5 thoughts on “Nominating the wrong guy”

  1. Hey Henry I’ve seen that documentary at least 50 times: That’s American Experience-Ronald Reagan; The Greatest president in my lifetime at least. I was 16 years old at the time but I remember watching that convention and the speech. Time proved what you’re saying: Republicans nominated the wrong guy at that time, as a result we got Carter. Thanks for sharing that doc. I Keep on reading!
    Take care
    Rafael Martel

  2. Henry,
    I want to share this personal reflection with you since I’m older than you:
    I arrived to America in 1972. Some years later around the mid-seventies I supported Ronald Reagan(even thought I was not a US citizen yet, and of course I could not vote), because I never liked Jerry Ford after he made the famous speech in which he felt proud to surrender South VietNam to the communists (never forgave him for that).
    Disliked Jerry Ford even less many years later when he gave a free ride (in a news article not supporting the removal from office) to Bill Clinton during the inpeachement process.
    That article from President Ford broke the straw with me and demonstrated me how much of a B.S. or RINO, or whatever you want to call it Republican he was.
    My intuition always told me deep inside that Ronald Reagan was the right leader for this great nation (even years before he became our President) and that one day he would meant great things to America.
    And you now what? years later he did not disapoint me. History proved me right.
    I told you on another post that leaders like Ronald Reagan arrive only once in a lifetime (is something like the almighty puts in the path of this great nation called America to achieve great things for it’s glory). Don’t know how to explain it, but trust me it was meant to be this way.
    That’s why I tell you all this…because I feel the same way that we must not lose the faith to stand up for the freedom of the land that we where born (Cuba), that we must continue the fight, that destiny is in our side no matter how long it takes.
    Ronald Wilson Reagan never lost the faith that one day he would lead the American people to greater hights and we must never lose the faith to stand up for Cuba’s freedom and that Cuba will be eventually be free one way or another.
    At the end (no matter how hard, tought,painful, heartbeaking and worrysome, whatever) we will prevail as well as Ronnie did in his quest.
    That’s all I have to say.

  4. Conductor,
    Please enlighten those of us out there who may not be as well-informed or in-the-know, as who the right choice here would have been. It appears as though you mean to say we have resigned ourselves to accept similar circumstances as those of 1976-80. If so, please offer some suggestions so we can start preparing to “right-the-ship” in 2012. That is, where in the pool of today’s candidates, is our Ronald Reagan??
    If you truly believe that such a leader comes but once in a life time, what are we to do, for we will be hard-pressed to find him?

  5. I sense a little sarcasm there. I was a Fred Thompson supporter. Unlike others I don’t think what hurt him was his delayed entry to the race, but rather what he did or didn’t do once he got in. Fred’s going to be to old to run 2012. When Fred pulled out I examined the field and really liked what Romney had to say. I know Romney has a reputation as a flip flopper but considering that he came from the most liberal state in America I can see why his positions in a national campaign would shift. Ronald Reagan was a Democrat once. Anyway, I think Romney had his Reagan moment at CPAC when he graciously got out of the race. He will no doubt be running in 2012 if McCain loses (which I fully expect). I’m not saying Mitt is another Reagan but I think he would have a been a better candidate for the GOP than McCain.

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