It's Mourning In America

by Michael Reagan - January 23rd, 2009 - Front Page Magazine

Michael Reagan, on comparing Obama's Inaugural speech with his father's famous "morning in America" speech ...

... with Obama it almost went back in tone to Jimmy Carter’s infamous “malaise” speech, which pictured an America down in the dumps.

For Obama it was more like “mourning” in America.

You can hear echoes of that malaise speech in Obama’s inaugural address when he said, “These are the indicators of crisis, subject to data and statistics. Less measurable but no less profound is a sapping of confidence across our land -- a nagging fear that America's decline is inevitable, and that the next generation must lower its sights.”

The real comparison? That was accurately summed up when Michael said "The difference between the two men was that my dad believed everything he said all the way to the core of his being, while Barack Obama and his fellow Democrats use speeches to mask what they really believe."

Ronald Reagan actually understood what was at the root of America's exceptionalism. Neither Jimmy Carter nor Barack Obama have a clue.