AudioPosted on 06/12/2004 8:52:21 AM PDT by Salvation
For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
June 12, 2004
President Bush Salutes Remembers President Reagan in Radio Address
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, America mourned the passing of President Ronald Reagan. We remembered a gentle, decent man, and one of the greatest leaders our nation has known. He was a courageous patriot whose leadership transformed the country and the world he leaves behind.
In this time of sadness, we think especially of Nancy Reagan, a loyal, loving wife of 52 years; and the President's three children, and the rest of the Reagan family.
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Ronald Wilson Reagan entered the world more than 93 years ago in an apartment above a local bank in Illinois. His life would include success in careers from sports broadcasting to film acting to public office. Along the way, his deepest convictions were formed. And through all the trials of life, those convictions never wavered.
Ronald Reagan believed that everything happens for a reason, and that we can trust in God's purposes. He believed that people are basically good. He had no tolerance for bigotry or injustice. Above all, he believed in the courage and triumph of free men and in the capacity of the American people to overcome any obstacle.
President Reagan brought those convictions to the White House in 1981, and he departed eight years later with achievements that have endured. With bold, persistent action, he restored the confidence of our nation, strengthened the spirit of free enterprise, challenged and shamed an oppressive empire, and inspired millions with his conviction and moral courage.
As he showed what a President should be, he also showed us what a man should be. Ronald Reagan carried himself with a decency and attention to the small kindnesses that also define a good life. He was a courtly, gentle, and considerate man, never known to slight or embarrass others. From the Oval Office, he took time to answer letters from schoolchildren and grandmothers and countless strangers curious about life in the White House.
Ronald Reagan deeply loved the United States of America. And that love is being returned. Over the past week, tens of thousands of mourners stood in line in California and in Washington, D.C. to pay their final respects. There were 21-gun salutes and dignified processions, and home-made memorials at a funeral home in Santa Monica.
Now that Nancy Reagan has taken her husband to his place of rest, we offer our gratitude. Our country is stronger and our world is freer for the brave leadership of this modest son of America. Ronald Reagan always told us that for America, our best was yet to come. We know that is true for him, too. His work is done. And now a shining city awaits him.
May God bless Ronald Reagan. Thank you for listening.
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thanks.. just keep being a good man, GWB !
what A pleasure to read. :)
**Ronald Reagan deeply loved the United States of America. And that love is being returned.**
So true, so true!
I agree!
Where can we find the Democratic response? Don't they have a Saturday Radio address every week also?
**just keep being a good man, GWB !**
And keep following the path up the mountain of prostperity hacked out of the dimocrat brush by former President Ronald Wilson Reagan.
Maybe the DNC site? I'll look.
Didn't find it on the DNC site -- scary place over there.
never go to the DNC site unless you have a cross and plenty of Garlic.... :)
They truly want America to fail, so they can win. My favorite was the "question" Tell us how the high gas prices have affected you?
They are encouraging failure stories to pump up their campaign.
OHH rack Dubya speech on Ronnie
You know what I think Dubya is worthy heir to Ronnie legacy
OH YEAH
A way of talking directly with the American people. Reagan did it very well, and it makes want to hear some of those again.
Before Reagan ran for President in 1976 and 1980, he was doing little vignettes like this nightly on radio. On WMT in Cedar Rapids, I listened whenever I could.
After Goldwater lost in 1964, the natural heir of his libertarian, anti-Communist movement was Ronald Reagan. There was talk of him running in 1968, but Richard Nixon, trying for the second time, got the nomination. So our movement was willing to give Nixon, the Communist fighter, 8 years. But in 1976, no offense to Gerald Ford, but it was our turn to elect our "Goldwater" and that man was Ronald Reagan. Came so tantalizingly close!
Plus they dumped a tracking ad on my computer. I've got ad-aware running to dump it right now.
^(&)__^%#$#s!
Great speech.
**Before Reagan ran for President in 1976 and 1980, he was doing little vignettes like this nightly on radio.**
Something I wasn't aware of. Thanks for the info!
Tell it like it is, Sister!
Do we care what Democrats think at this moment? Either they are in agreement with the salute to Ronaldus Magnus, in which case they are, for the moment at least, Americans first of all, or they bring up crappy little criticisms, which are entirely out of place.
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