[NittanyLion]

I thought today was an appropriate time to post one of the great contemporary political speeches. Happy Birthday President Reagan...

[tet68]

Happy Birthday Mr. President!
Nancy, May God bless and keep you both, please
know that there will always be a special place
in our hearts for you.

[Huck]

Not a Reagan classic--THE Reagan classic. There were other good speeches, but this is the quintessential. I sent it out to family to mark his birthday. None of them is a fan. Probably none has read the speech before. I hope they read it now.

[LiteKeeper]

read later

[reagandemocrat]

Happy Birthday, indeed.

RD

[Publius]

I was leafletting for the Goldwater campaign in high school back in New Jersey when Reagan made that speech. It was the one moment I thought that Goldwater would win. It's frightening to think that was 40 years ago.

Dammit, man, you're making me cry.

[King Black Robe]

Where is there another like him?

I've found myself arguing for the gov't to take my money for marriage initiatives so that the gov't will take less of my money to fix the problems associated with broken families. The sad thing is, that's about the only way I can see we have a chance at turning the ship around. People need to begin again with the basics, remembering that freedom means they must take care of themselves.

When did the American people stop believing in personal responsiblity. When did freedom start excluding the freedom to fail?

[Conspiracy Guy]

I wrote this little tribute to a Great Man who influenced me all my life. I was too busy to post it around. Sorry it's late. Hope you like it.

Happy Birthday

I liked you in the movies,
All made so long ago.
On TV in my youthful years,
You'd host that western show.
Later on I'd catch your talks,
On late night radio.
Your great talks on the U S A,
Helped keep me in the know.
Then when you ran for President,
I was the first in line.
I cast my vote and felt so good,
My vote I knew was fine.
You led us through some tough times,
With such class through it all.
You stood and faced the Soviets,
That caused the wall to fall.
So Happy Birthday to you Ron,
You're still high on my chart.
I pray for you and Nancy too,
You both have won my heart.

Conspiracy Guy 2/6/04

[risk]

You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery. --Reagan's pro-Goldwater "You and I have a rendezvous with destiny." speech of 1964.

Read it here!

[Bob J]

Don't allow the media to spin Reagans death as they did his life. Go to the FR Reagan Vigils post and pledge to organize or attend a vigil in your area.

[Petronski]

This speech was just cited by Newt Gingrich as pivotal in his young life.

[VOA]

You and I have a rendezvous with destiny. We will preserve for our children this,
the last best hope of man on earth,
or we will sentence them to take the first step
into a thousand years of darkness.

Communism/Socialism was the subject then.
Now, the speech applies just as much to Islamic radicalism/terror.

Another reason why Reagan is "a man for the ages".

[Happy2BMe]

The greatest Republican to have ever served in the White House was this man . .

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This idea that government was beholden to the people, that it had no other source of power is still the newest, most unique idea in all the long history of man's relation to man. This is the issue of this election: Whether we believe in our capacity for self-government or whether we abandon the American Revolution and confess that a little intellectual elite in a far-distant capital can plan our lives for us better than we can plan them ourselves." -- Ronald Reagan's Speech at the 1964 National Convention: A Time for Choosing

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