Posted on 06/11/2005 9:39:24 PM PDT by NormsRevenge
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -- Karl Rove said critics are wrong to portray the president as a good-natured bumpkin.
George W. Bush's top political adviser wasn't talking about his boss. He meant the late President Ronald Reagan, who like the current White House tenant was mocked by some comics and critics as being intellectually shallow.
"Reagan was a man of ideas" who had "a first-rate mind," Rove said during a guest lecture Saturday at the Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.
"He was a great communicator because he had great ideas to communicate" and was right in his view that communism would fail, said Rove.
"Ronald Reagan's optimism about America was anchored in reality," Rove said, "an understanding of the strength and basic decency of the American people.
"We were very blessed to have him and we still miss him."
Rove got a standing ovation before and after his speech to about 300 people.
Former first lady Nancy Reagan also visited the library Saturday. She received the keys to a U.S. Secret Service vehicle that completes a motorcade display that will open this fall.
She thank more than 100 retired Secret Service agents for coming to the ceremony.
"I just want to give each one of you a big hug," she said.
"It brought tears to my eyes," said John Bartlett, a retired agent who worked with Reagan almost up until his death last year. "It was very nice of her to do this."
God bless you, Nancy Reagan.
Please, don't even try and go there.
bttt
Talk to me in 30 years, thou all seeing.....sheesh.
Most of the founding fathers never served as president. Most of the early presidents were just and moral men, but were not great intellects.
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