SAD THAT WE GO FROM REAGAN TO OBAMA!!!

Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
Ronald Reagan

Why was Ronald Reagan one of the best presidents??? (read below..we are going to have to have another Reagan to help us out of this mess Obama is getting us in...Obama is doing everything opposite that Reagan did).....this is a good read about an amazing man......hope and pray we get another Reagan in 2012

Perhaps the answer lies with the very reason he was also derided – despite his often-goofy countenance, he was looked upon as a man of the American people, for the American people. This was shown by his policies that, although they seemed ill advised at first, slowly but surely changed the fortunes of Americans both at home and abroad. One of these would be what was later dubbed as “Reaganomics”.
When Reagan took over the tenancy of the White House in 1981, America was struggling financially, and in the very real danger of succumbing to a recession as bad as the one that brought the country to it’s knees in the 1930’s. In fact, the US would fall into a recession, but thanks to Reagan’s vision of growth through supply, as well as cutting taxes and social spending, the economy picked up and was actually stronger than ever before.
This tough mentality to see problems out would see him survive two of the most defining moments of his first term in office as well. The first was the assassination attempt on his life shortly after he took office, in March 1981. Despite being shot by would-be assassin Mark Hinckley – who claimed the attempt was to impress Hollywood star Jodie Foster – Reagan survived with the help of stomach surgery. This tied in with his image of the “cowboy President”, and endeared him to both fans and critics alike. He even had time to joke to the surgeons who would operate on him, stating he hoped they were Republicans.
The second big test of his fledgling presidency came in the way he dealt with a crippling air traffic controller strike just four months after his life-saving surgery. Although the air traffic controllers may have had a case like any other employee who feel they aren’t paid what they’re worth, they made a crucial error which the wily Reagan instinctively drew upon. With federal law stating that strikes are prohibited for government employees, Reagan was the ultimate hardball and fired all 11,400 striking controllers. On top of that, he refused to enter into any negotiations with the air traffic union, stating that he wouldn’t negotiate with anyone that’s breaking the law.
Despite being the oldest president ever elected, Reagan was so popular that he easily won a second term in office, with his only loss coming in his opponent Walter Mondale’s home state of Minnesota. With a second term secured and a healthy economy, it was time for Reagan to continue the work he’d started in his first term – namely, ending the Cold War with Russia.