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1 posted on 06/12/2004 9:20:34 AM PDT by motife
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To: motife
They were great!

"This is Ronald Reagan -- Thanks for listening!"

2 posted on 06/12/2004 9:23:49 AM PDT by JennysCool ("I'm not worried about the deficit. It's big enough to take care of itself." - RWR)
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To: motife
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3 posted on 06/12/2004 9:28:18 AM PDT by A.A. Cunningham
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To: motife

In the 60's they were made available to public schools for use in civic clases. Coach Johnson showed them frequently. Was it Westinghouse?


4 posted on 06/12/2004 9:28:32 AM PDT by bayourod (Can the 9/11 Commission connect the dots on Iraq or do they require a 3-D picture?)
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To: motife
C-SPAN was running them unedited and back-to-back for a good while the other day, so they are definitely archived and available from somewhere.

I'll poke around and post the results.

5 posted on 06/12/2004 9:35:50 AM PDT by angkor
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To: motife

Weren't these published in a book? I know that I have them on a set of CDs I received as a gift last year. They're excellent, and I was amazed by how relevant they are, still.


6 posted on 06/12/2004 9:37:04 AM PDT by ChocChipCookie (If we had some eggs, we could have bacon and eggs if we had some bacon. --unknown Freeper)
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To: motife
Anyone remember these?

Yes! They were broadcast on KABC radio in the Los Angeles area in the morning. Michael Jackson, (not the pop star) the Lefty radio host used to chuckle on the air after Reagan's radio commentary and make some wise a$$ remark about Reagan's ideas.

As you know the rest is history. Reagan became president and I enjoyed Jacksons tears on the radio as he lamented the loss (?) of Jimmy Carter. Jackson dogged Reagan for years until Rush Limbaugh made Jackson, as the English say; "redundant".

I'd like to have a copy of those commentaries too. I hope the Reagan Library can eventually put the commentaries into a cd collection.

I've been a Reagan supporter since he first ran for CA Governor. I am so proud of the man and feel all the work put into Goldwater and other conservative causes paid off.

7 posted on 06/12/2004 9:37:21 AM PDT by elbucko
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To: motife
When I was 17 and working in a machine shop back in NJ, this old guy would have it on and make us all listen. Made perfect sense.

Like when Rush first kicked in.

8 posted on 06/12/2004 9:40:34 AM PDT by JOE6PAK ("The difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein)
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To: motife
The Reagan Library is selling them for $30.00 on CD (click on image below), but I'm gonna' look for a bit more to see if they're available on the Internet.

REAGAN IN HIS OWN VOICE: Ronald Reagan?s Radio Addresses Edited and with commentary by Kiron K. Skinner, Annelise Anderson, Martin Anderson, Introduction by George P. Shultz. A collection of Ronald Reagan?s radio addresses from 1975-1979. (5 CDs, running time: approximately 6 hours) #CDD009 $30.00

11 posted on 06/12/2004 9:47:20 AM PDT by angkor
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To: motife

You can buy them on CD (shown above). They are very nice pieces of Reagan history.

The last address, the one right before he announced for president in 1979, gives me goodbumps.


12 posted on 06/12/2004 9:49:35 AM PDT by krb (the statement on the other side of this tagline is false)
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To: motife
I remember the radio broadcasts well. The were on KABC in LA. At the tine of the broadcasts, in the late 70's, Reagan had an office in the same building as I worked at in the Westwood section of LA. I would occasionally see him in the lobby or elevator. Always had a smile and said hello to everyone.
15 posted on 06/12/2004 10:29:41 AM PDT by Uncle Hal
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To: motife
I heard some of Reagan's radio shows while I was attending Tulane University in New Orleans. They were broadcast at noon on WDSU AM and I could sometimes catch them between classes.

Reagan spoke at Tulane in 1973. I briefly met him then at a reception, but the real treat was hearing him speak.

Reagan utterly disarmed a large and mostly hostile student audience and got a respectful hearing. He urged that they were bright kids who could think for themselves. They should therefore take nothing for granted, even liberalism, but should check the facts themselves and give conservative policies and principles fair consideration.

Reagan's modest and reasonable claims and his transparent sincerity and good will effectively played against the stereotype of him promoted by the Left as a mean and sinister fascist. I had several Lefty friends who were so flummoxed that they conceded to me that Reagan seemed an OK guy.
17 posted on 06/12/2004 2:51:10 PM PDT by Rockingham
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