Ronald Reagan: "A Time for Choosing" (October 27, 1964)

Miller Center of Public Affairs ^ | October 27, 1964

[carton253]

I was a Reaganette... so I stood at the front of the stage with a red, white, and blue striped vest and a cowboy hat...
I had the opportunity to talk to Mr. Reagan. Being a Reaganette had its perks...

[Gipper08]

" I strongly believe if we republicans followed Reagan's mantra, we would never loose another race for president again! Viva Reagan Revolution!!!!"

Mike Pence in 2008!

[Luke21]

I was a Reagan Democrat my first vote as an 18 year old in 1976. I absolutely loathed Gerald Ford Republicanism. When he held on by eleven votes at the convention and threw Bob Dole in as his veep nominee, supposedly for conservatives, I supported Carter with a vengeance. Four years later, I got my man. I remember the press telling us the Gipper couldn't win. I will never forget Brokaw's jaw dropping on Election Night, 1980.

I'm so glad to remember the great man we all loved so much. It's a shame a Reagan or a Churchill come along so rarely.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Thank you, very much. I miss this man...

[reagan_fanatic]

Bookmarked for later.

[RockinRight]

I was three when Reagan was sworn in.

I still remember seeing him on TV in his second term and thinking that I liked him (I was 11 when he left office).

Been a conservative ever since!

[RockinRight]

A young man, 21 years of age, working at an average salary -- his Social Security contribution would, in the open market, buy him an insurance policy that would guarantee 220 dollars a month at age 65. The government promises 127. He could live it up until he's 31 and then take out a policy that would pay more than Social Security. Now are we so lacking in business sense that we can't put this program on a sound basis, so that people who do require those payments will find they can get them when they're due -- that the cupboard isn't bare?

A-men.

[calrighty]

Thank you.