President Ronald Reagan, dead at age 93

[Full Bug]

Its sad to see how he went with his mind gone in the end.....
Love him or hate him , he was a big influence in world events.....

[POJO_Risin]

Well...I wasn't big on his politics...but the guy was an eternal optimist...and knew how to be president...

I'll have a beer for him...ultimately...even though I think he killed the economy long term...he made perhaps the world a safer place...

[POJO_Risin]

Is it true that 93 is the oldest any president ever lived?

that can't be right...it was just said on the news though...

anyone know this?

[tobinentinc]

Ronald Reagan is the greatest present in recent history. This man should be remembered and celebrated. He had a great life and a great presidency. When he does die, we should have a moment of silence for his man.

[Pink Spider]

Took long enough.

[POJO_Risin]

Originally posted by tobinentinc
Ronald Reagan is the greatest present in recent history. This man should be remembered and celebrated. He had a great life and a great presidency. When he does die, we should have a moment of silence for his man.

He is dead...

[Viking]

I just went out to my porch and lowered my flag to half-staff.....

[FORD]

Originally posted by tobinentinc
Ronald Reagan is the greatest present in recent history. This man should be remembered and celebrated. He had a great life and a great presidency. When he does die, we should have a moment of silence for his man.

Seriously kid. The guy's dead and I don't want this thread turning into a shitfest. But you need to learn something about history, rather than just repeating the soundbites you heard on FAUX News. You know nothing of the Reagan presidency.

[ELVIS]

Originally posted by FORD
I don't want this thread turning into a shitfest.

Then turn your computer off...

[lucky wilbury]

you want to debate about the reagan presidentcy ford? you got it

[VanJay011379]

Originally posted by FORD
a clown who spent the duration of the war making movies.

Originally posted by FORD
The guy's dead and I don't want this thread turning into a shitfest.

[lucky wilbury]

the guy was 30 when the war broke out. he did his part before and during the war:

http://www.townhall.com/hall_of_fame/reagan/bio.html

1937-Reagan enlisted in the Army Reserve as a Private but was soon promoted to 2nd lieutenant in the Officers Reserve Corps of the Cavalry.

1942-The Army Air Force called Reagan to active duty and assigned Lt. Reagan to the 1st Motion Picture Unit in Culver City, California, where he made over 400 training films.

July 22, 1943-The Army honorably discharged Capt. Reagan.

[lucky wilbury]

http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=3025400

Queen and Thatcher Lead Tributes to Ex-President Reagan

By James Lyons and Matt Adams, PA News


The Queen and Baroness Thatcher tonight led the tributes to former US President Ronald Reagan, who has died at the age of 93.

Mr Reagan died with his wife Nancy and their children at his side at the family’s home in California tonight.

A Buckingham Palace spokeswoman said: “The Queen is saddened by the news.”

Former Prime Minister Baroness Thatcher hailed Mr Reagan as “a truly great American hero”.

She told PA News: “President Reagan was one of my closest political and dearest personal friends.

“He will be missed not only by those who new him and not only by the nation that he served so proudly and loved so deeply, but also by millions of men and women who live in freedom today because of the policies he pursued.

“Ronald Reagan had a higher claim than any other leader to have won the Cold War for liberty and he did it without a shot being fired.

“To have achieved so much against so odds and with such humour and humanity made Ronald Reagan a truly great American hero.”

Conservative leader Michael Howard told PA News: “This is an enormously sad day.

“President Reagan was one of the towering figures of our time, the man who with Margaret Thatcher won the Cold War for the West.

“It is so sadly ironic that he should have died as we prepare to commemorate the 60th anniversary of D-Day, the day when the Allies began the liberation of Europe.

“We in Britain, as in so many other places around the world, owe him an ever-lasting debt. May he rest in peace.”

[lucky wilbury]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,63813,00.html

Reagan In His Own Words

Saturday, June 05, 2004

Nicknamed "the Great Communicator," Ronald Reagan was both one of the best political orators of the 20th Century and a self-deprecating wit. Following is a collection of some classic Reaganisms.

• "I did turn 75 today -- but remember, that's only 24 Celsius."

• "It's true hard work never killed anybody, but I figure, why take the chance?"

• "A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist."

• To wife Nancy after John Hinckley, Jr.'s 1981 assassination attempt: "Honey, I forgot to duck."

• During a 1984 debate with Walter Mondale: "I'm not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."

• "You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by his way of eating jellybeans."

• "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."

• In testing the microphone for his weekly radio address, Reagan declared, ''My fellow Americans, I'm pleased to tell you today I've just signed legislation which outlaws Russia forever. The bombing begins in five minutes.''

• "Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."

• "Mr. President," TV reporter Sam Donaldson yelled out at Reagan after a 1982 press conference, "In talking about the continuing recession tonight, you have blamed the mistakes of the past and you've blamed Congress. Does any of the blame belong to you?" Reagan responded, "Yes, because for many years I was a Democrat."

• "Now, so there will be no misunderstanding, it's not my intention to do away with government. It is rather to make it work -- work with us, not over us; to stand by our side, not ride on our back. Government can and must provide opportunity, not smother it; foster productivity, not stifle it."

• "Well, this administration's objective will be a healthy, vigorous, growing economy that provides equal opportunity for all Americans, with no barriers born of bigotry or discrimination."

• "Above all we must realize that no arsenal or no weapon in the arsenals of the world is so formidable as the will and moral courage of free men and women."

• "I hope you're all Republicans," he told doctors who were about to operate on his bullet wounds.

• "Did we forget that government is the people's business, and every man, woman and child becomes a shareholder with the first penny of taxes paid?"

• "We do not have a trillion dollar debt because we haven't taxed enough. We have a trillion dollar debt because we spend too much."

• "But with these considerations firmly in mind, I call upon the scientific community in our country, those who gave us nuclear weapons, to turn their great talents now to the cause of mankind and world peace, to give us the means of rendering these nuclear weapons impotent and obsolete."

• "Abortion is advocated only by persons who themselves have been born."

• "Politics is a very rewarding profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."

• "America is too great for small dreams."

• "We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we can always be free."

• "Government growing beyond our consent had become a lumbering giant, slamming shut the gates of opportunity, threatening to crush the very roots of our freedom."

[Dr. Love]

Originally posted by Pink Spider
Took long enough.

what?