Something nice from the past.

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25 Responses to Something nice from the past.

  1. Oregontea says:

    Damn, I miss that man.

  2. Red47 says:

    Makes me want to cry to see what has been lost in our country since this man left office. GHWB started the long slide down. He may be a nice man, but he isn't a Conservative. I am not the only one who was here for it, I know. But it is sad to see the loss.

  3. 4arepublic says:

    I remember the day President Reagan was sworn into office after defeating Jimmah "Malaise" Carter. What a joyous day it was to feel so proud to be an American. Reagan gave us dignity and sanity after Nixon's resignation and Ford lost to the peanut head.

  4. Red47 says:

    I remember the caisson rolling down the streets of DC to the sound of the single repeated drumbeat. I could almost reach out and touch it as it went by. I remember the empty boots.
    Mostly, I remember that I had freedom and opportunity that I did not have under Carter or Nixon.

    • Hobbes says:

      What a wonderful memory, Red.

      • Red47 says:

        Yes and no. I am one of those people who absorb emotion and that was a very dramatic procession. It sobers me when I think of it. that drumbeat…boom, boom, boom–sent chills up my spine. (no leg tingle, though) I cannot find a vid with that eerie muffled drum beat. It was moving.

        • Hobbes says:

          I guess, wonderful was the wrong word … moving would have been better. I was just trying to express how touching a memory like that must be… I think, "touching" is the right word to use.

  5. Hobbes says:

    Sigh… the last of the great statesmen!