But he seemed a natural for the part, just the same.
#Trump whoop that trick pro
He was a pro union actor/Democrat turned hawkish Republican who jauntily delivered lines in his speeches not much better than those in the corny B movies where he starred. Reagan really had no qualifications for the presidency. I am old enough to remember every sitting president of my generation from Truman (who held office when the population of Atchison County, Missouri, was twice what it is now), who reminded me of my plain spoken grandfather, to Eisenhower with his comb over and heart troubles–the Kennedy/Nixon debates–and all the rest.īut the one who surprised me the most was Ronald Reagan. Pouring on more of the same is not the answer to what ails us. That’s because whatever it was that worked for generations before us no longer works for any of us today. Like the over-watered potted tomato plant patiently waiting for spring on my windowsill, rural communities everywhere are struggling with something akin to root rot. It was enough for us simply to be tucked under a wing, snug and warm.Īnd we learned it here first. We were like eggs incubated here, safe and secure, but with little real understanding of how our society developed or why. Most of my generation began life in established communities. The rural America I grew up in is different now. The Daily Yonder's coverage of rural economic issues, including workforce development and the future of work in rural America, is supported in part by Microsoft.
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