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Bush rarely makes me feel proud to be an American, Reagan did everytime he spoke. Reagan was a man who could put chills down your spine when he spoke. I can watch repeats of Reagan speeches all day, while I have a hard time staying interested when Bush talks. Reagan and Bush are not all that different policy wise, but as a leader Reagan wins hands down.

Don't want to get into an argument here, but Bush makes me proud to be an American every bit as much as Reagan did.

He is leading with the same kind of strength and integrity against great odds.........perhaps Bush's even greater.

I am speaking as one who was greatly inspired by Ronald Reagan and loved him deeply, but I find them absolute equals in leadership and strength. Absolute.

"Bush rarely makes me feel proud to be an American, Reagan did everytime he spoke. Reagan was a man who could put chills down your spine when he spoke. I can watch repeats of Reagan speeches all day, while I have a hard time staying interested when Bush talks. Reagan and Bush are not all that different policy wise, but as a leader Reagan wins hands down."

I respectfully differ with your opinion. President Bush has always made me proud to be an American. He did even before he became president. That's one reason why I voted for him. He did during his first four years. That's one reason why I voted for him again.

I have always enjoyed the speeches given by both of these great American leaders. Both of them have given good and not-so-good speeches in their time, but neither of them ever had me in danger of falling asleep. In fact, I have recordings of some speeches from both of them. CLINTON on the other hand - I was never able to sit still through ONE of his ramblings. I can barely work all the way through a transcript while trying to find out if he really said some great thing the media said he said. It wasn't surprising he usually hadn't.

"Reagan was a man who could put chills down your spine every time he spoke"

Well said. Even reading his words here has put me in chills the entire time! I have a feeling this is going to become one of our longest, and most treasured, threads. There is no end to the incredible wisdom that Ronald Reagan possessed and he was blessed with the gift of being able to express it so beautifully.

I'm sure someone can post the part of President Reagan's speech at Normandy "...these are the boys of Pont du Hoc..." and the exact phrasing of where do we find these men?

I hope this will lure a certain lurker friend of mine to become a Freeper and post his favorite! (You know who you are!)