President Reagan's Interview with Tom Brokaw on January 17, 1989

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• DW

  @dwass394 · 5 years ago

  He was 78 at the time of this interview.  Joe Biden is 78.  What a huge difference in cognitive function.

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• RE

  @Reaction_60 · 4 years ago

  No flashing screen graphics, no silly sound effects, no vicious hostility in either direction. Just an intelligent conversation. Wow.

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• SE

  @sensible7668 · 2 years ago

  I'm liking this video because this is what real journalism used to be in this country.

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• MI

  @MichaelWittrock-kr9gy · 2 years ago

  I am 78 years old and a Vietnam veteran . I enlisted in the Army Reserve Engineers. He was our greatest President of the 20th Century.!!!!

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• XR

  @xrxs1020 · 5 years ago

  I recall that back then certain of the media claiming Reagan was shallow and dumb. &nbsp; &nbsp;I was dumb enough to believe it. &nbsp; But I was young and impressionable. &nbsp; NOW I see a gracious, bright man who has an excellent way with language; who has ideas he believes in which have stood the test of history, and who has a great sense of humor. &nbsp; &nbsp; I see a good man. &nbsp; I wish I&apos;d have appreciated him more back then. &nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br>And I wish we had presidential candidates now with one tenth the class Reagan had.

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• LY

  @lynnwright8752 · 7 years ago

  I voted for this great man first in 1980. &nbsp;I had just turned 18! &nbsp;My first voting experience was the best.

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• LU

  @luvr381 · 6 years ago

  Seems odd now to see an interview where the interviewer isn&apos;t constantly interrupting or trying to spin what&apos;s said.

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• WI

  @witch5884 · 3 years ago

  Reagan said something that finally made sense to me. I&apos;m 68 now, my father worked in a factory my mom kept the house. We never were without food or shelter. Doctors were seen when sick. Clothes were handed down. Finally it dawned &nbsp;on me, the &quot;Government didn&apos;t come around and tell us we were poor&quot;. Dad , all these years and still learning from you and mom.

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• RA

  @raymondeaton5692 · 6 years ago

  I was 19 years old in 1980. I remember it was raining here in NC but I didn&apos;t hesitate to get out of the car and cross the street to the elementary school I had attended as a boy. I couldn&apos;t wait to vote for Ronald Reagan. What a man.

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• RI

  @richardrogers668 · 7 years ago

  I have often heard people who knew and worked with Ronald Reagan, that what you saw was what you got. &nbsp;Unlike most public figures, he actually was, in real life, the man you saw in public.

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• JA

  @jayd1426 · 6 years ago

  I’m from the United Kingdom. I cried when I watched Ronald Reagan’s funeral. What a graceful, humble, and kindhearted person who lead his country with honor. One of the greatest leaders the US has had.

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• RA

  @rankfdsantos3256 · 3 years ago

  The World needs leaders like Pres Reagan. Total respect for him.

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