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Another tribute to Ronald Reagan
Mondays with Tony Lee
By Tony Lee
When I was three years old in 1984, I was hoisted on my dad’s shoulders
at Mile Square Park in Orange County, Ca. The event? It was
the reelection kickoff event for what would be Ronald Reagan’s historic
campaign that saw him win 49 states.
Ronald Reagan has a special place in my heart. Yesterday (Sunday Feb.
6), Nancy Reagan and the Reagan Library put on a celebration for his
Centennial that was worthy of last century’s best President.
I got chills watching the 21 gun salute, listening to Nancy Reagan’s
words, and James Baker’s touching and heartfelt tribute.
Not surprisingly, though, I was disheartened by some of the commentary
I heard among the reporters and pundits in the mainstream media.
They focused, in a superficial manner, on Reagan’s style more than the
actual substance of the man. They talked shallowly of how he united
Americans and implied he did so by compromising all the time with
liberals. In reality, Reagan convinced independents to come over to his
conservative ideals. That is what made him so successful in a country
that has always been center-right.
He fought for and gave the Republican party back to “cloth-coat”
grassroots conservatives instead of to “mink-coat” Rockefeller
Republicans.
He firmly believed in American exceptionalism and also knew how fragile
freedom was in the scope of history.
Winning the Cold War was by no means a foregone conclusion. Historians
try to give credit to people like Gorbachev or to a string of people
beginning with John F. Kennedy, but it took Reagan’s foresight, belief
that the Soviets could be defeated, and vision to bring down the
Soviets. He deserves even more credit than he has received.
Ronald Reagan’s favorite newspaper was HUMAN EVENTS. When his aides hid
the paper from him, Reagan demanded the newspaper be delivered to him.
HUMAN EVENTS put out a special tribute issue to Reagan this week, and I
thought you’d enjoy some of our stories on how much of a role HUMAN
EVENTS had in influencing Reagan...
Read the story with suggested links at Human Events
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