The enduring legacy: Although most Americans were familiar with Reagan from his movies, this was the first many had glimpsed of his politics. A Democrat for most of his life, he had only recently switched to the Republican Party, and he agreed to try to help rescue the doomed Barry Goldwater campaign in the final weeks before the election. The Reagan whom Americans saw on the night of Oct. 27,
ronald reagan
July 4, 2013
“They pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honors … ” [Darleen Click] UPDATED
************************************ Dependence Day Rerun: from 2009
June 11, 2012
Reagan was wrong; it is opposition to Government that is the problem … [Darleen Click]
… because Government is the Solution. Why don’t Democrats just say it? They really believe in active government and think it does good and valuable things. One of those valuable things is that government creates jobs — yes, really — and also the conditions under which more jobs can be created. […] It ought to be perfectly obvious: When the private sector is no longer investing, the economy will spin