Posted on 11/05/2009 12:00:38 PM PST by chuck_the_tv_out
On June 12, 1987, as the liberal media elite were toasting the leader of the Soviet Union as a great champion of progress, President Ronald Reagan stood at the Berlin Wall and challenged Mikhail Gorbachev to put his money where his mouth was: General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!
Gorbachev did not open the gate or tear down the Berlin Wall, but two years later the people of East Germany did. News broke in the U.S. late in the afternoon (Eastern Time) on November 9, 1989 that the communist government would no longer restrict travel to West Berlin. Just a few hours later, ABCs PrimeTime Live hosted former President Ronald Reagan to celebrate what would turn out to be the death blow against communism in Eastern Europe. We found the tape in our archives, and posted a video excerpt at right.
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Neat. I haven’t seen much about the anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall in the MSM. The History Channel has a special...but who knows how that will be.
BUMO. Thanks for posting
Thanks for posting!
What I remember about this speech and its aftermath was the reaction of the MSM. They were howling at how stupid and naive Reagan was to believe that the wall could EVER come down. “It’s there. Deal with it” was the general response from our media.....
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