The GOP “insiders” are still feeling butt hurt I see. When Donald Trump descended that escalator a year ago last June, their fates were sealed. They remind me of high school backup quarterbacks. Bitter over not being selected as starter, they root against their own team and for the starting quarterback to fall on his face.
Last night I watched a speech by Ronald Reagan given from Liberty Island (NJ) on September 1, 1980 overlooking New York harbor and the Statue of Liberty.. It was the official kickoff for the fall campaign and Reagan was still behind in the polls. The media second guessed him for wasting his time in a Democrat stronghold. Two months later, Reagan swept the Northeast to the shock of all the pundits and an overall landslide victory.
Watching that rally - easily found on YouTube - it seemed very similar to the way DT is campaigning today. I remember seeing clips of that rally on the evening news all those years ago. I was just 18 years old and getting ready for basic training on Parris Island. “Sailing” by Christopher Cross was all over the radio and even today, that song brings me back to the late summer of 1980 and the optimism of candidate Reagan,
Nice memory and reminder, Sam. I’ll have to look up Reagan’s 1980/NYC speech. Thanks.