A sad time indeed.
While I can't hope to match what Dazzleman or others have expressed, I'll just make a few comments.
Thank you, Ronald Reagan, for bringing back the light to the world. Thank you for not giving up in the face of idiot antinuclear protesters who thought you were more of a danger than the Soviets. Thank you for breaking the enervating mold of 60's radical liberalism. Thank you for at least presenting the viewpoint that endless government growth is neither inevitable nor necessary. Thank you for holding fast to your morals and beliefs, and for acting with warmth and grace, even toward your opponents. And thank you for being
right about things, and for seeing that the insidious evil of Communism could be
beaten, not 'accomodated'. The world has changed for the better because of you, even if I didn't agree with every one of your policies (many of them, yes, but not all
). And anyone who can make the hard left go into conniptions by the mere speaking of their name is fine by me.
Take this tribute from one who was raised liberal, and raised to hate you, and who has cast off most of those shackles. Godspeed Mr. President.
