Like Palin, Ronald Reagan had no foreign policy experience

To the Liberal loony Left GOVERNOR Ronald Reagan was considered ill-prepared and not smart enough to be President. He had no foreign policy experience. He had an "unrealistic vision" of defeating Communism. He was considered naive.

Many of us who worked on his campaign and in his Administration anticipated he would change the country, and he actually ended up changing the world.

Reagan understood that capitalism and Communism were diametrically opposed, and he fervently opposed communism. He considered Communism as a false religion that sought to destroy private property, the family and religious faith.

When he was elected, many believed that the US was not the superpower, but that the Soviet Union model was the vanguard and Communism was advancing.

Even the Loony Left acknowledged America was at a crossroads. On July 15, 1979, President Jimmy Carter gave a televised speech to the nation called the “Crisis of Confidence.”

Instead of addressing a doomsday scenario, candidate Ronald Reagan provide optimism and hope. He believed in the American Dream and in America's greatness.

During the Reagan Administration, the march toward Communism reversed. No longer were countries falling to Communism. Dictatorships fell in Chile, Haiti, and Panama and nine more countries moved toward democracy: Bolivia, Honduras, Argentina, Grenada, El Salvador, Uruguay, Brazil, Guatemala, and the Philippines. Only one-third of the countries in Latin America were democratic in 1981 when Reagan took office; more than 90 % of them became democratic during the 8 years Reagan was President.

Ronald Reagan went to Washington, D.C. to change the country and was responsible for changing the world, defeating Communism without ever firing a shot.

For eight consecutive years, the Gallop Poll pronounced him the most admired man in the country.

Upon leaving office in 1989, his approval rating was around 70 percent, the highest of any president of modern time, higher than John F. Kennedy and Dwight D. Eisenhower.

So much for the Loony Left. Palin can tear down the wall of government cynicism.

Yes, my friends, this is a time for choosing. Choosing change over same-old-same-old politics as usual. It is time to put country first. -- Peggy Venable