No thanks to the Democrats.
Here's what Jim Wright, Speaker of the House at the time had to say about Reagan's Berlin Wall speech:
Wright’s face hardened. Reagan’s declaration had destroyed any chance of the wall coming down, since Gorbachev could not appear to bow to him. Wright fumed, “It just makes me have utter contempt for Reagan. He spoiled the chance for a dramatic breakthrough in relations between our two countries It bespeaks his pettiness and self-centeredness. He just couldn’t bear Gorbachev doing it of his own volition.”
Reminds me of a Reagan quote:
It isn’t that Liberals are ignorant; it’s just that they know so much that isn’t so.
