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Reagan narrowly lost the Republican nomination in 1976 to incumbant Gerald Ford. The crowd at the convention begged Reagan to come down and give these stirring remarks. (Add picture)

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calmnsense (0)
06/05/2004
I'm no Reagan fan, but I remember the speech well and thought at the time, if I can be moved to tears (and remember, I was and am NOT a Reagan fan), then this is one of the most amazing speeches of my lifetime. I believe it set him up as the presumptive nominee in 1980 and for me, summed up why he was the great Communicator. I also pray sympathy for his family as he approaches the end of his long goodbye...my mother has Alzheimer's so I can definitely empathize with them. God Bless Nancy Reagan for defending stem cell research (Conservatives, wake up on this subject, will you???)

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Solenoid DH (19)
04/18/2004
I was sitting alone at home watching this live. It was an unplanned speech, one invited spontaneously by Gerald Ford. Reagan hesitated a while before coming down. When he did, he gave what I have always considered the most inspiring political speech I ever heard. The convention crowd went totally silent and many of them were moved to tears. From that night on, I kept praying that Reagan would be our president one day. I'm thankful that a couple of years ago I was able to get a video of the speech.

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