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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices

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To: i-node who wrote (467882)4/1/2009 3:40:41 AM
From: bentway  Read Replies (3) of 1578127
 
"Probably the most often-replayed moment in all of American presidential debate history is when Reagan WON the election by destroying Mondale's entire argument (that Reagan was too old). Totally on the the fly."

If you think that wasn't prepared well in advance, you're more of a moron than I thought. As for the "tear down this wall" - it was written by a speechwriter - as were all of Reagan's speeches.

en.wikipedia.org

"..where he authored the famed 1987 Tear down this wall address.

Referencing Soviet General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev's refusal to remove the Berlin Wall, the speech, delivered by Reagan at the Brandenburg Gate in West Berlin on 12 June 1987, contained the sentence
“ Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall! ”

Reagan, an actor noted for his quick memorization, just had to learn the lines needed to be America's front man.
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