>That is exactly what I have been hearing since his death actually.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: John Stanley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:28 AM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: RE: Reagan
>
>
>wow, you wont hear that on the news anytime soon.....
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 10:58 PM
>To: CF-Community
>Subject: Re: Reagan
>
>Reagan's presidency was an important watershed in American politics. That he
>was elected, let alone re-elected, represented a triumph of image over
>substance and a definitive retreat into fantasy.
>
>He was the first figurehead president. The man himself was an amiable dunce,
>appealing and in many ways admirable in that he really believed the values
>he projected.
>
>Those same values were in fact horribly perverted while he was in power, but
>nonetheless. He *did* revitalize the country in some ways, dare I say it. He
>reintroduced the concept of personal responsibility, and that was a good
>thing. What the government did with that concept while he was in power is
>another matter, and that in my view was his fatal flaw. Grandiose concepts,
>terrible execution.
>
>Dana
>
>>Rushmore. I don't think horribly of Reagan, but Rushmore? No - that
>>doesn't come to mind.
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