Posted on 06/11/2004 12:02:51 PM PDT by RWR8189
Why Ronald Reagan made a difference and what his detractors are really after.
"RONALD REAGAN was great because Ronald Reagan was right." So declared Gipper speechwriter Peter Robinson, author of How Ronald Reagan Changed My Life, on my radio program Monday. Robinson's right, too, of course. There have been many gifted orators whose cause was evil; many "communicators" who dealt in death. Reagan's greatness is anchored in his and his country's goodness. Reagan used the term "evil empire," and sent the intelligentsia into shock. Because he stood with the good, however, Reagan could use the language of absolutes and move public and world opinion as a result.
It may be the effect of seeing Reagan lionized by a grateful public--imagine how Joe Frazier feels when Ali gets the glory again and again-- but the Democratic party is becoming more unhinged by the day. Tuesday's dance of the distraught at the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing featuring John Ashcroft was a marvel. The Senate's leading eccentric, Pat Leahy, led off the meeting with a rambling series of wild charges and even wilder demands of justice for Jose Padilla and an abandonment of DoJ's tough approach to terror. Then, during the question and answer portion, Leahy, Ted Kennedy, Joe Biden, and Dick Durbin put a frenzied Democratic leadership on public display.
I imagine there are some noisy admirers of Leahy and the gang at Judiciary who pretend to be worried that America is descending into some sort of collective Abu Ghraib mentality, and celebrate the hyper-partisanship of the Kerry-Kennedy caucus.
Throughout this week of mourning, Reagan-haters have been calling my
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The Leahy-led attacks of Ashcroft, and the remnant of the anti-Reagan crowds of the '80s share much more in common: growing desperation that history's verdict is already in, and that they were on the wrong side. Meanwhile, the confidence of the folks who served first with Reagan, and now with Bush, grows.
The acclaim being given Ronald Reagan this week--the acknowledgment and admiration for his genuine greatness, which means his genuine rightness--confirms that the country remains home to vast numbers of serious people committed to traditional American ideals and the export of freedom.
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The Dems certainly sense it. The Abu Ghraib story is starting to stink like a week-old mackerel and the Reagan story is overshadowing it now, and without the help of the media drum-pounding it will continue to do so until November. They're afraid they've lost their scandal.
Professor Hewitt bump.
Throughout this week of mourning, Reagan-haters have been calling my show to object that Reagan increased the deficit, and of course, to bring up Iran-Contra.See also, from:Throwing pebbles at the battleship, as the saying goes...
.Flag From USS Ronald Reagan to Go to Nancy Reagan
NewsMax ^ | 6/11/04 | AP
Posted on 06/10/2004 7:19:47 PM PDT by wagglebee
SAN DIEGO - The American flag that flew over the USS Ronald Reagan when the former president died Saturday will be presented to Nancy Reagan during his burial service, the Navy said Thursday.
The flag is being delivered by Capt. James Symonds, commanding officer of the Navy's newest nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, which is in the south Atlantic.
Symonds, who traveled to Los Angeles on Thursday, will present the flag to Mrs. Reagan during the service Friday in Simi Valley at the presidential library.
Mrs. Reagan christened the ship in 2001, breaking a bottle of sparkling wine against its bow. The carrier was formally commissioned last July in Norfolk, Va...
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"CVN-76, USS RONALD REAGAN, undergoing sea trials, testing its counter-measure wash-down system. It doubles as part of the ship's fire suppression system and can be used in a bio-hazard battlefield to wash down the decks and limit spread of NBC agents."11 posted on 06/11/2004 4:42:11 AM PDT by A.A. CunninghamCLICK HERE for the rest of that thread.
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RONNIE gave all = We have it all
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Carrier Reagan sails for S.D. home
The San Diego Union-Tribune ^ | 5/27/04 | Otto Kreisher
Posted on 05/27/2004 8:33:55 AM PDT by South40
WASHINGTON – The nation's newest and most powerful aircraft carrier today sails from Norfolk, Va., on a journey that will take a crew of nearly 3,000 and a name with great California significance – Ronald Reagan – to its home port in San Diego.
To get to its new home, the nuclear-powered carrier will travel more than 12,000 nautical miles, going around Cape Horn at the southern tip of South America, a place noted for violent weather.
"We expect some high winds and heavy seas," said Capt. James Symonds, commanding officer of the 97,000-ton, 1,092-foot-long warship. "But I think we can handle it."
Along the way, the Reagan and its crew will transition from spring into fall, then into winter before emerging into summer for the ship's scheduled arrival at North Island Naval Air Station about July 23...
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This is really what it is all about.
The Leahy-led attacks of Ashcroft, and the remnant of the anti-Reagan crowds of the '80s share much more in common: growing desperation that history's verdict is already in, and that they were on the wrong side. Meanwhile, the confidence of the folks who served first with Reagan, and now with Bush, grows.The acclaim being given Ronald Reagan this week--the acknowledgment and admiration for his genuine greatness, which means his genuine rightness--confirms that the country remains home to vast numbers of serious people committed to traditional American ideals and the export of freedom.
Yes. Pick up the ball, George W. Bush. November 2, 2004, win one for the Gipper !!
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