[wagglebee]

America needed a hero.

And Ronald Reagan was such a man.

Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Reagan are IMHO America's greatest heroes.

[perfect stranger]

[oyez]

I think Dutch Reagan's prime moment was when he iced Gorbachev at Reykjavik.

[ALOHA RONNIE]

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President RONALD REAGAN shares what makes an American Hero to him in the inspiring new book about our Heroes coming out July 4th titled:


'MODERN DAY HEROES: In Defense of America'

..by Pete Mitchell & Bill Perkins


http://www.ModernDayHeroes.com


Signed:

"ALOHA RONNIE" Guyer / 'MODERN DAY HEROES' - Contributing Author

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[Bob J]

Don't allow the media to spin Reagans death as they did his life. Go to the FR Reagan Vigils post and pledge to organize or attend a vigil in your area.

[Mr. K]

WHY IS FR NOT POSTING A TRIBUTE ON THE HOME PAGE YET

[rs79bm]

Ronald Reagan. The great Communicator. 1911-2004

This is TRULY a sad day for America.

[isthisnickcool]

Anyone who believes that Ronald Reagan was the kindly dunce that the press often made him out to be needs to read the book Reagan In His Own Hand to comprehend the aptitude and vision of this man.

Great book!

[Jorge]

Ronald Reagan is the reason I left the Democratic party and became a Republican. And I hace NEVER regretted that decision since. Not once.

[WorkingClassFilth]

Like President Bush, President Reagan wasn't my favorite cup of conservative tea. He WAS however, the best man in a long, long time. I'll genuinely miss the man.

Oddly enough, I have been missing him for about 15 years...

[Liberty Wins]

As a small-town newspaper reporter, I had an opportunity to meet and photograph him at the Washington State Republican convention in 1976. I was using a brand new press camera which I had barely learned to operate.

Governor Reagan couldn’t have been more gracious. Since he was so tall I couldn’t get a really good camera angle from my 5 ft. perspective, he agreed to sit down for the photos, then took directions dutifully when I asked him to hold some reading material for a more natural pose. Before my time was up I was emboldened to speak up and beg him to please, please run again in 1980.

I was overcome with the fear that if he lost to Gerald Ford (which he did) he might simply retire to private life. He received my presumptuous plea with a simple “Thank you, I appreciate that.”

Later I learned that wherever he appeared during the campaign that year, people came up to him and begged him to “please run again.”

Many of us apparently had the same insight: that this was a truly humble man who was not thirsting after power, who really did not have that driving ambition and overwhelming ego that propels most politicians.

I think that is an important clue to his personality. He was motivated not by personal ambition but by ideas, the ideas of the conservative movement that would soon burst into full bloom under his leadership.

Bush surely got it right - - Ronald Reagan is now in a Shining City, and the best is yet to come. God bless you, President Reagan.

[The Scourge of Yazid]

The fact is, none of the imitators who've come in his wake; Kemp, Gramm, etc., will ever live up to the sterling example set by Ronald Reagan during his political career.

It's disappointing to realize that we'll never see the likes of him again, though he had to be one of a kind to be the sort of statesmen that earned our respect, admiration, gratitude and love over the course of his two terms in office.