The next day the Gipper, in a landslide victory, was elected America's 40th president.
In most places in America there is still time to vote.
Tuesday, November 03, 2020
On this day in 1980, rare double rainbow appears over Ronald Reagan's birthplace--the next day he is elected president
It was a very blessed November 3, 1980 in Tampico, Illinois. On February 11, 1911 the greatest president of the 20th century was born above a bakery in the northern Illinois village. A rare double rainbow appeared over Reagan's birthplace forty years ago today.
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Reagan was a better president that Theodore Roosevelt? Or Eisenhower? That's a big reach you're making there, calling him the best president of the 20th century. Let's be honest - he didn't do much. I mean, Roosevelt created the National Parks system and Eisenhower developed our nation's highway and expressway systems. Reagan...just did what he was told by advisors and his wife. And we have...? What? The Star Wars program that cost a bunch of money and was never used? Lame duck.
ReplyDeleteThe Gipper won the Cold War and rescued America's economy--and psyche--from the failed presidency of Jimmy "Malaise" Carter. During the Cold War we lived under a nuclear shadow of "mutually assured destruction."
ReplyDeleteWell...no. Reagan took Carter's unemployment numbers and ran with them, driving them higher than before, taking over 6 years to get better. Reagan mostly kept up with the mess Ford left and Carter couldn't clean.
ReplyDeleteReagan did help the rich get richer.
Gorbachev ended the Cold War. His policies of perestroika and glasnost ended the Cold War by dismantling the systems that held Russia back from the progress the people wanted. With the hurdles out of their way, the Russian people could see what was really going on in their country.
Reagan's one flat speech did not sway a country of several hundreds of millions to do anything they weren't already doing.
I'm sorry, but to believe anything else is a fairy tale.