority from one end of this country to the other. A majority united on basic positive goals with a platform broad enough and deep enough to endure long into the future—far beyond the lifespan of any single issue or personality.
We must reach out and appeal to the patriotic and fundamental ideals of average Americans who do not consider themselves movement people but, respond to the same American ideals we do. I am not talking about some vague notion of abstract amorphous American mainstream. I’m talking about main street Americans in their millions. They come in all sizes shapes and colors: Blue collar workers, blacks, Hispanics, shoe keepers, scholars, service people, house wives, and professional men and women. They are the back bone of America. And we can’t move America without moving their hearts and minds as well.
My Fellow Americans, our duty is before us tonight. Let us go forward, determined to serve selflessly a vision of man with God, government for people and humanity at peace. For it is our task to tend and preserve through the darkest and coldest nights that sacred fire of liberty that President Washington spoke of two centuries ago. A fire that tonight remains a beacon to all of the oppressed of the world shining forth from this kindly, pleasant, greening land we call America. God bless you and thank you.”
"We must reach out and appeal to the patriotic and fundamental ideals of average Americans who do not consider themselves movement people but, respond to the same American ideals we do."Very inspiring. I wonder what year that was given. I'll look it up.