OPERATION ROLLING THUNDER
When President Reagan gave his famous "Evil Empire" speech on March 8, 1983 I was still a Democrat but quickly converting to being a conservative. By March of 1983 Reagan had already accomplished a lot. His tough talk had been responsible for the Iranians releasing our embassy hostages on his inauguration day. He had also been shot and nearly died. Like Trump God spared him for that time in history. He engineered the destruction of the Soviet Union, fired all of the striking air traffic controllers in the country after they ignored his warning to return to work. By March of 1983 the horrible recession of the late 1970's and early 1980's was over. We were hopeful for the future again after the morass of the Watergate scandal, the fall of Vietnam and the disastrous incompetence of Jimmy Carter who I am ashamed to admit that I voted for not once but twice. On election night 1980 I was suffering from RDS or Reagan Derangement Syndrome. As a Democrat I believed the lefts...