Monthly Archive for June, 2004

Yesterday on CNN, during coverage of the very long lines of people, Wolf Blitzer asked the report on site, “Can you tell, Thelma, and clearly this is unscientific, but, if the crowds really look like America? Are they ethnically diverse, African-Americans, Hispanic-Americans, or is it largely white?” 

I guess I just really don’t understand liberals. Even in such a somber time as during coverage of the death of arguably one of the greatest presidents this nation has ever had, he tries to play the race card. Hey Wolf, perhaps you recall the 1984 presidential election where Reagan took every state but Minnesota, which was Mondale’s home state. First, that means that people everywhere, black, white, male, female, Republican or Democrat, voted for him. He crossed all lines, people believed in his message and loved him for believing in this great nation. Second, that makes Mondale the biggest loser ever (if you take into account he later lost a bid for senator in Minnesota, I think that makes him the only person to ever lose in all 50 states).

I guess I can understand somewhat. These socialists, er, liberals (wait, what’s the difference these days?), are having to go through a whole week of hearing good things spoken about someone they absolutely hated, Ronald Reagan. I guess that’s making them loopier than they normally would be.

The official George W. Bush campaign site has been modified as a tribute to Ronald Reagan. Good for you, George.

I saw a link to this story on Wizbang. Can you believe this?

“Tiffany Charles got a B in history last year at her Montgomery County high school, but she is not sure what year World War II ended. She cannot name a single general or battle, or the man who was president during the most dramatic hours of the 20th century.“

“Among 76 teenagers interviewed near their high schools this week in Maryland, Virginia and the District, recognition of the internment camps, a standard part of every area history curriculum, was high — two-thirds gave the right answer when asked what happened to Japanese Americans during the war. But only one-third could name even one World War II general, and about half could name a World War II battle.”

So Japanese people were interred, we had Rosie the Riveter, and there was some “war thing” happening in the Pacific and throughout Europe. That is just disgusting.

So, as everyone knows by know, Ronald Reagan passed away on Saturday. I had seen some stories on the Internet in the very early morning indicating that he wasn’t doing well, and the stories turned out to be accurate. What can I say that hasn’t already been said about this great American? Probably not much. I was 10 years old when he took office, and he was probably the biggest reason I became interested in politics. I can remember being able to name everyone in his cabinet, even at that young age.

I can remember many of his speeches, and his addresses from the Oval Office. I loved those. I remember his optimism, and America being a shining city on the hill. The 1980′s were a great time in American history, and I attribute that to President Reagan. He made everyone believe in America again, and told us that our best days were not behind us, but ahead of us, and that made America love him. His message is still preached today by talk radio hosts such as Rush Limbaugh, who probably wouldn’t be who he is today without Reagan, either. Reagan made conservatism popular, and slid the political “center” quite a bit to the right. These days, being considered a liberal has the same connotation that being a conservative did before Reagan came along.

Optimism is something that liberals, to this day, still just don’t understand, and it’s why conservative talk radio is so popular, and liberal talk radio is always doomed to fail. Who wants to sit and listen to someone for three hours talk about how horrible our nation is, and that we should be ashamed of ourselves for being the most prosperous nation in the world? I certainly don’t. And neither do the majority of Americans.

Ronnie, thanks for all that you did for this country, and for the world.

1. A Frenchman will fight viciously and without regard to his own life if you stand between him and a white flag.
2. Rumor has it that the French don’t like bathing. This rumor comes from them smelling.
3. To get with modern times, they’ve adopted a stance of preemptive surrender.
4. During the cola wars, France was occupied by Pepsi for six months.
5. They like to sell weapons to enemies of America. But come on – what kind of pansies use French weapons?
6. Their language not being quite as effeminate as they would like, they also wear berets.
7. The Eiffel Tower was constructed so that they would have something very tall to waive a white flag from in case of attack.
8. In ancient times, primitive Frenchmen surrendered to thunderstorms.
9. They actually have a military, though what purpose it serves is unknown.

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