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To: Natchez Hawk

Big difference is that Reagan worked his tail off from about 1974 until the convention in 1980 to earn the nomination. He didn't play coy, jump in sometime after Labor Day in 1979 and expect the nomination to be handed to him.

I've never heard Fred's Radio show. When was it? How long did it last? It was Reagan's Radio Show (more than anything else) that won me over. Those were dark days from the time Nixon resigned in disgrace until Jimmy Carter left office just as the Iran hostages left Tehran.

I was working two jobs to get through college or just to get by. Reagan's Radio Show came on just as I was driving to my 6 to midnight night shift . . . then it was home to sleep until 6 a.m. when I got up for my day job and classes between.

9 posted on 08/20/2007 2:53:52 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (Are there any men left in Washington? Or are there only cowards? Ahmad Shah Massoud)

To: Vigilanteman

Fred is Heads Above anybody we have running now. Fred will do a great job....

10 posted on 08/20/2007 2:57:00 PM PDT by Gopher Broke (Run Fred, Run http://www.imwithfred.com/)

To: Vigilanteman

Exctlly. Reagan paid his dues, it seems a lot of folks think they can snap their fingers or have “a sudden change of heart” and fool us into thinking their Ronald Reagan.

13 posted on 08/20/2007 3:02:04 PM PDT by Natchez Hawk (What's so funny about the first, second, and fourth Amendments?)

To: Vigilanteman

Reagan announces November 13, 1979

Can you imagine the uproar if Fred Thompson waited until November 13 to announce?

38 posted on 08/20/2007 4:55:38 PM PDT by iowamark

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