Posted on 06/12/2012 6:10:03 AM PDT by rottndog
The same sort of bureaucrats who'd want the "tear down this wall" line taken out because it was a charged statement and divisive.
Then on the Left there are the Jimmy Carters who insisted that the USSR would always be there and we'd just need to co-exist with global imperialist Communism.
Jimmy Carter continues to suck up to Communist dictators after leaving office and I have no doubt in my mind that President Obama will do the same with his buddy Hugo Chavez and others.
LOL! I thought so at the time and even more so now.
They were expecting trouble especially with Gorbachev there. They had water cannons at every block hidden one street over from the main parade route. Though, surprisingly, it stayed calm that day.
I just posted my recollection of Reagan’s speech awhile ago I think in response to Obama’s comments regarding gay marriage. IIRC, in Noonan’s book she makes the point of whatever is said in a Presidential speech then becomes official U.S. policy. So - a big deal with the “Tear down this wall” comment. And IIRC, Reagan penned in the line on the final, approved version of the speech in the limo ride to the wall.
I recall watching the wall come down on the news, and it was really unbelievable. And then later with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Spend your entire life under the threat of Nuclear Annihilation between us and the Soviets, and -— gone.
Well, at least for a few years we were free of that fear. (Or at least I was). Now we have terrorists, China, etc. And perhaps Russia again.
Your welcome. I was kind of shocked this morning when I saw this. Hard to believe a quarter century has passed already.
Now THAT was a leader!
Problem is, when we do get one the communist media crucifies them (see Sarah Palin)
Problem is, when we do get one the communist media crucifies them (see Sarah Palin)
Sorry about the duplicate.
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