"I would love to see Ronald Reagan salute anything one more time. I miss him."
I never actually saw him on TV or heard him speak before he died, but what I've read about him makes me willing to give just about anything to get the chance to shake his hand. He was truly our greatest President, and I've spent a lot of days wishing I had gotten the chance to be alive while he was President.
The internet makes available to us so much information.
Ronald Reagan is truly a man worth studying.
May I recommend a book to you that I found enlightening about him?
It's God and Ronald Reagan-A Spiritual Life--by Paul Kengor.
Having lived through the horrible Carter years, Ronald Reagan was like someone breathing new life into someone who was dying.
Looking back over those years, with Mr. Kengor's well- documented analysis, one sees what drove President Reagan, and his contagious optimism.
He was good person, and that decency always came out. He was treated badly by the press and the Democrats, much like they treat President Bush today.
One thing we never expected--was the end of the Cold War without a shot fired. We all expected that one side or the other would prevail, with a nuclear exchange more than a remote possibility.
His determination to fight Communism resulted in a changed world. Pope John Paul and Maggie Thatcher and Ronald Reaga- God used them do it. What was a dream became a reality, and freedom was ushered in for hundreds of millions of people.
When President Reagan passed away in 2004, the heartfelt outpouring of love was evident all along the routes of his funeral procession, both in DC and California.
We had been given a gift. History will be very kind to him.