[goldstategop]

This speech was delivered over forty years ago after the GOP wipeout after Watergate. People wondered if the Republican Party would ever come back again. The person who gave it was Ronald Reagan. Its still relevant as ever and speaks to what we need to do today.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[skeeter]

And if there are those who cannot subscribe to these principles, then let them go their way.

Damn straight.

[Pondo]

Reagan really was a gift to our nation, I miss him terribly today.

[WoodstockCat]

Thanks for posting this.
Dare I say that NO one on our side could deliver something like this today with such power and at the same time elegance?

[Faith]

I sure miss him. Longing for a true conservative to emerge and LEAD . . .

[6SJ7]

Round and round goes history.

[Antoninus]

"A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or simply to swell its numbers."

How's that big tent looking today, eh, GOP?

[Liberty Valance]

placemarker

[SE Mom]

We need a reminder today.

- I don ‘t know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, “We must broaden the base of our party”—when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents.

- Our people look for a cause to believe in. Is it a third party we need, or is it a new and revitalized second party, raising a banner of no pale pastels, but bold colors which make it unmistakably clear where we stand on all of the issues troubling the people?

- Let us explore ways to ward off socialism, not by increasing government’s coercive power, but by increasing participation by the people in the ownership of our industrial machine.

[Nichevo]

Thanks for this, wish there was audio of it...

[OCCASparky]

I don‘t know about you, but I am impatient with those Republicans who after the last election rushed into print saying, “We must broaden the base of our party”—when what they meant was to fuzz up and blur even more the differences between ourselves and our opponents.

Amen, amen, AMEN!!!

And here's hoping some in the GOP learn this lesson before it's too late.

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

A Time for Choosing, Ronald Reagan (1964)

A Time for Choosing (transcript)

We need a Reaganesque candidate to lead the conservative opposition.

[Mr Rogers]

Thanks for the post!

If McCain had read excerpts from it during the second debate, instead of proposing we pay for everyone’s mortgage, we might have carried the election - IF anyone thought McCain believed it!

Me? I doubt McCain could have read this without giggling, or apologizing for giving offense to the other side.

[gogeo]

Oh yeah!!!

[TBP]

Good advice.

[zimfam007]

Thank you for the post. I just shared this with my 15 year old daughter... I told her times were going to be tough, but we would be better for it.... history always has a way of repeating itself:)

[Skooz]

BUMP

[WOSG]

Reagan speech ping.

It’s relevent today.

[Tigercap]

I agree, and am not exagerrating: Reagan was a gift from GOD.

[nkycincinnatikid]

mark

[Paul Ross]

BUMP!!!!

Have you seen the spin already being put on against Palin? Sheeesh. The only thing which gave McCain his post convention bump at all!