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Politics : Politics for Pros- moderated
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To: KLP who wrote (49147)6/7/2004 3:25:25 PM
From: Andrew N. Cothran  Read Replies (3) of 793912
 
Reagan's most outstanding (I almost typed astounding) was that he depended on common sense: his and his fellow Americans.

And he acted on the basis of common sense, not some enervating sense of what might be politically correct. He acted with conviction from conviction.

These are the traits that separate him from today's typical politicians. This is why he refused, at the State Department's insistence, that he remove the classic line from his Berlin wall speech: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" lest it offend someone. And that is the line that was most wildly cheered. And that is the line that removed the first brick from the edifice that no longer stands.
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