# Happy birthday Ronald Reagan.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 6, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285 "2003-02-06T19:43:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285/1 "2003-02-06T19:43:14Z")

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Happy 92’nd birthday Mr. President! I only wish you could be here to enjoy it. ☹

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**Author:** ![Evil\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/45deac/32.png) [@Evil\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_One)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285/2 "2003-02-06T19:54:33Z")

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Amen. Only those blinded by ideology can fail to acknowledge his contributions to history, primarily, the collapse of the Soviet Union. Millions of eastern europeans owe their freedom to him. And yes, I can hear you carping about the Balkan problem and how they are no better off. Stop trying to intentionally miss the point. Those divisions have existed for years and were supressed by force under communism. Reagan changed the world for the better.

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**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285/3 "2003-02-06T20:08:12Z")

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. . . Well, except for doing _nothing_ about AIDS for most of the 1980s . . .

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**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285/4 "2003-02-06T21:20:27Z")

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Happy Birthday sir. I’m a Democrat but I’ve always had a soft spot for you.

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**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285/5 "2003-02-06T21:24:54Z")

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Happy trails Ronnie.

What a bitter irony, think of the memories he’s missing out on.

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**Author:** ![Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ac91a4/32.png) [@Knighted\_Vorpal\_Sword](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knighted_Vorpal_Sword)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2003, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285/6 "2003-02-06T22:01:58Z")

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HEY - it’s MY birthday too! Today! Along with Babe Ruth!

(and my late, great-aunt Pearl)

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**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285/7 "2003-02-07T05:39:02Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Eve \*  
> \*\*. . . Well, except for doing _nothing_ about AIDS for most of the 1980s . . . \*\*

And doing everything to encourage terrorism in Central America.

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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285/8 "2003-02-07T06:02:40Z")

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**Eve** , **Guin** find another thread.

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**Author:** ![I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/8edcca/32.png) [@I\_can\_t\_believe\_that\_s\_butter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/I_can_t_believe_that_s_butter)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2003, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-birthday-ronald-reagan/153285/9 "2003-02-07T06:52:19Z")

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Does he still have his picture taken?