Part of Sarah Palin's words:
"The image of the lifeguard seems to represent what Reagan was to America and to the freedom-loving people of the world. He lifted our country up at a time when we were in the depths of economic, cultural and spiritual malaise. We were told that we must accept that the era of American greatness was over; but with his optimism and common sense, President Reagan held up a mirror to the American soul to remind us of our exceptionalism. …'
She says it about as well as anybody -- but when I was reading this excerpt on HotAir.com, and then reading through the comments that accompanied this post.... I came across these words from "Turfman', a fellow blogger. They are certainly worth repeating and thinking about.
"I grew up during the Carter malaise and Reagan was my choice for my first vote for President. But as I have said many times, Reagan wasn’t Reagan until after Reagan. In other words, I didn’t come to fully appreciate his greatness until it was all over.
And we do not need another Reagan right now. We need someone slightly different in that we live in a different age.
I think, personally, that one of my grandchildren will some day write that, in retrospect, that Palin wasn’t Palin until after Palin.
Palin isn’t Reagan – and that is not a knock on her, nor on him."
turfmann on January 24, 2011((Pecozbill note - I had no idea where to find Turfman to ask permission to post his words, but hope he doesn't mind!))
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