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Top 10 Greatest Quips from Ronald Reagan
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| 1/20/05
Posted on 01/21/2006 4:01:06 PM PST by rhema
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To: cake_crumb
"Before I refuse to take your questions, I have an opening statement." Haha! The man made fools out of the press and they thought he was the fool.
To: xmission
"That made me laugh."He sure knew how to throw the press for a loop.
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posted on
01/21/2006 5:27:24 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Leftist Credo: One Wing to Rule them All and to the Darkside Bind them)
To: torchthemummy
"...occasion on which Mr. Reagan threw out the day's ceremonial first pitch and did a charming inning and a half of play-by-play..." Now that would be cool to hear.
I have been trying to find a sound clip of that play-by-play (I have a swelling collection of old-time/classic radio broadcasts---including a late 1934 game between the Yankees and the Detroit Tigers, play-by-play by Ty Tyson). I also recall Mr. Reagan doing a bit of play-by-play on radio for the first All-Star Game after he left the White House.
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posted on
01/21/2006 5:28:15 PM PST
by
BluesDuke
(I see Mussolini is dead. The devil finally has a straight man.---Fred Allen.)
To: MrBlueSky2005
I tell you, everytime I read one of these threads I greatly regret being too young to remember this great man as our president.
Ditto. I was alive for about 2 years of his presidency.
To: xmission
Thanks for posting that. It was great to hear his voice again, and all the incredible cheering in the background.
To: All
A few (unposted) favorites of mine:
We dont have a trillion-dollar debt because we havent taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.
You know, I like your White House photographers motto, One picture is worth a thousand denials.
The United Sates has much to offer the third world war.
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posted on
01/21/2006 5:33:04 PM PST
by
Irish Rose
(Will work for chocolate.)
To: operation clinton cleanup
"The man made fools out of the press and they thought he was the fool."Yep, exactly. Here are a couple of other gems:
"Government's first duty is to protect the people, not run their lives."
"Government does not solve problems; it subsidizes them."
"Governments tend not to solve problems, only to rearrange them."
"History teaches that war begins when governments believe the price of aggression is cheap."
"I favor the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and it must be enforced at gunpoint if necessary."
-- R.R., 1966
"How can a president not be an actor?"
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posted on
01/21/2006 5:35:07 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Leftist Credo: One Wing to Rule them All and to the Darkside Bind them)
To: rhema
Sorry if this has already been posted, but I like this one:
"Some people spend their entire lives wondering if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem."
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posted on
01/21/2006 5:36:30 PM PST
by
WestVirginiaRebel
(The Democratic Party-Jackass symbol, jackass leaders, jackass supporters.)
To: DeSoto; All
"Thanks to the Internet and Jim Robinson, that job will be much easier. We are no longer controlled by the publishers, TV Networks, and liberal academia. The truth is out there for everyone to see.""Information is the oxygen of the modern age. It seeps through the walls topped by barbed wire, it wafts across the electrified borders"
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posted on
01/21/2006 5:42:22 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Leftist Credo: One Wing to Rule them All and to the Darkside Bind them)
To: Indy Pendance
"Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same."
During war, government is not the problem.
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posted on
01/21/2006 5:43:36 PM PST
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: xmission
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posted on
01/21/2006 5:50:43 PM PST
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
To: eleni121
That one is my favorite. There's a good one about buying a car in russia out there if I can isolate it.
To: eleni121
"The problem is not that people are taxed too little, the problem is that government spends too much."
"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July, but the democrats believe every day is April 15."
"Status quo, you know, is Latin for 'the mess we're in'. "
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posted on
01/21/2006 5:54:56 PM PST
by
cake_crumb
(Leftist Credo: One Wing to Rule them All and to the Darkside Bind them)
To: xmission
To: Indy Pendance
I wish Carter had concentrated on something besided destroying the United States.
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posted on
01/21/2006 5:59:00 PM PST
by
Richard Kimball
(Look, Daddy! Teacher says every time a Kennedy talks, a Republican gets a house seat!)
To: xmission
To: DeSoto
I am
so glad you mentioned that speech! What made it so amazing was that less than
one year after President Reagan left office, the Berlin Wall
DID finally fall.
THAT, in my humble opinion, was Reagan's greatest legacy.
To: xmission
Russia (and its autos) has come a long way since its struggles under Soviet domination. And no UAW!
Lada 2110
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posted on
01/21/2006 6:05:00 PM PST
by
eleni121
('Thou hast conquered, O Galilean!' (Julian the Apostate))
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