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Thread #70396   Message #1201117
Posted By: Cruiser
05-Jun-04 - 08:40 PM
Thread Name: Obit: Ronald Reagan, actor, pres
Subject: RE: Obit: Ronald Reagan, actor, pres
From AP:

President Bush mourned Ronald Reagan on Saturday as a great American who "leaves behind a nation he restored and a world he helped save."

Bush said Reagan "had the confidence that comes with conviction, the strength that comes with character, the grace that comes with humility, and the humor that comes with wisdom."

Bush said that during the years of Reagan's presidency, the nation "laid to rest an era of division and self-doubt and because of his leadership the world laid to rest an era of fear and tyranny."

Bush walked somberly down an arcing staircase into a sitting room and assumed his position behind a lectern with the presidential seal. He blinked back tears as he said this line: "He always told us for America the best is yet to come.

"We comfort ourselves in the knowledge that this is true for him too," Bush said. "His work is done. And now a shining city awaits him."

I am sure Reagan is up yonder saying down to Bush:

"Go out there and win one for the gipper"