Vanity: Reagan: The great savior

[jerrydavenport]

When reagan became President, the US was going through it's darkest hour.

1- We had suffered in vietnam.

2- America stood helpless as iran took our diplomats hostage.

3- Japanese competition had rendered american industry and industrial practices uncompetitive.

4- The warsaw pact was undergoing its largest military build up since the 50's.

America as a nation was not just threatened on all fronts, it had been defeated.

Americans had their confidence shattered and were crawling back into their holes.

Americans, were a defeated people, who had lost faith in themselves and their country.

Inshort, when reagan took office, there wasn't anything going right with this country.

if it hadn't been for one man, reagan,the world would have been a different place, we instead of the soviets would have been the casualties of the cold war.

A few years under reagan, the american industry kicked back with competitive industrial practices.

The benefits of the massive spending into the high tech industry, has our economy reaping the benefits till this day.

A new generation of smart weapons, offset the warsaw pact's numerical superiority

Attacks against libya, iranian patrol boats in the gulf, and skyjacking of terrorists themselves, put islamic nations on the defensive as well.

When reagan took office we were losing on all fronts, when he left office, he left us winning on all fronts.

In a few years america would be the greatest power on earth with no one to challenge its authority.

Roosevelt, saved the world from the nazis.

But Reagan is the guy who saved america from a defeat from within as well.

[notpoliticallycorewrecked]

I knew that we had a real man in office when Iran neogiated before he took office and handed over the hostages within hours of him taking the oath. They(Iran) knew that the hostage situation was going to be Regean first order of business.

[snooker]

"We had suffered in Vietnam."

At the hands of Kerry I might add. The enemy was defeated by our army. Reads Giap's book. The media and Kerry defeated us.

my 2 cents ...

The late 70s I remember them well. I had just graduated from college. The doom and gloom was coming from the Jimmuh dum dee dum Carter oval orifice and the media. Better red than dead was the day's catch phrase ... used by the peaceniks.

Carter was the single biggest threat the country has ever had. He nearly sunk the US in 4 years. His most famous prediction was the world would be completely out of oil by the year 2000. It seemed all you ever heard from this creep was doom and gloom and malaise. His stupid fireside chats were, well, stupid.

The Japanese were going to rule the world. MITI was just too powerful, we had to adjust and grab for straws. Businesses were panicked at the thought and were all trying to figure out how to get in bed with the all powerful Japan. Now we know what a hoax the Japanese managed economy was. Japan has been in continual recession since Reagan was president. Socialist never learn.

When Reagan showed up he simply said it doesn't have to be this way. Everyone kinda went oh!!!

In a very real sense, Reagan saved the US from itself.

[EGPWS]

When Reagan showed up he simply said it doesn't have to be this way.

And THEN went on to prove it!! ; )

[sully777]

Clarification is in order: The Left (including the Maoists, Leninist, Stalinists, Titoists, Keynesians, Fascist, Weather Underground, Black Panthers, Eurosocialists, radical feminists, environmentalists, and anti-war movements earnestly pushed DNC agenda after Chicago '68), the media (beginning in earnest to espouse the left's agenda after the loss of Humphrey in '68), the RINO status quo (continuing to push the GOP away from the Goldwater agenda of '64 and into the radical left's agenda), the entertainment industry (with the likes of The Beatles, Woodstock, and anti-establishment movies such as Shampoo, Kelly' Heroes, and MASH) and finally Kerry's own VVAW activities

pushed America's politicians to the left
pushed America's media outlets fully left
pushed America's schools and universities to the radical left
pushed America's military into social architecture and seeming incompetence
and pushed all other aspects of traditional conservatism into the realm of buffoonery from the likes of SNL 75-79 and Doonesbury.

But I learned in the Summer of 1980, and later in November, 1980, America never gave its heart to the left's agenda or to Country Club Rock-pubbies (known to us as RINOs and CINOs). No one will be like Reagan, true. But no one was quite like Washington, Lincoln, Teddy Roosevelt. There will be a new leader for a new time. If Bush wins 2004, he may well be one of those great men: Loathed for his convictions but loved for his leadership and character which directly corresponds with his reviled convictions. Make no mistake, the Left, Europe, and the world look at Bush they way they looked at Reagan.

[Jim Noble]

The greatest thing about President Reagan was that he discredited his critics.

Before 1981, many average Americans were politically passive or even voted RAT because the elite media, academics, etc were their "betters".

Reagan crushed their power with the average American, power that they have not recovered.

They have never forgiven him for it.

[Cronos]

The media and Kerry defeated us.

THe Media, Kerry and Lyndon Johnson. After the Tet offensive the Viet Cong were DEFEATED, they lost thousands of men. If the US military had hit hard with everything it had, we would have had the entire nationof Vietnam free from communists. But Johnson did not sanction the sending of 200,000 more troops to Vietnam in '68 as he worried about the elections. If he HAD allowed those troops in, we would have won the war easily.

Ditto for Korea, McArthur was willing to threaten communist China with nukes to prevent North Korea's invasion, in short, ALL-OUT war. But Harry S Truman stopped that. Silly Truman, if he had allowed it to go through then there would be NO North Korea threatening us with nukes. In fact, there would have been NO Communist China, but a Chinese democracy. If McArthur had been allowed to show to the Chinese that we meant business, then we would have saved the lives of millions of North Koreans and millions of Chinese (Cultural war victims) and millions of Cambodians and the lives of Indians, etc.

Now, now, our media are trying to force the President to make the same mistake, to cut short and retreat. Why? Can't they see that we can't stop now or we will cause more death and suffering. Look at Japan or Germany. Did we cut short and leave those places? No. That's why they are now stable democracies.

[Bob J]

Please go to the FR Reagan Vigil thread and pledge to organize/attend a vigil for Ronald Reagan in your area!

[Paul Ross]

And unfortunately, GWB seems to have forgotten that too. His bizarre notions of bipartisanship and compassionate conservatism...that is neither for the foot soldiers of the GOP.