To: ChemistCat
I'm with you here. I don't put anyone in contemporary American history on the same list with Ronald Reagan. I think he and Maggie Thatcher should stand alone as leaders of their respective countries.
I think it's hard for people who weren't around through the Ford and Carter years to realize just how great a man Ronald Reagan was. Alot of people my age never expected to land a decent job or buy a new home. We had, inflation, stagflation, the misery index, massive, double digit unemployment. I have to laugh when I hear 'rats fret about 6% unemployment now! It seemed that the country had run it's course and we were on our way out. Ronald Reagan was a burst of sunshine...a prophet of American goodness and the REAL eternal optimistt. I believe he saved this country and I'll always love and honor him for that!
144 posted on
12/04/2003 2:27:02 PM PST by
pgkdan
To: pgkdan
It's sad to hear that Mrs. Thatcher isn't doing so well either. She's so lonely since her husband died, and extremely depressed and isolated. I understand she's almost completely withdrawn from her friends and family. Not a good thing. :-(
147 posted on
12/04/2003 2:31:19 PM PST by
ChemistCat
(The emperor has no clo----gurgle gurgle....death rattle.....)
To: pgkdan
think it's hard for people who weren't around through the Ford and Carter years to realize just how great a man " Ronald Reagan was. Alot of people my age never expected to land a decent job or buy a new home. We had, inflation, stagflation, the misery index, massive, double digit unemployment. I have to laugh when I hear 'rats fret about 6% unemployment now! It seemed that the country had run it's course and we were on our way out. Ronald Reagan was a burst of sunshine...a prophet of American goodness and the REAL eternal optimistt. I believe he saved this country and I'll always love and honor him for that! "
Well put , thank you . I was 27 in 1980 so remember all too well the Ford / Carter years . Reagan was the first and last presidential candidate whose campaign I volunteered to work for ( on Long Island ) . When he beat Carter in a landslide I was so jubilantly happy you'd have thought my own father had become President !
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