You would have to be a die-hard serious political geek to know that Ronald Reagan was not supposed to ever win the nomination, let alone the presidency of the United States. He did it in spite of the Republican establishment who thought he was unelectable because he was such a radical conservative.
In the video below, he is speaking on behalf of Barry Goldwater, who was also depicted as a crazy, right-wing nut job by the dominant liberals or leftists of the day.
Most politicians today can't give a speech as Reagan did, speaking plainly to an audience as though they have intelligence and are aware of what's really going on in the world. Oh, and he did it without a teleprompter.
Except for some of the data points, it is amazing how many of the situations parallel all that we see around us today.
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