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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!

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 I understand she's almost completely withdrawn from her friends and family.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. :-(

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 !