Searching for Reagan page 2

Searching for Reagan page 2 by ric gustafson

In 1980 and 1984, Reagan won the election by a landslide. Reagan was a great writer who wrote letters, radio scripts and columns. Reagan was a storyteller. He liked using stories in his speeches. Reagan distrusted leftism. Reagan believed in hope and freedom. Reagan loved Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson was an early advocate of liberty and independence. Reagan believed in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. Morale was important to Reagan.

Reagan despised Soviet Communism. His plan was to defeat this Evil Empire. He made a pact with Pope John Paul II and British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. Why did Reagan call the Soviet Union  the Evil Empire?. Because Communism had been winning since the Second World War. Reagan decided it was time to go on the offense. We won the Cold War.

Reagan helped change the Republican Party. The Party became more Western, conservative and more populist. Reagan also changed the Party's appeal. Reagan's new message for the Party became family, work, neighborhood, freedom and peace. The country at the time was struggling politically, culturally, militarily and economically. Reagan wanted that to stop.

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