He taught us the power of words. We should never underestimate the power of the Bully Pulpit as Reagan used it masterfully and it was his greatest weapon. Reagan's Bully Pulpit brought down the "Evil Empire" without ever firing a shot. He also had a great deal of fun skewering his political opponents to boot.
Unfortunately Reagan was one of a kind and I doubt that anyone of us will ever live long enough to see anyone use words with that much power again, although Dubya's "you're either with us or against us" speech was close.
I hate to say it, but President Bush is not only able but willing to verbally skewer his opponents. Laura Bush thinks it's in bad taste.
"Unfortunately Reagan was one of a kind and I doubt that anyone of us will ever live long enough to see anyone use words with that much power again, although Dubya's "you're either with us or against us" speech was close."
Reagan got a lot of flak from the media and the Dimocratz in general for being an actor, "Bedtime for Bonzo," etc. But after all his years on radio and in the movies, he had polished up his speech delivery and stage presence and had the brains to use both as a weapon against Gorby and against Dimocratz and Congress. His training on the stage served him, and by extension, this great country handsomely.