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To: NavyCanDo
Our beloved Ronald Reagan said this November 13, 1979..

If we had the Internet back then with all the hysteria it generates, spreading lies and false rumors at the speed of light, Ronald Reagan may have never became the Greatest President of the 20th Century

I have some doubts about this quote, can you point me to a source for this?

The Internet was in it's infancy with few users back in 1979.

Wikipedia shows the original IBM PC model 5150 was introduced on August 12, 1981. I'm also guessing 300 baud modems were state of the art at that time.

167 posted on 08/22/2007 11:47:27 AM PDT by RJL
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To: RJL
Our beloved Ronald Reagan said this November 13, 1979..

If we had the Internet back then with all the hysteria it generates, spreading lies and false rumors at the speed of light, Ronald Reagan may have never became the Greatest President of the 20th Century

I have some doubts about this quote, can you point me to a source for this?

The Internet was in it's infancy with few users back in 1979.

Wikipedia shows the original IBM PC model 5150 was introduced on August 12, 1981. I'm also guessing 300 baud modems were state of the art at that time.

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Ooops, my mistake, I missread your post, I thought you were saying that Reagan said "If we had the Internet back then with all the hysteria it generates..."

168 posted on 08/22/2007 11:54:00 AM PDT by RJL
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To: RJL

Here ya go.

http://www.4president.org/speeches/reagan1980announcement.htm


169 posted on 08/22/2007 11:55:05 AM PDT by NavyCanDo
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