Thanks for posting this.
Dare I say that NO one on our side could deliver something like this today with such power and at the same time elegance?
The bigger question is-who’s left to listen. I know there are plenty of fine young people and middle-aged people. But in 1972, you had adults who were nearly uniformly educated well, free of misplaced guilt or PC, self-sufficient, hard-working, and clear-headed, who loved their country. BTW, Nixon even won the under 30 year old vote in ‘72.
My point is, we have fewer people like that-when we used to be able to almost take them for granted. The ones who are worth a damn have little to no societal support-just the opposite.
It’s bad we have no Reagan-but what’s worse is if he came back today, would the audience he got be enough to win?
I happened to catch a little bit of Sean reading this speech on his radio show. I listened a moment, and then thought, "Who the heck is THIS guy?? We need him!"
I should have known it was Reagan. I was 6 years old when he gave this speech.