REMEMBERING THE GIPPER; FORMER REAGAN AIDE RECOUNTS GOOD TIMES.Byline: Paul O'Donoghue Daily News Staff Writer When pressed by advisers to do something in the face of polls showing his popularity plummeting, then-President Reagan deadpanned, ``I think it's time It's Time was a successful political campaign run by the Australian Labor Party (ALP) under Gough Whitlam at the 1972 election in Australia. Campaigning on the perceived need for change after 23 years of conservative (Liberal Party of Australia) government, Labor put forward a for you to arrange to have me shot again,'' a former aide recalled Monday. Such was Reagan the man, always quick with a quip quip n. 1. A clever, witty remark often prompted by the occasion. 2. A clever, often sarcastic remark; a gibe. See Synonyms at joke. 3. A petty distinction or objection; a quibble. 4. , a side of the president remembered by former aide Dinesh D'Sousza, who was in Simi Valley Simi Valley (sē`mē, sĭm`ē), city (1990 pop. 100,217), Ventura co., SW Calif. in an oil, fruit, and farm region; laid out 1887, inc. 1969. to promote his book ``Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader.'' To an audience of about 100 well-dressed Reagan fans at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library The Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs and Museum, D'Sousza spoke on how the former president became a leader in the face of huge odds, including an alcoholic father. ``It is a large part of the president's job to set the tone for the country,'' said D'Sousza, who worked for Reagan from 1987 to 1988. ``What has Clinton done?'' he said to chuckles from the audience. The talk, titled ``Reagan vs. Clinton: A Question of Leadership,'' focused more on the leadership role of the former president than on the current commander in chief. Reagan's success was that he ended the Cold War, revived the nation's economy and bolstered the nation's flagging spirit in the wake of former President Carter, said D'Sousza, 37, now a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research (AEI) is a conservative think tank, founded in 1943. According to the institute its mission "to defend the principles and improve the institutions of American freedom and democratic capitalism — limited government, for Public Policy Research in Washington, D.C. D'Sousza said the public had a love affair with Reagan and forgave for·gave v. Past tense of forgive. forgave Verb the past tense of forgive forgave forgive him more readily than other presidents. D'Sousza told the audience Reagan's greatness stemmed from his ability to communicate with everyone, and to do so with humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was , even in the face of adversity, such as the Iran-Contra crisis that some said should have resulted in his impeachment impeachment, formal accusation issued by a legislature against a public official charged with crime or other serious misconduct. In a looser sense the term is sometimes applied also to the trial by the legislature that may follow. . D'Sousza ranked Reagan with the nation's best presidents of the century, along with Presidents Theodore and Franklin Roosevelt. The Carter years caused Rancho Mirage bus driver Bill Gates (person) Bill Gates - William Henry Gates III, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, which he co-founded in 1975 with Paul Allen. In 1994 Gates is a billionaire, worth $9.35b and Microsoft is worth about $27b. to turn from a Democratic to a Republican voter, which he's been since. Gates, 53, who piloted a bus of Republican voters to the lecture, said D'Sousza's lecture opened new perspectives on Reagan. ``It gave me a different insight,'' he said. ``I liked what I heard from him.'' Joe Stein, 68, vice president of the Palm Springs branch of the Lincoln Club and a real estate agent, enjoyed what he had learned about Reagan. ``He certainly left a legacy of character and principle,'' he said. ``It's a wonderful experience to be here.'' CAPTION(S): 2 Photos PHOTO (1-2--Color) Left, admirers of former President Reagan listen to a speech by former aide Dinesh D'Sousza, above, Monday at the Reagan Presidential Library and Museum in Simi Valley. D'Sousza is the author of ``Ronald Reagan: How an Ordinary Man Became an Extraordinary Leader.'' Phil McCarten/Daily News |
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