[coconutt2000]

Hell yeah... I was in Samoa when Reagan passed. I cried. I had just mourned the passing of my baby sister, and then I mourned the passing of one of the greatest Presidents of my lifetime... and I was only a kid when he was top dog.

You know what, I'll admit it... I still cry. I'm man enough to admit that. Reagan was genuine, and I think Bush is too. Honest truth.

[qam1]

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[xrp]

With a few exceptions, I don't see how today's youth can be drawn to John kerry or the Democrats. John Kerry and the Democrats are stuck in the 1965-1971 era, their heyday of anti-Americanism. GenX and young know nothing of this era. Most of my GenX peers who swing left are drawn to the Green Party, whereas most who don't swing left are libertarian or libertarian-Republican.

[Dan from Michigan]

There are some young stars on the way.

My state representative is 24(won his first race at 22 and has an easy re-election). The other state rep from our county is 30 and won a township race when he was 18.

Both could be nationally known.

[NYC GOP Chick]

"My wife and I were both born in the '80s, and when we were young, the only president we ever remembered was Ronald Reagan," said Domenech, a 22-year-old speechwriter for Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas).

I was 14 when Reagan was elected and while I was already a solid National Review-reading Republican, he just electrified me and my whole perspective on politics.

For me, he breathed life and excitement into the political process, and inspired me to become involved.

[George W. Bush]

While he opposes gay marriage, Ayers reflects a more libertarian trend among younger Republicans that also separates them from older social conservatives. "I'm fearful of saying something's a law," he said. "I don't think it's the government's role to step in until someone else's rights are being hindered."

Easy pickings for the Dims.

We see the result of political correctness and the NEA control of the public schools.

[Flux Capacitor]

I was two years old when Reagan came in.... as a little kid I was completely uninterested in politics and so didn't pay much attention past the "Reagan/Bush '84" bumper stickers that my parents had pasted all over my baby sister's Swing-O-Matic. I knew he was the president of the U.S. and that my parents thought he was great, but that was about it.

My earliest concrete memory of the Gipper is his televised speech the night of the Challenger explosion. He seemed a fatherly (grandfatherly) presence who seemed to alleviate the trauma of the event, and I knew from then that he really was a good guy. Was pretty upset in '88 (the first election I really paid attention to) when I found out he couldn't stick around.

-Dan