09-26-2012, 08:38 PM
Mr. Reagan had his 'dark spots' but he you can't really compare him to modern day Republicans.
The bombing of Russia as a sentiment many Americans had at that time. It was the Cold War, most of us at that time were terrified of the USA and USSR going to war. He was a product of that Cold war as were the rest of us who remember elementary school and the foolish notion that if a bomb went off we would be OK with Duck and Cover.
Also understand that this was a sound check. I doubt Mr. Reagan would have voiced such a 'joke' to a public audience. Unlike Romney and his story of his dog on the roof, or his most recent 'telling' moment when he basically threw 47% of the USA under the bus to a live audience.
Mr. Reagan also had a bit more 'truth' and 'childlike wonder' to him - I don't dare say liberalism... After all he was the one that kept on asking 'What would happen if a Alien invasion took place?' http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/exopol...agan03.htm
If Romney said something like that, coupled with his idea that Russia (A Free Democracy now) is somehow still our enemy as it was during the Soviet Days, it would be terrifying even as a joke.
Mr. Reagan was also an actor, thus doing 'straight faced' humor was something he was trained to do. While this is only an audio recording, I suspect he was at least smiling with his eyes.
Mr. Reagan, although considered 'only an actor' had a very good idea of what was going on in the current world (for his time), he was also on personal friendly terms with the Leader(s) of the USSR during his later presidency.
As far as I can remember, Reagan wasn't as wishy-washy on all subjects, He was also bi-partisan and actually tried to work with Democrats: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011.../?page=all
Granted a few days have past since I voted for Reagan (Yes, I voted for him as president - second term), but I recall him as being a better person than Romney.
Sorry Walter Mondale scared me - not as much as Romney or Palin, but enough to get me to vote Republican.
The 1980's are nothing like the 21st century. We had a clear, singular enemy (the Soviet Union), while the economy was bad, it wasn't this bad. We were also recovering from the Iranian hostage crises. All war taking place at that time was the two superpowers using third parties to fight the Cold war.
If Romney said this I would be outside with a shovel rapidly increasing the size of the root cellar to act as a fall out shelter - or a grave....
The bombing of Russia as a sentiment many Americans had at that time. It was the Cold War, most of us at that time were terrified of the USA and USSR going to war. He was a product of that Cold war as were the rest of us who remember elementary school and the foolish notion that if a bomb went off we would be OK with Duck and Cover.
Also understand that this was a sound check. I doubt Mr. Reagan would have voiced such a 'joke' to a public audience. Unlike Romney and his story of his dog on the roof, or his most recent 'telling' moment when he basically threw 47% of the USA under the bus to a live audience.
Mr. Reagan also had a bit more 'truth' and 'childlike wonder' to him - I don't dare say liberalism... After all he was the one that kept on asking 'What would happen if a Alien invasion took place?' http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/exopol...agan03.htm
If Romney said something like that, coupled with his idea that Russia (A Free Democracy now) is somehow still our enemy as it was during the Soviet Days, it would be terrifying even as a joke.
Mr. Reagan was also an actor, thus doing 'straight faced' humor was something he was trained to do. While this is only an audio recording, I suspect he was at least smiling with his eyes.
Mr. Reagan, although considered 'only an actor' had a very good idea of what was going on in the current world (for his time), he was also on personal friendly terms with the Leader(s) of the USSR during his later presidency.
As far as I can remember, Reagan wasn't as wishy-washy on all subjects, He was also bi-partisan and actually tried to work with Democrats: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011.../?page=all
Granted a few days have past since I voted for Reagan (Yes, I voted for him as president - second term), but I recall him as being a better person than Romney.
Sorry Walter Mondale scared me - not as much as Romney or Palin, but enough to get me to vote Republican.
The 1980's are nothing like the 21st century. We had a clear, singular enemy (the Soviet Union), while the economy was bad, it wasn't this bad. We were also recovering from the Iranian hostage crises. All war taking place at that time was the two superpowers using third parties to fight the Cold war.
If Romney said this I would be outside with a shovel rapidly increasing the size of the root cellar to act as a fall out shelter - or a grave....
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