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is reagan. reagan adopted many of his issues after he was 40. you know, whole idea of tax cuts and remember, once at cpac, where a group of us were talking with him at the reception before the dinner and he said, you know, these tax cuts that i'm pushing and i'm proposing are. yeah, they're going to help the economy and they're going to help stimulate the all this other stuff, he said. but really it's about empowering. i don't think, to use the word empowering, but he said spending power back to the individual. and he was right. he was right. i mean, this is this this requires a lot of intellect because. he knew that power cannot created or destroyed. it can only be around. and so the time of the new deal up until the reagan presidency, power had been steadily moving from the american people to washington because of regulation, tax policy, even sometimes speech policy, as we had world war two. so this power was always was was coming all washington and reagan wanted to stop that and go back to where the framers and founders were, which is to retu
is reagan. reagan adopted many of his issues after he was 40. you know, whole idea of tax cuts and remember, once at cpac, where a group of us were talking with him at the reception before the dinner and he said, you know, these tax cuts that i'm pushing and i'm proposing are. yeah, they're going to help the economy and they're going to help stimulate the all this other stuff, he said. but really it's about empowering. i don't think, to use the word empowering, but he said spending power back...
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cards that that ronald reagan sent to reagan. you know, every every valentine's day, every birthday, every thanksgiving, every christmas, every new year. how much loved her. very, very sweet to read. and you know what? he was a wife. she was away for even a few days. he would be writing in his diary how desperately he missed her. and so had a very close bond. but it wasn't. and and, of course, their marriage was primarily about love. and in a way that almost made even their kids like they were left out because she really his top priority but she was also a very effective political partner for him although she did not and want to again this is another myth. some suggest that she pushed him to the or she pushed him into politics. neither of that is true, as far as i can tell. nancy didn't really have any political belief. she didn't really have much political ambition. but what she wanted was whatever was the best for her, ronnie, and she understood that her husband wanted to be in politics. so she was going to be make that as succ
cards that that ronald reagan sent to reagan. you know, every every valentine's day, every birthday, every thanksgiving, every christmas, every new year. how much loved her. very, very sweet to read. and you know what? he was a wife. she was away for even a few days. he would be writing in his diary how desperately he missed her. and so had a very close bond. but it wasn't. and and, of course, their marriage was primarily about love. and in a way that almost made even their kids like they were...
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and reagan reagan saw, this. and he said, look, i need to restore morale, because for the first time in history, in 1980, parents did not think they'd always thought every time, ever since been polled, parents always thought the future would be better for the children than had been for them until 1980, when that stopped. people not think that anymore. so the idea that joe biden is a great president is, just nonsense. it's poppycock. ridiculous. name one thing that he's been successful at other than spending money. and by way any more on can spend money. well, i also think that just you know reagan watched a few john travolta movies in the white house. i'm sorry. i think reagan. a few john travolta movies. yeah. he probably did. well, just to clear vulture, travolta was three. screen was no travolta. i really like him as an actor. i just said there's a joke. but travolta was a guest at, the reagan white house several times, and he actually danced with princess di there. that's right. all right. i think we have mat
and reagan reagan saw, this. and he said, look, i need to restore morale, because for the first time in history, in 1980, parents did not think they'd always thought every time, ever since been polled, parents always thought the future would be better for the children than had been for them until 1980, when that stopped. people not think that anymore. so the idea that joe biden is a great president is, just nonsense. it's poppycock. ridiculous. name one thing that he's been successful at other...
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and that was reagan's essentially reagan wanted to build up.he wanted to support democracy and oppose the soviet union rhetorically. but was extremely careful about putting u.s. forces into into conflict in general, and especially only with the soviet union, because he was well aware of the dangers of, nuclear conflict and in today's world, vladimir has threatened to use tactical nuclear weapons on a number occasions. i think being extreme cautious is something that reagan would advise republicans and democrats, but he would also speak up for defending democratic values. and he would speak, i think, quite strongly to members what have his political about the importance of defending democracy and call out russian tyranny. in some ways, the situation is less stable today than it was then because the soviet at least had a collective leadership. there were some and balances within the soviet. there is no leadership in russia today. there's only. there's only. and so i think that's would suggest that reagan's policy. but being extremely careful abou
and that was reagan's essentially reagan wanted to build up.he wanted to support democracy and oppose the soviet union rhetorically. but was extremely careful about putting u.s. forces into into conflict in general, and especially only with the soviet union, because he was well aware of the dangers of, nuclear conflict and in today's world, vladimir has threatened to use tactical nuclear weapons on a number occasions. i think being extreme cautious is something that reagan would advise...
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cards that that ronald reagan sent to reagan. you know, every every valentine's day, every birthday, every thanksgiving, every christmas, every new year. how much loved her. very, very sweet to read. and you know what? he was a wife. she was away for even a few days. he would be writing in his diary how desperately he missed her. and so had a very close bond. but it wasn't. and and, of course, their marriage was primarily about love. and in a way that almost made even their kids like they were left out because she really his top priority but she was also a very effective political partner for him although she did not and want to again this is another myth. some suggest that she pushed him to the or she pushed him into politics. neither of that is true, as far as i can tell. nancy didn't really have any political belief. she didn't really have much political ambition. but what she wanted was whatever was the best for her, ronnie, and she understood that her husband wanted to be in politics. so she was going to be make that as succ
cards that that ronald reagan sent to reagan. you know, every every valentine's day, every birthday, every thanksgiving, every christmas, every new year. how much loved her. very, very sweet to read. and you know what? he was a wife. she was away for even a few days. he would be writing in his diary how desperately he missed her. and so had a very close bond. but it wasn't. and and, of course, their marriage was primarily about love. and in a way that almost made even their kids like they were...
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and people around reagan. so it's very shrewd analysis. so as we began to analyze the 1980 campaign, it came upon the 80 campaign. i realized that the book was finished and nixon restless and it was time him to go to new york. and that meant i was going to be out of work and and so i was looking to him for some advice and. so he he gave me some pretty good advice. he told me visited a fellow named stu spencer, and i was that's when i was looking for work. and stu, who's sitting there in the front row and stu was in newport beach at the time he was a handsome client ace. and so i went to see stu and and we made an acquaintance with each other. and i actually i think i wrote a small speech for stu and then the time came around for. the 1976. later on, when the campaign for 1980 came and stu was putting the campaign together. he chose me to be a speechwriter for reagan's campaign, but that didn't happen automatically because stu got in trouble in 76 with the reagan's because ran gerry ford's campaign in 1976. so
and people around reagan. so it's very shrewd analysis. so as we began to analyze the 1980 campaign, it came upon the 80 campaign. i realized that the book was finished and nixon restless and it was time him to go to new york. and that meant i was going to be out of work and and so i was looking to him for some advice and. so he he gave me some pretty good advice. he told me visited a fellow named stu spencer, and i was that's when i was looking for work. and stu, who's sitting there in the...
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reagan's kicking reagan under the table. stop, stop stop. and. and then reagan. well, i also do what jimmy stewart? and of course, it sounds like reagan doing jimmy stewart right now. everybody's everybody's sick of it. right? and then finally, look and i also do truman capote. and so richardson triggered let me hear you. truman capote. you ringo's all out. oh, you know, and rich says, mr. president, it's pretty good. but you don't have a material. and reagan's says, well, do you have any ideas? so, rich down the cocktail answer to. reagan. reagan looks at his eyes right up the reads. he says, well, they said, i wrote in cold, but actually i wrote in ink ink. well, we could go on with more of these great stories, anecdotes. i mean, anyone who worked with reagan certainly has a few of them. yes. and i know we have a few veterans, the administration in the audience today that. hopefully, we'll get to hear from them, too. but please, let's fielding some questions from the. and i'm sure there's inquiring minds and about. i believe maggie or my wonderful colleague wil
reagan's kicking reagan under the table. stop, stop stop. and. and then reagan. well, i also do what jimmy stewart? and of course, it sounds like reagan doing jimmy stewart right now. everybody's everybody's sick of it. right? and then finally, look and i also do truman capote. and so richardson triggered let me hear you. truman capote. you ringo's all out. oh, you know, and rich says, mr. president, it's pretty good. but you don't have a material. and reagan's says, well, do you have any...
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thatr wasn't for reagan. running for the senate was not for reagan.reagan viewed himself as a leader. he was president of the screen actors' guild, he was a leading public individual. governor suited him, president suited him because it was an executive, not a member of a legislature. i'll tell you one story the -- many years ago a when i was interning in the senate for jacob javits, my only -- you remember javits, being from new york -- >> [inaudible] >> well, my parents were very, very active in the new york state conservative party, and they the always had we three kids out passion out brochures and going to polling places, all that stuff. and in '64 when i was 8ingyears old, i was going door to door for barry goldwater handing out literature, and many years later when with i was interning if the senatens for javits who, ironically, was one of the reasons why the party was formed because of the revulsion toward ken keating and others, and i was -- it was in the russell senate office building, and i had to take a message over to the senator on the s
thatr wasn't for reagan. running for the senate was not for reagan.reagan viewed himself as a leader. he was president of the screen actors' guild, he was a leading public individual. governor suited him, president suited him because it was an executive, not a member of a legislature. i'll tell you one story the -- many years ago a when i was interning in the senate for jacob javits, my only -- you remember javits, being from new york -- >> [inaudible] >> well, my parents were very,...
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so the reagan administration, some senior officials in the reagan administration went about a an enterprise to raise private funds and channel those funds to the contras to support their effort to overthrow the nicaraguan government and the way they raised those monies was to sell arms to iran and also raise money and get money from other countries and private sources. this was in contradiction to the reagan administration stated policy of not negotiating with terrorist regimes or regimes that supported terrorism. and in the case of iran, of course, in the early eighties, iran had been, as it still does, sponsoring terrorist organizations in the middle east. and one of them was called in is called hezbollah. and it had taken hostage --, american hostages in beirut. so this complex scheme where the reagan administration officials were negotiating with iran, agreeing to sell them arms in exchange for the release of these hostages, some of the funds from those sales and other fundraising activities would then translate to the support of the contras. so this that's that's that's what the iran c
so the reagan administration, some senior officials in the reagan administration went about a an enterprise to raise private funds and channel those funds to the contras to support their effort to overthrow the nicaraguan government and the way they raised those monies was to sell arms to iran and also raise money and get money from other countries and private sources. this was in contradiction to the reagan administration stated policy of not negotiating with terrorist regimes or regimes that...
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we have multiple pictures of ronald reagan and nancy reagan _ pictures of ronald reagan and nancy reaganeagan. i want to talk about the dublin zoo- _ reagan. i want to talk about the dublin zoo. a _ reagan. i want to talk about the dublin zoo. a wonderful - reagan. i want to talk about the dublin zoo. a wonderful story i reagan. i want to talk about the dublin zoo. a wonderful story in | reagan. i want to talk about the i dublin zoo. a wonderful story in the pages today coming out of ireland about an orangutan, and orangutan very critically endangered species and it's important that they have babies that we help nurture their young. there's a particular orangutan in the dublin zoo that been unable to feed its infants and twice now it is of the baby and it's not been able to breast—feed him and the baby has died. this time, the orangutan got pregnant for their time and they brought and a load of mums like human mums from dublin who just had kids to breast—feed in front of the orangutan mother was pregnant and show her how to do it for the last few months and complete secret, this army of
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andropov seemed to be saying to reagan: "well, mr.president, look at the evil empire through the eyes of a child. alas, the fate of the angel of peace turned tragic two years after her trip to the ussr, samantha. smith and her father died in a plane crash, and although the cause was bad weather conditions, many believed that everything was set up by american intelligence services. in 1986, already under mikhail gorbachev, a return trip of the soviet schoolgirl to the usa was prepared. goodwill ambassador, katya lycheva was chosen from several thousand children. her photo with ronald reagan will fly around the world. this will happen later. and other summits, and reagan and gorbachev publicly admit that there can be no winners in a nuclear war, but the first to tread the road to peace and disarmament were children. in the morning we will wake up not in moscow, it is love, chose for you, in the sky starry for you, you see me for, for me myself, without you, you almost you, i could not tell you. international music festival dreamfest in
andropov seemed to be saying to reagan: "well, mr.president, look at the evil empire through the eyes of a child. alas, the fate of the angel of peace turned tragic two years after her trip to the ussr, samantha. smith and her father died in a plane crash, and although the cause was bad weather conditions, many believed that everything was set up by american intelligence services. in 1986, already under mikhail gorbachev, a return trip of the soviet schoolgirl to the usa was prepared....
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ronald reagan: thank you very much. douglas brinkley: the country pulled around reagan.had said in the diaries that i've edited, when i woke up in the hospital, i had been staring at the ceiling only to realize that i'm now going to give my life to god. that this was such a near-death experience that i'm going to make the world safer to live in by reducing nuclear weapons. and he did go about that with mikhail gorbachev in the 1980s. sara sidner: once he left the white house, president reagan also softened his stance on gun control, partly because his press secretary, james brady, was paralyzed from the shooting and remained in a wheelchair for the rest of his life. adam winkler: jim brady suffered very significant brain injuries as a result of the shooting. sara sidner: unable to return to his dream job serving as white house press secretary, he and his wife sarah became champions for gun safety legislation that would eventually be known as the brady bill. kris brown: they were lifelong republicans. they were gun owners. and of course, they had tremendous connections in
ronald reagan: thank you very much. douglas brinkley: the country pulled around reagan.had said in the diaries that i've edited, when i woke up in the hospital, i had been staring at the ceiling only to realize that i'm now going to give my life to god. that this was such a near-death experience that i'm going to make the world safer to live in by reducing nuclear weapons. and he did go about that with mikhail gorbachev in the 1980s. sara sidner: once he left the white house, president reagan...
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20 million new jobs under the reagan doctrine. one by one. it was the communist dominoes that began to fall. first, grenada was, liberated by us. airborne that the u.s. marine corps. and mighty red army was driven out of afghanistan. and then american weapons. and then in nicaragua cuba. that squalid marxist regime was forced to hold free elections by. ronald reagan's contra army and the communists were thrown out of power power. fellow americans, we ought to remember, it was under our party that the berlin wall came down and europe was reunited. it was under our party that soviet empire collapsed and the captive nations broke free. you know, it is said that every american president will be remembered in history with a single sentence. george washington was father of his country. abraham lincoln freed the slaves and save the union. and ronald reagan won the cold war. and it is time time. and it is just about time. it is about time. that my old colleagues, the columnists and commentators looking down on us tonight from skyboxes and
20 million new jobs under the reagan doctrine. one by one. it was the communist dominoes that began to fall. first, grenada was, liberated by us. airborne that the u.s. marine corps. and mighty red army was driven out of afghanistan. and then american weapons. and then in nicaragua cuba. that squalid marxist regime was forced to hold free elections by. ronald reagan's contra army and the communists were thrown out of power power. fellow americans, we ought to remember, it was under our party...
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20 million new jobs under the reagan doctrine. one by one. it was the communist dominoes that began to fall. first, grenada was, liberated by us. airborne that the u.s. marine corps. and mighty red army was driven out of afghanistan. and then american weapons. and then in nicaragua cuba. that squalid marxist regime was forced to hold free elections by. ronald reagan's contra army and the communists were thrown out of power power. fellow americans, we ought to remember, it was under our party that the berlin wall came down and europe was reunited. it was under our party that soviet empire collapsed and the captive nations broke free. you know, it is said that every american president will be remembered in history with a single sentence. george washington was father of his country. abraham lincoln freed the slaves and save the union. and ronald reagan won the cold war. and it is time time. and it is just about time. it is about time. that my old colleagues, the columnists and commentators looking down on us tonight from skyboxes and
20 million new jobs under the reagan doctrine. one by one. it was the communist dominoes that began to fall. first, grenada was, liberated by us. airborne that the u.s. marine corps. and mighty red army was driven out of afghanistan. and then american weapons. and then in nicaragua cuba. that squalid marxist regime was forced to hold free elections by. ronald reagan's contra army and the communists were thrown out of power power. fellow americans, we ought to remember, it was under our party...
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reagan did reagan did reagan cooperate with iran behind the scenes to make sure the hostages weren't released right before. the election, which would have given a boost to carter. again, the evidence, i would say pretty thin, the election result, it was a close election. nixon won by about a half million votes in 1968. the electoral college was a little more decisive, not a landslide but a little more decisive, especially when you factor in wallace's 46 electoral votes that he got that year. so in effect, if you kind of add nixon plus wallace and interpret that to be kind of the anti incumbent vote it's a much more decisive election that year. but what i leave you with is one final thought nixon might be the winner, but nixon, millions of people voted for nixon, not they loved him, but because go back to what i said before, because he was acceptable. he was the bad of the alternatives. he was a way to kind of rewind the clock and choose someone who whose political office and career was before vietnam, before the unrest and chaos of the country and. so nixon was really the best of the
reagan did reagan did reagan cooperate with iran behind the scenes to make sure the hostages weren't released right before. the election, which would have given a boost to carter. again, the evidence, i would say pretty thin, the election result, it was a close election. nixon won by about a half million votes in 1968. the electoral college was a little more decisive, not a landslide but a little more decisive, especially when you factor in wallace's 46 electoral votes that he got that year. so...
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people forget reagan was a democrat first, you know,.. it was also at a time, i'm sure you remember this, we had conservative democrats, we had liberal republicans. it was a different world where it wasn't so polarized as it is today. if anything, i sure would like to see us get back a little closer to that. >> trace: what do you think ronald reagan would make of donald trump? >> that's really tough. that's a tough one. i don't know if i can answer that one. but you know me, i will say this, donald trump is -- his principles are pretty close to reagan in the sense of those things that he was for. but the principles. because i'm one of those that thinks that donald trump is actually a very principled man and reagan covered by principles. i thinks that -- think that would be beyond politics. >> trace: when you do research on ronald reagan, are you reading biographies, are you reading other people's perception or all of it? >> i've been doing all of that. i read about five biographies on him. i lived through it, those times. that was anothe
people forget reagan was a democrat first, you know,.. it was also at a time, i'm sure you remember this, we had conservative democrats, we had liberal republicans. it was a different world where it wasn't so polarized as it is today. if anything, i sure would like to see us get back a little closer to that. >> trace: what do you think ronald reagan would make of donald trump? >> that's really tough. that's a tough one. i don't know if i can answer that one. but you know me, i will...
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reagan is never a challenger and i think probably reagan played it p right. he wasn't hurt by nixon's victory and he wasn't hurt by watergate. he ran again in 80 and one. reagan publicly did the right thing by not running. but the right thing might be not to run. nixon on the issues. nixon on the issues again a moderate to liberal wing international side of the republican party. i think he was in terms of what was he politically if you take nixon in 60 and cold water on the right in 64 nixon was somewhere in between the two. nixon felt that 60 he promised the first african-american cabinet and nixon won. really bold declarations of civil rights at a time when ittr was still controversial. goldwater showed the pendulum like o the otherwise to nixon sd i need to be somewhere in between those two lines to nixon was a centrist and 68. that allows rockefellerr and romney on the left and reagan to be on the right and leaving nixon in the middle to reach out to both sides. nixon wasn't loved by liberals of thet party and he wasn't lod by conservators of the party th
reagan is never a challenger and i think probably reagan played it p right. he wasn't hurt by nixon's victory and he wasn't hurt by watergate. he ran again in 80 and one. reagan publicly did the right thing by not running. but the right thing might be not to run. nixon on the issues. nixon on the issues again a moderate to liberal wing international side of the republican party. i think he was in terms of what was he politically if you take nixon in 60 and cold water on the right in 64 nixon...
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he almost breaks reagan's reagan assumes that his is rib has been broken because that's how hard he shoved him into the wheel. well, essentially, you know the peace in between the two. it's not the wheel. well, i'm not really good at cars either. that transmission the transmission hump. reagan's chess goes down on that. he's convinced his rib, or ribs are broken. another amazing agent timmy who everybody considers sort of this hulking football player, but basically like a real rookie a youngster. he hears the shot also doesn't look left doesn't look right knows where the gunfires coming from points toward points his chest toward it and throws out his hands as as fast as he can and as wide as he can and that ultimately, those two men save reagan's life now a bullet does get through and it ricoches into is this boring by the way, have you guys all know this? okay, sometimes i really figure you guys know all this you can tell me about the cars and the guns later so so and by the way, most of this i learned with the same chill by reading the fbi's 302s which are the fbi agents interviewing the
he almost breaks reagan's reagan assumes that his is rib has been broken because that's how hard he shoved him into the wheel. well, essentially, you know the peace in between the two. it's not the wheel. well, i'm not really good at cars either. that transmission the transmission hump. reagan's chess goes down on that. he's convinced his rib, or ribs are broken. another amazing agent timmy who everybody considers sort of this hulking football player, but basically like a real rookie a...
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about ronald reagan's two terms in office first time time a feature film made about 40th president a you know her from movies carlito's way, golden globe skren, a globe nominee starring in biopic reagan plays nancy reagan alongside dennis quaid, america's 40th president from childhood to the white house take a look. >> i am about to start the biggest war of this century not going to fire a single shot. >> if you came back after -- you just wait. >> what did president know when did he know it. >> what would you have me do. >> i want you to fight. >> ♪ . . >> if gorbachev tear down this wall. >> penelope congratulations, allow fantastic this film is. >> thank you, i am so glad you watched it so glad you liked it. >> i loved it i loved it let me say i can't believe this is the first feature film about reagan. >> was a very, very popular famous president for eight years not only and governor of california before screen actors guild president before that a legacy why has nobody done a movie about him. >> we hawk a regularonomics, what was it like playing nancy reagan. >> daunting i was ne
about ronald reagan's two terms in office first time time a feature film made about 40th president a you know her from movies carlito's way, golden globe skren, a globe nominee starring in biopic reagan plays nancy reagan alongside dennis quaid, america's 40th president from childhood to the white house take a look. >> i am about to start the biggest war of this century not going to fire a single shot. >> if you came back after -- you just wait. >> what did president know when...
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the reagan administration? eight years. so it took you two years longer to write the book than the reagan administration? alas, as i write, it was not a fly by night project. i think you can say that for sure. so it was it was family cooperating with you in any way. yeah. i mean, primarily patty and ron, two of the kids were very cooperative and very helpful. and actually read the book already and and gave it a thumbs up. i was very happy to see. really. okay. so ronald reagan is somebody that was very worried, his own legacy in some respects, or maybe his family was. and so had a biographer, edmund, who for the last year and a half or so was embedded into the reagan white house and administration. right. most to write a biography of reagan, whatever happened to that. why did that not work? well, edmund morris had on had access to reagan administration. and i think you can say he basically blew it and produced a volume that was had some interesting research in it and was well written in. but it was basically to the word of
the reagan administration? eight years. so it took you two years longer to write the book than the reagan administration? alas, as i write, it was not a fly by night project. i think you can say that for sure. so it was it was family cooperating with you in any way. yeah. i mean, primarily patty and ron, two of the kids were very cooperative and very helpful. and actually read the book already and and gave it a thumbs up. i was very happy to see. really. okay. so ronald reagan is somebody that...
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among reagan scholars, it is simply known as the speech before ronald reagan was thought of as a b level actor. after that he was thought of as one of the leaders of the republican party. he would be elected governor of california and president 16 years later. the other president is abraham house divided speech. you know when in in the same category rhetorical effectiveness as reagan and abraham lincoln that you're not doing too bad right now our goal here today is to analyze the effectiveness of that speech and figure out why it was so successful. now analyzing effectiveness is not as easy as it might seem to be. you know would think. well we'll just look at effect of the speech but in almost all cases with rhetoric there is no data. if the governor kelly of kansas gives a speech, there's probably going to be no polling, nothing that would tell us whether the speech was effective and if there is, say, six people write letters to the editor or she gets applause three times, it's very hard to tell what that means. was the audience being polite or was really a stirring speech? now, in othe
among reagan scholars, it is simply known as the speech before ronald reagan was thought of as a b level actor. after that he was thought of as one of the leaders of the republican party. he would be elected governor of california and president 16 years later. the other president is abraham house divided speech. you know when in in the same category rhetorical effectiveness as reagan and abraham lincoln that you're not doing too bad right now our goal here today is to analyze the effectiveness...