Jim Garrow> So, why don’t we hear that Reagan opposed all those developments? Because Ronald Reagan was so genial, so firm but friendly, and so persuasive that he made his historic breach with 60 years of Republican nominees seem just a matter-of-fact. No one was ever kinder or gentler in American politics. Mike Deaver served Ronald Reagan for decades. He described him as seeming like a warm, comfortable feather pillow you just wanted to hug. But once you actually hugged him, you felt this iron bar within. We need a leader who has that backbone of steel and that friendly and disarming manner. We cannot “finesse” the marriage issue. This matter goes to the core of nations and peoples. If we give up on marriage, we give up the future. President Reagan knew that. That’s why he asked Gary Bauer to draft a report on the family in America. That report warned against taxes and regulations that could harm family life, to be sure, but it spoke eloquently to the need to maintain the historic Census definition of a family: A group of people united by blood, marriage, and adoption. Ronald Reagan and Gary Bauer knew what was at stake: That’s why they titled the report: The Family: America’s Future.
Posted on: Sat, 26 Apr 2014 06:32:56 +0000