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Jim wrote:
"NOYB" wrote in message ... RIP=Rest in Peace, eh? Looks like you should follow your own advice. He was basically a good man, and an actor manipulated by others in his party. He suffered long. I wish him final peace, His record will speak for itself as the future unfolds' " The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones." William Shakespeare Once in a while, more often than not, Reagan could do a good job delivering a speech someone else wrote. I had the privilege of hearing him speak in person several times at Washington lunches and dinners, and he did a good to excellent job with simple prepared remarks. In the Q&As, he was a little better than Dubya is at extemporaneous speaking, which is not saying much. I was never a fan of Reagan, and not because of his politics, because there are a few Republicans, even conservatives, of the last century I do admire. He spent us into oblivion and left it to others to pay the bills for his excesses. He wasn't much of an inspiration for his children, none of whom, I believe, finished college, and several of which have commented publicly on his relationships with them. Of course, he had a rough childhood himself. But I suppose that is neither here nor there. He did, obviously, have a good relationship with his second wife, a great relationship. I simply never found much about Reagan as POTUS to admire. |
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