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To: Neocon who wrote (56997)	10/4/1999 1:39:00 PM
From: Zoltan!	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

Excellent, but one thing: >>Then, in '64, he gave a nominating speech for Barry Goldwater at the Republican National Convention that many found galvanizing. Reagan was giving a speech around California for AuH2O and some prominent Republicans asked him if he would give the speech to a national audience if they could raise the money. Reagan said it was alright with him if Goldwater agreed. Well, Goldwater did not agree. Goldwater wanted the money for his own telecast but Reagan said that he could not give that money to Goldwater since it was not his and asked Goldwater to hear a tape of his speech. Goldwater listened and agreed that Reagan should go forward. That speech, called "A Time for Choosing", was telecast nationally on NBC one week before the election. Later called "The Speech", it was written by Reagan and honed for years and it brought an unprecedented public outpouring of support and is considered easily the greatest speech of its kind in modern American history, eclipsing William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech. On the basis of that and subsequent performance, Reagan easily beat the man who beat Nixon and became governor of California within two short years. btw, Reagan's consolation speech in 1976 is considered as the finest ever given. You could tell at the end that people - even Ford partisans - knew that they had nominated the wrong man. That mistake would not stand. btw2, in 1960 Joseph Kennedy called on Reagan and asked him not to campaign against JFK - knowing full well how effective Reagan was.

To: Neocon who wrote (56997)	10/4/1999 1:56:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

All you really need to say is the fact that Reagan was not an intellectual is neither here nor there. But let's not kid ourselves, he wasn't an intellectual. Certainly, he had his gifts, and I voted for him, and campaigned for him, but I'd never argue that he was an intellectual. And I found his family life to be appalling, especially in light of his verbal support for family values. Making people feel warm and fuzzy isn't at all the same thing as walking the walk, and when it came to family, he didn't walk the walk, he just talked the talk. But then, he was a politician.