Posted on 05/20/2008 3:27:35 PM PDT by SilvieWaldorfMD
My Dad took me to Devonshire Downs in Northridge, CA to see Ronald Reagan at a 1980 campaign stop. I remember some knucklehead yelling out, “What are you gonna do about smog?” every couple of minutes.
Anyway, when Reagan was finished speaking, he walked thru the crowd. I stuck my hand out and he smiled at me and shook my hand. I was nine years old. I’ll never forget it.
We got a campaign poster that had a giant peanut crossed out in red. The next morning I pinned it to our garage door.
It was a lucky break for him.
This occurred in 1999.
When Robert BORK (was nominated at a Justice of the Supreme Court); and was completely castigated personally ... it was horrible to WATCH or to have happened. He believed in maintaining the original intent of the U.S.constitution.
What they did to an eminently qualified conservative Judge changed the style of politics, before the world, to this very day.
The term ‘Borked’ came out of this debacle. It opened a new era of how to discredit any candidate with which the liberals disagreed.
For SHAME.
Wheat you say ?
Sorry, that was baaad. ;-)
My parents divorced.
Thanks Silvie,
Great idea.
In 1985 I was vacationing in Florida; some friends and I got up very early to drive up to Cape Canaveral to see one of the shuttles launch.
The next year, of course, the Challenger exploded on launch.
That’s the historical. Since others are giving personal stuff, I’ll also tell you that is the same year that I met my lovely wife while studying in Ireland.
For me. It was the Savings and Loan Crisis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_Loan_crisis
I’m surprised I didn’t see any previous replies to this huge 1980’s event. It affected all Americans.
Me especially. I was laid off by by an S&L that had been in business over 65 years. I went through mergers. I was under employed for almost a year. I delivered pizza’s just to pay the bills. It was tough.
Too bad I wasn’t as smart as Hillary Clinton - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madison_Guaranty - who made millions at taxpayer expense off of failed S&L’s.
Beirut barracks attack.
The Russians shooting down KAL 007 (on my 15th birthday.)
Lockerbie.
Don’t you mean corny? :)
August 1, 1981: MTV played its first video (which was what song, boys and girls? heheh! Video Killed the Radio Star — the Buggles, September 1979)
If only we could edit our posts, I could “hopps” right to it and change it. ;-D
Believe it or not, my battery went dead on the camera so I'll charge it and get a photo later but I want you to know our group prayed for you and your baby.
Jesus love you and so do we.
Knocking up a bimbo when I was 20.
It took me 15 years to bootstrap myself out of that historical event.
Sounds quite interesting....
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