Sunday, February 06, 2011

"Tear down this wall"

In honor of the hundredth anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth:



And remember--they tried to get him to take out that historic line, but he wouldn't.

Somehow, too, I don't think it would have been the same with a teleprompter!
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3 comments:

  1. Richard D2/07/2011 5:20 PM

    How I miss this man.

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  2. Leonhard3/20/2011 12:59 PM

    Who tried talking him out of that line?

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  3. Lydia McGrew3/20/2011 3:47 PM

    His aides, Leonhard. Those who went over the speech with him and advised him about it. I don't have the names at my fingertips, but it would be easy enough to look up. They suggested more passive constructions, such as, "One day this wall will disappear."

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