"Ronald Reagan faced an even worse recession" than the current one.
Three presidents in the last century — Harding, Kennedy and Reagan — all cut taxes during recessions and produced "rapid and dramatic economic recoveries," while two, Herbert Hoover and Barack Obama, did "the opposite."
Photo of "tea party" protests shows crowd sprawling from Capitol to Washington Monument
"All the really great programs in American history, Social Security, was done without Republicans. Medicare was done without Republican support until the last vote where they realized they had to get on board."
"Putting three Republicans in my Cabinet...is unprecedented."
"Wild Bill Hickok had his first duel in the town square here. And the family legend is that he is a distant cousin of mine."
"But it was Hillary Clinton, in an interview with Tom Brokaw, who quote 'paid tribute' to Ronald Reagan's economic and foreign policy."
" ... following World War II war crime trials were convened. The Japanese were tried and convicted and hung for war crimes committed against American POWs. Among those charges for which they were convicted was waterboarding."
"And, you know, our first president and our first commander in chief prayed every day. He had a field manual of prayers."
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