Originally posted by gwellington:
He changed America in the early 80's. After the true Christian guidance Jimmy Carter provided Americans on moral and human rights issues during his Administration, Ronald Reagan taught us that all that was wrong. He taught us that it was okay to be rich. He taught us it was okay to ignore, even hate, the disadvantaged. He taught us it was okay to think only of ourselves. He taught us that human rights was a joke, and that being a Christian meant being wholly un-Christ-like in our thoughts and deeds. For that he will truly be remembered.




Often I have read your political remarks and considered them in having some value; I even conceded some as valid and questioned my own views. Today, Mr. Wellington, I find none of these attributes in your comments. To suggest for one minute that the 'us' you refer to as being the collective citizenship of the united states of America were taught solely by one man, President or not, was to 'hate', 'ignore', and strive for a better life at the expense of others for ourselves sickens me.

General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization: Come here to this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate! Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.

We don't have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much.

Welfare's purpose should be to eliminate, as far as possible, the need for its own existence.


I've spoken of the shining city all my political life, but I don't know if I ever quite communicated what I saw when I said it. But in my mind it was a tall, proud city built on rocks stronger than oceans, windswept, God-blessed, and teeming with people of all kinds living in harmony and peace; a city with free ports that hummed with commerce and creativity. And if there had to be city walls, the walls had doors and the doors were open to anyone with the will and the heart to get here. That's how I saw it, and see it still. -- Ronald Reagan

And how stands the city on this winter night? More prosperous, more secure, and happier than it was 8 years ago. But more than that: After 200 years, two centuries, she still stands strong and true on the granite ridge, and her glow has held steady no matter what storm. And she's still a beacon, still a magnet for all who must have freedom, for all the pilgrims from all the lost places who are hurtling through the darkness, toward home." -- Ronald Reagan



Show some respect for a man who did more for this country than you will ever even dream about. Voice your opinion, you're free to do so.

Semper Fi "They've got us surrounded. Poor bastards." -Chesty