Reagan's "A Time For Choosing" speech from October 1964
I'm sure most here are familiar with this one (and if you aren't you should be), but I hadn't seen it in a while and quite enjoyed the reminder lately when it came up again:
August 23, 2018, 03:30 PM
PD
Reagan was annihilated at the GOP convention. It was probably a good thing because whoever was elected was going to get dragged down by Vietnam and we would never have seen him for the post-Carter reconstruction.
August 23, 2018, 03:33 PM
Jim Shugart
My dad, a lifelong dem, told me that if I voted for Barry Goldwater we'd be at war with Vietnam. I did and we were.
When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth. - George Bernard Shaw
August 23, 2018, 04:08 PM
Aquabird
And they tried to say obama was a great orator.
Reagan had his shit together.
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August 23, 2018, 04:08 PM
PD
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart: My dad, a lifelong dem, told me that if I voted for Barry Goldwater we'd be at war with Vietnam. I did and we were.
So we can blame the war on your dad? (I’m joking, of course)
August 23, 2018, 04:15 PM
PD
quote:
Originally posted by Aquabird: And they tried to say obama was a great orator.
This was one of my bitches about Obama. His base loved his speeches. They were read off a teleprompter. When he went off script he sounded like a Chicago thug.
Can't figure out how to show the vid like above....
August 23, 2018, 07:56 PM
46and2
I'd like to compare the numbers he's quoting throughout against those from today/2018.
In any case, I think it's an excellent speech with lots of nuggets/points/etc scattered throughout.
August 23, 2018, 08:11 PM
Gustofer
Every so often, when I need a kick in the ass, I listen to that speech.
________________________________________________________ "Great danger lies in the notion that we can reason with evil." Doug Patton.
August 23, 2018, 08:19 PM
chellim1
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart: My dad, a lifelong dem, told me that if I voted for Barry Goldwater we'd be at war with Vietnam. I did and we were.
"Some things are apparent. Where government moves in, community retreats, civil society disintegrates and our ability to control our own destiny atrophies. The result is: families under siege; war in the streets; unapologetic expropriation of property; the precipitous decline of the rule of law; the rapid rise of corruption; the loss of civility and the triumph of deceit. The result is a debased, debauched culture which finds moral depravity entertaining and virtue contemptible." -- Justice Janice Rogers Brown
"The United States government is the largest criminal enterprise on earth." -rduckwor
August 25, 2018, 10:06 AM
smschulz
quote:
Originally posted by Jim Shugart: My dad, a lifelong dem, told me that if I voted for Barry Goldwater we'd be at war with Vietnam. I did and we were.
