http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2007/02/12/what-would-reagan-have-done/ Don't dis or dismiss this miss! Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:23:12 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2007/02/12/what-would-reagan-have-done/comment-page-1/#comment-695674 Severian Mon, 12 Feb 2007 15:07:45 +0000 http://sistertoldjah.com/archives/2007/02/12/what-would-reagan-have-done/#comment-695674 I miss Reagan...his administration wasn't perfect, but in hindsight he did a LOT more right than wrong. It seems to be human nature to not fully appreciate people until they are gone. The Emperor Augustus, when commenting on his successor Tiberius, said "The Roman people won't fully appreciate me until they've had Tiberius for a few years." I think the thing about Reagan that impressed me then and continues to impress me is that he was a strict Constructionist, he really and truly believed in the Constitution and the principles this country and it's government were founded on, rather than just paying lip service to them. That characteristic is all too hard to find in politicians today, the power corrupts them. Reagan is the closest thing to Cincinnatus we've seen in a long time. I miss Reagan…his administration wasn’t perfect, but in hindsight he did a LOT more right than wrong. It seems to be human nature to not fully appreciate people until they are gone. The Emperor Augustus, when commenting on his successor Tiberius, said “The Roman people won’t fully appreciate me until they’ve had Tiberius for a few years.” I think the thing about Reagan that impressed me then and continues to impress me is that he was a strict Constructionist, he really and truly believed in the Constitution and the principles this country and it’s government were founded on, rather than just paying lip service to them. That characteristic is all too hard to find in politicians today, the power corrupts them. Reagan is the closest thing to Cincinnatus we’ve seen in a long time.

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