Posted on 02/06/2002 1:23:35 AM PST by JohnHuang2
God bless you, President Reagan. Thank you for being our President, and for all you did for our country.
I believe that too. Happy Birthday Mr. President. May God bless you and yours.
Happy Birthday President Reagan!
Haooy birthday Mr. President. I was coming of age during your time in office and I consider myself part of the Reagan generation. Thank you for everything you have done for our great country. As Gen. Powell said on your last day in office, "the world is at peace" because of you. God bless you Mr. President and thanks.
Bump!
You brushed off the jibes and jabs of your jealous critics. With that Irish twinkle and that easy homespun style, which never changed, you brought a new assurance to America. You were not only America's President -- important as that is -- you were a great leader. In a time of average men, you stood taller than anyone else.
With a toughness unseen for a long time, you stood face-to-face with the evil empire. And, with an unexpected diplomacy which confused your foes -- and even some of your friends -- you reached out to that empire, perhaps no longer evil, but still formidable. You met its leaders on their turf, but on your terms.
In a time of politicians, you proved yourself a statesman. And that leadership, that faith in freedom and enterprise brought about a renewal of this great country. America was back and the free world became a safer place.
It was not only that you were the Great Communicator -- and you were the greatest -- but that you had a message to communicate.
The message that had inspired the founding fathers, the message that has guided this nation from its birth -- the essence of good government is to blend the wisdom of the ages with the circumstances of contemporary times -- that is what you did. Not since Lincoln, or Winston Churchill in Britain, has there been a President who has so understood the power of words to uplift and to inspire.
You reached beyond partisanship to principles, beyond our own selves to our very souls. You reached for and touched, as Lincoln had said so long before you, the better angels of our nature. Leadership is more than budgets and balance sheets. More than the policy of public measures, it is a matter of moral purpose. And that moral realm is reached by that insight and rhetoric of which only the truly great are capable. "
Excerpt from Lady Margaret Thatcher at Gala Birthday Tribute to president Ronald Reagan, February 3, 1994
Happy Birthday
President Reagan!
With the exception of that nasty x42 road bump. But thanks to that one, I think this nation will be hard-pressed to vote another one of his ilk in for a VERY long time. Only by looking at that piece of stinky cheese in the Reagan-Bush/Bush sandwich can folks see just how bad those 8 years were.
Ronald Reagan was a great President, and the media tried at every opportunity to put him down. Many people still loved him, but I think more do even now because they have the benefit of seeing the stark differences Pres. Reagan and that piece of slime that occupied the Oval Office for those long 8 years. And to add to that notion, we now have Pres. G.W. Bush who only reinforces the notion of x42 as trash.
Happy Birthday President Reagan, and God Bless your Family.
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