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WHERE WERE YOU? 22 YEARS AGO TODAY: RONALD REAGAN BECOMES PRESIDENT, IRANIAN HOSTAGES RELEASED!
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Posted on 01/20/2003 2:58:03 PM PST by Recovering_Democrat

Hard to believe: 22 years ago today, Jimmy Carter finally had to let go of his miserable Presidency, and the Golden Era of Reagan began. Iran's fundamentalist islamists, knowing they would be turned into ash if they kept up their illegal behavior, released the 52 Americans they'd held for 444 days.

Where were you on this glorious day?


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KEYWORDS: carter; hostages; iran; reagan
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To: nutmeg
bump for later
61 posted on 01/20/2003 6:57:05 PM PST by nutmeg
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Strapped into a A-6E Intruder with a full load of weapons, parked on Cat 2 of USS INDEPENDENCE, underway in the Indian Ocean, in Alert 15, ready to make sure the hostages were released.

(Bonus: The intel traffic was a hoot! The Iranian leadership was in such fear of President Regan that they couldn't change skivvies fast enough.)
62 posted on 01/20/2003 7:05:06 PM PST by Natty Bumppo@frontier.net (Properly fused ordnance, on target, on time, first pass, any weather, any time)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I was a high school senior in Bloomfield, CT, looking forward to college and Air Force ROTC. I was happy that Ronald Reagan would eventually be my commander-in-chief. As an aside, does anyone know how many (and which)countries fell to the communists while Jimmy Carter was president? I'm having a debate with a liberal at work.
63 posted on 01/20/2003 7:21:42 PM PST by babylucas
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To: Recovering_Democrat
"Where were you on this glorious day?"

Cheering my butt off in front of a television set.

65 posted on 01/20/2003 8:45:46 PM PST by Luis Gonzalez (The Ever So Humble Banana Republican)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I was working, on the road in San Bernardino. That night at a local "Bobby MGee's I asked the D.J. to play "Tie A Yelloew "Ribbon". (Yeah corny I know but it was an emotional event.) It was also the beginning of a very healthy time for America
66 posted on 01/20/2003 9:51:09 PM PST by BenLurkin (Socialism is immoral.)
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Standing in a mud puddle at the inauguration. I still remember Nancy's god-awful neon red dress....that's about all I could see I was so far back. Never been to DC since. Never wanted to.
67 posted on 01/20/2003 9:52:45 PM PST by sam_paine
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I was 10 and celebrating.

When I was 6 years old in 1976 I wanted Jimmy Carter to win because we had the same 1st name. The last time I ever rooted for a Rat.

When I was more mature at 10 I was upset with double digit inflation and the way Jimmy Carter was such a wimp with foriegn policy. The day during the campaign when Reagan called the Iranians Barbarians was the day I became a Republican.


68 posted on 01/20/2003 11:33:30 PM PST by qam1
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To: MattinNJ
Amen!
69 posted on 01/21/2003 4:16:02 AM PST by TAIPAN22001
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To: xsmommy
Wow....I was still a wee laddie in skool!
70 posted on 01/21/2003 5:08:51 AM PST by hobbes1
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To: hobbes1
grow up, ya big baby!
71 posted on 01/21/2003 5:09:31 AM PST by xsmommy
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I was a CH-47 instructor pilot at Hanchey Army Heliport, Fort Rucker, Alabama, breathing a huge sigh of relief that we now had a man of substance in the White House.
72 posted on 01/21/2003 5:12:06 AM PST by ladtx
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I was actually at the Capitiol, witnessing his inauguration. I remember the news sweeping the crowd before Reagan appeared that the hostages were about to be released. It was an exciting time. I was a democrat at the time, but lived just around the corner and wanted to witness a part of history. But I liked what I saw and eventually changed my ways!!
73 posted on 01/21/2003 5:13:35 AM PST by twigs
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To: AmericanInTokyo
I was not in the ticketed section. I lived on East Capitol Street and just walked on over. Those were such easier times (to witness an inauguration) than today. I was in a ticketed section at Pres. Bush II's inauguration, and it was so much more difficult (for good reason). But it was wonderful, wasn't it?
74 posted on 01/21/2003 5:16:34 AM PST by twigs
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I was at sea on the US Navy submarine George C Marshall, making a deterrent patrol. We got the news by radio message on a long piece of white paper, which the cook was reading in the mess decks. I stopped by and looked over his shoulder and saw the headlines. Then I grabbed a snack and went on watch for the next 6 hours.


75 posted on 01/21/2003 5:21:21 AM PST by judicial meanz
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To: Recovering_Democrat
I was home on leave from Germany. Made it to the "parade" when the hostages came to Washington. I have pictures (somewhere) of them pulling up in buses in front of the White House.
76 posted on 01/21/2003 5:24:15 AM PST by VeniVidiVici
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To: twigs
It was a bit of a cold day that day, wasn't it?
77 posted on 01/21/2003 6:07:19 AM PST by AmericanInTokyo (We're liable to get a reputation as a nation willing to oppose considerably weaker nations, only....)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
My son Jeremy was four years old when the Gip took office. He had a piggy bank that we couldn't get another coin into...
Our bank wouldn't write a CD for $100 but our Savings and Loan did. The $100 CD paid 20 percent interest.
78 posted on 01/21/2003 6:16:00 AM PST by Eric in the Ozarks
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To: Recovering_Democrat
Curious Cat, that'd be some great stuff to turn into mpeg video for those of us who'd like to relive that day. Maybe you'd consider that...

I'll put it on my ToDo list. I've been intending to digitize it for preservation purposes. In MPEG-2 format, it should fit on 8 DVD's.

79 posted on 01/21/2003 6:18:42 AM PST by Rum Tum Tugger
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To: Recovering_Democrat
At the innauguration, of course....I was 10.
feel the gin
80 posted on 01/21/2003 7:13:34 AM PST by Cosmo
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