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On this day in history, November 4, 1980, Ronald Reagan elected president: 'Morning again in America

Conservative icon Ronald Reagan, the former Hollywood leading man and California governor who outwitted the American political elite to reach the Oval Office, was elected president of the United States on this day in history, Nov. 4, 1980.

His "triumph capped the rise of the new right/conservative wing of the Republican Party and ushered in a new era of governing," writes the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum.

"Reagan served as arguably the first true conservative U.S. president in over 50 years. [He] advanced domestic policies that featured a lessening of federal government responsibility in solving social problems, reducing restrictions on business, and implementing tax cuts."

He also implemented a muscular foreign policy that many historians say led to the downfall of the Soviet Union and largely ended communism as a viable political philosophy on the global stage.

Reagan easily defeated the sitting president, Democrat Jimmy Carter, who oversaw what he himself called the American "malaise" in an infamously dour July 1979 speech............

https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-nov-4-1980-ronald-reagan-elected-president
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On this day in history, November 5, 1980, I was kicked out of my US & Virginia Government class by my bitchy power-wielding leftist teacher for daring
 to walk into class with a satisfactory wide-beaming grin on my face.
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On this day in history, November 5, 1980, I was kicked out of my US & Virginia Government class by my bitchy power-wielding leftist teacher for daring
 to walk into class with a satisfactory wide-beaming grin on my face.

The leftists power in the classroom has been going on for decades and that's why the GOP will continue to lose.
I Believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.  I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws to respect its flag; and to defend it against all enemies.

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My mom voted for John Anderson. Not sure who my dad voted for.

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My mom voted for John Anderson. Not sure who my dad voted for.

Never heard of him.
I Believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign nation of many sovereign states; a perfect union one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.  I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws to respect its flag; and to defend it against all enemies.

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Never heard of him.

Anderson was the GOP Establishment's last ditch effort to deny Ronald Reagan the White House.
If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then it is not a political party; it is merely a conspiracy to seize power.     -Dwight Eisenhower-

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Anderson was the GOP Establishment's last ditch effort to deny Ronald Reagan the White House.

Yes and she hated and still hates Reagan.

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Boy oh boy that seems like yesterday

I voted for Anderson too. I still have a political button from him
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I was thinking about Reagan today. Perhaps our last president to have been worth anything.
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