What would Reagan tell Obama?

Perhaps President Reagan's ghost still lingers in the White House and can advise Barack Obama.

Barack Obama and I have at least one thing in common. We both came of age in the era of Ronald Reagan and the Pax Americana. While Obama was attending Columbia University and becoming a community organizer, I was growing up in a small town in northeast Georgia. What we learned from President Reagan was vastly different, however. Obama grew to oppose all that Reagan stood for, while admiring his charisma and political prowess. I grew to appreciate the truth of Reagan’s words and beliefs. If Obama really admires President Reagan, he should look past his personality and the mere fact of his political success to see effectiveness and truth of the ideas behind Reagan’s actions.

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When President Reagan came to town

"Dutch" Reagan on his ranch in 1976 (Courtesy of Ronald Reagan Library)

On the hundredth anniversary of President Reagan’s birth, I recall when I had the opportunity to see the man who would one day be recognized as one of America’s greatest presidents. The year was 1986 and President Reagan had just cruised to a landslide 49 state re-election victory over Walter Mondale. I was a freshman trombone player in the Hart County High School Bulldog Marching Band. President Reagan was coming to Atlanta to campaign for Georgia’s Republican junior senator, Mack Mattingly, and the Bulldog Band was asked to perform.

In those days, the Democratic Party was still a viable force in Georgia. In fact, most local elections in my home town did not even feature a Republican candidate. The majority of these elections were settled in the Democratic primary with the general election being a mere formality. On top of that, President Reagan had vanquished Georgia native (and the only president from Georgia) Jimmy Carter in 1980. President Reagan was not popular with all of my classmates.

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Part 2: The Reagan Revolution
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