Posted on 06/05/2004 1:46:20 PM PDT by dogbyte12
ABC just announced :( Ronald Reagan was 93
God bless Nancy and the Reagan family.
You've already seen it... what he was in public, he was in private.
Just out of curiosity, I trolled over to DU to see how they were spinning it. I'm sorry I did. On second thought, I'm glad I did. It shows the true evil we are up against. When a poster hijacks a Christian praise song ("I've got the joy joy joy joy down in my heart") to celebrate the death of a great, God fearing man (no matter what he thinks of his politics), it really puts things into clear perspective.
Only a real political junkie would think of this angle on the day the Gipper died. Not that I disapprove. But, diehard leftists are the only ones who care about the 'Toons life anyway.
Your so right ... it was an incredible time. I saw Thatcher two years ago walking down Belgravia Street in London. I was outside Plummers Pub having a pint when she walked by holding two shopping bags with two bodyguards behind her. Everyone got real quiet when she walked by and just kind of looked at her in awe and admiration, it was a real surreal moment. She carried her own shopping bags, I thought that was pretty cool considering she had two hulks walking with her and shes quite old now.
Ronald Reagan
October 27, 1964
That's one of his best quotes.
A true figure of history has passed on. Those of us who experienced his presence should count ourselves lucky. An icon, a force, and a genuinely decent human being.
R.I.P.
And then came...this guy. This corny, ex-actor, ex-governor who had had the guts to stand up to the protestors, this guy with the simple notion that all wasn't really lost, and who was actually crazy enough to believe that we could win the Cold War and even crazier enough to say it aloud. That we'd stop inflation along the way and turn back into the leaders of that trite old phrase, the "Free World."
That was Reagan. And he did it.
We will see, in the coming days, attempts by lesser lights to cast his in the shadows of their own limited imaginations. His was not.
Perfectly stated. God bless you, Mr. President.
I can't remember the day in the early 80's, but President Reagan was giving a speech in the Lincoln Park, Michigan Sears shopping center and I was in the crowd to listen to him. On a rainy night, that one live speech, changed my life. I started paying attention to politics, voted for President Reagan when he ran for the 2nd term and have never again voted for a Democrat...yeah... like most, I wasn't in politics then, after watching President Reagan debating Mondale, I told my self "HOW DID I MISS THIS GREAT MAN?" :)
Until www.reaganvigil.com goes live late tonight or early tomorrow, here is a link to the website to organize candlelight vigils in hometowns across America and internationally.
http://ice.he.net/~freepnet/reagan/
We put it together in a hurry, so please forgive its lack of slick appeal, but it should get the job done.
Send it out to everyone you know, every list you've got so that folks can get together and start organizing vigils!
And if you are in Washington DC Sunday night (6/5), come by Lafayette Park across the street from the White House at 6 PM.
Let's get this together for the Gipper!
KRD
I remember the Memorial Service. Oh, how I cried! The damn broke when President and Mrs. Reagan were shaking the hands of the family members and one of the astronaut's daughters fell into his arms in tears. The President put his arms around her. The warmth & compassion of that moment will stay with me forever.
Next time you see him,
will you make a point to
tell him he is loved and
cherished?
I wasn't old enough to vote in 1980 but I had a Reagan sticker on my bookbag.
{{{{{{Dog}}}}} Better watch out, Dog. I'm handing out kisses too.
Isn't it great to listen to all the terrific memorable stories about the greatest U.S. president ever?
They are the sluts, demons (pick your own negative, expressive noun) of this era. Forgive me Lord, but I wish an earthquake would come & consume them all!
I shared that story because I have a feeling that most vets of my era experienced many of the same things.
The successful operation in Grenada was a healing and we all are so grateful for it.
Thank you for you comments. You have me teared up as well.
Brit is to be commended for his coverage and FOX overall.
To think, there are still those implacable socialist hacks-I'm thinking specifically, of the freaks at the International Action Center, Institute for Policy Studies, and the National Lawyer's Guild-who lament our humanitarian intervention in Grenada during the Cold War.
It's astounding to think that there were actually people who thought that Ronald Reagan was being provocative by taking such action, in addition to other bold geopolitical maneuvers, including the deployment of Pershings in Western Europe, the production of the MX ballistic missile, the initiation of the Strategic Defense Initiative, the signing of the S.A.L.T. II treaty, etc., etc., which ensured the future survival of the United States and its cross-Atlantic partners.
God bless Ronald Reagan!
May his legacy endure.
If I had been smart then, I would have loathed THEM with all my heart...and told them a thing or two.
I plan to have my vengeance though : I have watched, I have recorded, I will teach...and there's nothing they can do about it.
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