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Posted on 06/06/2004 11:28:52 AM PDT by wagglebee
EUFAULA, Okla. -- GOPAC Chairman and former Oklahoma Congressman J.C. Watts, Jr., issued the following statement concerning today's death of President Ronald Reagan:
"I was not a Republican when Ronald Reagan was President, but he sure got my attention. I was in my 20s, and like many Democrats, I did a gut check in the 1980s when President Reagan put to words the convictions of my heart. In many ways, President Reagan inspired me to become a Republican.
"President Reagan cultivated my homegrown conservative values through his message of hope, peace through strength, and economic opportunity for all. He rallied America around its highest common denominator, not its lowest. At a most basic level, he challenged America to think about what it wanted to be when it grew up. He envisioned a world free of communism and a nation alive with entrepreneurship. He was the kind of leader that looked more at the next generation than the next election.
"President Reagan would often close his speeches with the words 'God bless you, and God bless America.' God answered that prayer -- for America and the world -- by giving us the gift of Ronald Reagan.
"I am saddened by President Reagan's passing. My wife Frankie and I want to express our sympathies to Nancy and the family.
"While America continues its journey toward that 'shining city on a hill,' there is no doubt in my mind that President Reagan is now there."
Godspeed Mr. President
You don't get too many articles marking Eufala, OK as source!
This may be the first and last!
Not the first headliner out of Eufala.
Eufala got lots of press when the Selmon brothers were at OU. The Selmons and J.C. Watt are plenty of reason for headlines.
My bad.
Go JC!!!!
Remind me why JC isn't running for Senate in Oaklahoma? (oh yah, 'family' or some such crap. :Grumble: :Grumble: I guess it's a ligit reason, but it doesn't make me any less happy about it.)
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excellent!
JC is also a Great Man,RR inspired me too at the old age of 11.
Because he knows that Senators rarely make successful Presidential candidates? :)
No, too busy making infomercials.
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Very nice. He has inspired so many people; it's just great.
Because he knows that Senators rarely make successful Presidential candidates? :)
Do you think he'll run for Governor of Oklahoma as a jumping off point for, say, 2016? Just curious.
J.C. Watts, always a class act. Very nice tribute to former President Reagan.
JC is very busy running GOPAC, the PAC Newt founded. He and they are very successful in helping young conservatives get elected.
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