As my wife and I have watched all the great video of many great Reagan moments so much comes back to us. Mainly, Reagan is truly like a father figure to both of us. Even though we weren't even aware of each other during the Reagan presidency he left an incredible mark on us. He's truly the man that taught us about foreign policy (peace through strength) and economics (reduce taxes). Reagan is our political father. I know that my children will not be taught much about Reagan in school so we shall gladly take that task up ourselves.
One thing that is driving me crazy are these people who were so vile towards Reagan are now talking glowingly about him. Just shut up instead and wish his family well in their grief. They need to play the game because of the love so many of the American people have for Reagan. They never separated the man from the policies back then but are doing it now.
I do see (and have seen) many parallels between Reagan and Bush 43. It does seem Bush is a better manager but Reagan had that amazing gift of communication. They both have firm convictions and big visions but were hated for them by the elite. The elite prefers nuance and "tolerance". They don't like people who have firm beliefs in good and evil. Too bad for them. Someday, they will eat crow about Bush's war on terror just like they have about Reagan and his cold war policies. Reagan wanted to see the breakup of the Soviet Union while Bush wants to see the creation of democracies and freedom in places that currently foster terrorism. It's a vision thing, folks. Reagan and Bush 43 have it, most others don't.
I know I do sound a bit snippy but some of these people in the media just turn my stomach with their phoniness.
Posted by Tim at June 7, 2004 12:22 AMGood posting by Oscar (Tim).
Well, so much for my fantasy of someone curing Alzhiemer's and Reagan coming back to prominence and solving all our problems.
I remember those years well. Reagan was my first vote in an election in '84, and I did it absentee, from basic training. He was the only CinC I served under.
It occurs to me when I see the ignorance and poor behavior of most people under 30 these days that we need more leaders like Reagan and fewer like Clinton.
Part of the problem in the 80's was that certain people, who were predisposed to being idiots anyway, mistook the true meaning of self and egoism (a la Reagan and Ayn Rand) for petty forms of selfishness, Machievellianism and true greed (which REALLY bloomed under Clinton).
Posted by: Glenn at June 8, 2004 08:44 AM
