Ronald Reagan 1911-2004

Saturday, June 5, 2004 by tjesterb | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk

http://www.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2004/reagan/index.html

I just read the news on CNN. Link is to a pretty good biography.
I know there is, and was, great variance in how people viewed his policies, but I don't think anyone can deny how he always belived in the greatness of the American Dream and the American people [ no offense intended to any other nationalities present]. The values he upheld are sadly lacking in today's society. I doubt we will see someone of his stature any time soon.
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teddybearcholla
Reply #1 Saturday, June 5, 2004 11:34 PM

" The values he upheld are sadly lacking in today's society. I doubt we will see someone of his stature any time soon."
I agree.

CerebroJD
Reply #2 Sunday, June 6, 2004 12:04 AM

WebGizmos
Reply #3 Sunday, June 6, 2004 12:20 AM






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Rutabaga64
Reply #4 Sunday, June 6, 2004 1:44 AM
I have never been a fan of Mr. Reagan's politics, but you could never deny his sincerity, his congeniality, his vibrancy, or his popularity. He honestly earned the nickname "The Great Communicator"...my b/f and I just happened to be talking about him last week, and we both think that what this country needs right now is someone like him, a cheerleader who makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside.

I actually feel a great sense of relief on his behalf...advanced Alzheimer's disease is an ugly thing, so it's good to know that his suffering is over. May he rest in peace!

Sugaree
Reply #5 Sunday, June 6, 2004 3:12 AM
Yeah....he was a B actor, a C Father...and a D President

Evorg
Reply #6 Sunday, June 6, 2004 4:23 AM
Yes the Gipper will be missed
I miss Nixon too

GhoS
Reply #7 Sunday, June 6, 2004 9:21 AM
He was the greatest President in modern times. Whether you agreed with his policies or not, he accomplished a great deal and helped return America to the doldrums it was in from Carter. He also helped end the Cold War. I know I'm only hitting the tip of the iceberg of his accomplishments. He knew how to be President.
It is a shame he had to go this way, being out of it really for the past 10 years.
He is the last President who wasn't guided by ulterior motives. I haven't been able to trust anyone since. I feel in many ways what Reagan built up has been ruined by the succeeding presidents.

Even if you don't agree on his policies, the world has a lost a great former leader.



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TheStranger22
Reply #8 Sunday, June 6, 2004 10:15 AM
Everyone is so right. He was and will always be remembered as a great man. He really did care about the US and its people, something that is hard to find in today's politicians. Though I really had no dispute with anything he did, I know others did, but you cannot please everyone. I feel even the people that may have disagreed with him in the past will miss him.

He was a great man.

Koasati
Reply #9 Sunday, June 6, 2004 11:13 AM
#5 by C♥C - 6/6/2004 3:12:23 AM
Yeah....he was a B actor, a C Father...and a D President

Couldn't disagree with you more..... he was a AAA+ President.
Rest In Peace, Mr. President.





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Leo the Lion
Reply #10 Sunday, June 6, 2004 2:18 PM
Koasati.....yeah, i agree with you. Although i am a Brit, i always admired the way he handled himself. He always appeared a very friendly and genuine sort of guy. He had an aura of warmness about him that went out to people. He will be sadly missed for those qualities and many more. Like you said, R.I.P Mr President

kona0197
Reply #11 Sunday, June 6, 2004 4:39 PM
RIP Mr. Reagan.

NightTrainthedark
Reply #12 Sunday, June 6, 2004 4:42 PM
He was an honorable man. You can't say that about too many politician's out there. Rest in peace. History will have a hard time trying to taint his life story.

Essencay
Reply #13 Sunday, June 6, 2004 4:50 PM
Ronald Reagan was one of America's most popular and well-loved presidents of modern times. Though not everyone did or does agree with his policies, he was a great orator that made you feel good to be an American. God Bless him and his family.

DavidK
Reply #14 Sunday, June 6, 2004 8:28 PM

Reagan's popularity only proves one thing, an actor is your best choice for a president.  We should elect Morgan Freeman president, he was great in that role in Deep Impact.  I doubt he would dismantle the public health system, ignore a raging outbreak of a deadly virus like AIDS or viscously attack the poor and the working class, wreck the economy and produce a record national debt. But even if he did we'd all remember him as a great president.

Frankly, I don't expect there to ever be another American president... I hope I'm wrong but I think the Republicans are gonna just declare themselves permanently in power and toss out the concept of free elections. And we'll all say what a great president and yes of course it had to be this way because of those pesky terrorists... Democrats after all are just liberal treasonous terrorist sympathizers and should be all killed (according to Rush Limbaugh himself, though he did say we should keep one or two alive to remind the Fatherland's good people what monsters they were).

The one thing GW shares with Reagan - Reagan was also a terrible Governor just before becoming President. I lived in California at the time and I actually was afraid Reagan was insane.  We need to hire better actors as President, it's the only way to keep the people from realizing they're being taken for fools...

Don't mean to offend anyone, you're welcome to your own opinions.


yrag
Reply #15 Sunday, June 6, 2004 8:38 PM
Gee, David....I never realized you were such an optimist...









Rocky Nimda
Reply #16 Sunday, June 6, 2004 8:47 PM
#5 by C♥C - 6/6/2004 3:12:23 AM Yeah....he was a B actor, a C Father...and a D President

Couldn't disagree with you more..... he was a AAA+ President.Rest In Peace, Mr. President.


I couldn't agree more with Koasati.

CaptainWin
Reply #17 Sunday, June 6, 2004 9:06 PM
Aw...David K...do not know how old you are but you need to study in depth a bit more of history. reagan did not dismantle the health system or any of the other things you seem to apply to him. As to the Republicans dismantling free elections you need to study history a bit more and you will find many instances where this was thought to be true, most recently the election of John Kennedy, who only won with the votes that Mayor Daley of Chicago (a democrat) got him in the election. Those votes turned out to be from thousands of dead people! Nixon did not want to tear the country up by protesting the results, unlike Al Gore who in his zest for power had no thought of the country when he protested the results in Florida. I could go on and talk about Lyndon Johnson and the fake Gulf of Tonkin attack that led to over 50,000 Americans being killed in Vietnam, a country that Eisenhower and JFK warned we should not be involved in, and the demorcratic controlled congress that went along with LBJ even after they found out the truth. My point is start thinking for yourself, investigate, and most of all vote...not as a democrat or a republican, but as an American who questions the "political correct thought" and what he or she sees or reads in the news media, but what he or she has thoroughly investigated and thought out. Only we, the American people, will end up destroying our system. By the way, I am a registered Democrat and did not vote for Reagan or Bush. But in Reagans case, I would if I could do it all over again.



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MGiff
Reply #18 Sunday, June 6, 2004 9:25 PM
Actually, Morgan Freeman is a good man and would probably be a good president.

DavidK
Reply #19 Sunday, June 6, 2004 9:59 PM

Yeah Morgan Freeman would be a great President - or - the guy that played the DA in Law and Order and did some ads for some financial institution (Smith Barney? "we do business the old fashioned way" or something like that) don''t know his name but he''d be believable as president too.

Actually if we have to get a politician I''d vote for Charles Rangle and Cynthia McKinney...

John Edwards is at the Bilderberg Conference right now, I assume that means he''ll replace Kerry as the Dem''s candidate or at least be the VP. But that''s only if Kissinger can keep Cheney''s storm troopers at bay for a few more months, the Bilderbergs are losing their grasp 

This thread should stay dedicated to Mr. Reagan''s passing, I don''t wish to distract from that. I too wish his family well and though I thought he was a terrible president I offer my condolences to all who knew him and mourn his passing. He did have some good moments and certainly it''s best to remember the good in those who have gone before us.


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ToeJo
Reply #20 Monday, June 7, 2004 1:56 AM
The only problem I have ever had with Reagan was his terrible decision (and it was a decision) to completely ignore something so terrible as HIV. In the long run, responding to it more quickly would not seem to have changed things much. It seems almost ironic that a man who is dubbed "The Great Communicator" actually communicated so little about something so overwhelming as HIV.

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