Thursday, June 11, 2009

The only statue with a smile on its face

The rotunda of the U.S. Capitol has a new statue. It is of Ronald Reagan, the only statue in the rotunda with a smile on its face. James Baker, Reagan's Secretary of the Treasury, called Reagan a "principled pragmatist, who would fight hard for the right, push hard, get the best deal possible, accept it at a crucial moment, declare victory and move on."

1 comment:

Terri Wagner said...

Having come of age in the late 70s, I will never forget the gloom and doom of the Carter years and then this wonderful shining "dream" that became the Reagan doctrine. Where is our Reagan now?