Posted on 06/12/2014 3:41:31 PM PDT by Kid Shelleen
Today is the 27th anniversary of President Ronald Reagan's famous speech demanding the Soviet Union tear down the Berlin Wall. In a speech on June 12, 1987, President Reagan stated:
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!
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The epitome of leadership.
Depressing when you compare President Reagan to the current occupant of the White House.
What's even more depressing is that both Presidents reflect the attitudes of the America that elected them.
Obama noted the anniversary by using children to “tear down this border”...don’t believe the timing is a coincidence!
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