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Reaganite Republican ^ | September 9, 2012 | Reaganite Republican

Posted on 09/09/2012 8:47:24 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican


This 2.5" campaign button was handed to me 
at the door of the BGSU auditorium in 1984...

Following that Bowling Green, Ohio appearance, I had the good fortune of seeing the Gipper up-close the very next day: after catching word that he was about to make a whistle-stop tour appearance on the historic Pullman car Ferdinand Magellan at Ohio Rt. 25 up in nearby Perrysburg, the boys piled in my '75 Firebird Formula and we roared up there in time to see Reagan from just 50-75 yards away.

The President was dynamite, too- he owned the crowd. After famously asking 1980 voters if "they were better off than they were four years ago", Ronald Reagan ended that Summer of 1984's stump speeches with "If you liked the last four years... you ain't seen nothin' yet!" as the audience went nuts...  I'll never forget it.

Eight of the best years this country's ever seen... that's all I know.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Government; History; Politics
KEYWORDS: 1984; campaign; ohio; reagan

1 posted on 09/09/2012 8:47:30 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: Reaganite Republican
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2 posted on 09/09/2012 8:50:07 AM PDT by gorush (History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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To: AdvisorB; sten; ken5050

*** PING ***


3 posted on 09/09/2012 8:50:50 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: gorush

I love it


4 posted on 09/09/2012 8:53:27 AM PDT by Reaganite Republican
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To: Reaganite Republican
I still have a button that reads, NIXON'S THE ONE. Kind of intimidating now, I'd rather have a Reagan button.
5 posted on 09/09/2012 8:54:58 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Reaganite Republican

I have an original campaign button that says “I told you so - it’s Wilke”.


6 posted on 09/09/2012 9:41:41 AM PDT by USMCPOP (Father of LCpl. Karl Linn, KIA 1/26/2005 Al Haqlaniyah, Iraq)
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To: Reaganite Republican
I like this one, too:


7 posted on 09/09/2012 10:36:49 AM PDT by Slyfox
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