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27. All modern Presidents have speechwriters

Thu Jan 29, 2026, 05:10 AM

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Including the best ones.

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40 Years Ago Today: [View all] lastlib 21 hrs ago OP

I was living in Jacksonville Fl at the time pfitz59 21 hrs ago #1

😢 Clouds Passing 21 hrs ago #2

I watched the shuttle Columbia land 7/4/82 at Edwards AFB, CA dickthegrouch 21 hrs ago #3

Watched it in school JustAnotherGen 21 hrs ago #4

Im no fan, but that day, Reagan was the president this nation needed. Volaris 21 hrs ago #5

We never needed Reagan! CountAllVotes 20 hrs ago #7

I was just going to mention that Polybius 17 hrs ago #20

Yes, he read Peggy Noonan's speech without making a mistake misanthrope 16 hrs ago #22

All modern Presidents have speechwriters Polybius 7 hrs ago #27

Wow - what an exceptional time to be there and what a memory! erronis 18 hrs ago #12

Shuttle launches canetoad 20 hrs ago #9

Damn time flies malaise 20 hrs ago #10

I remember feeling overwhelming sadness... BurnDoubt 18 hrs ago #13

I think we all remember where we were when that happened. llmart 18 hrs ago #14

Oh, woah. I do remember; just forget the date .... electric_blue68 18 hrs ago #15

I was in a dorm lounge at ECSU watching the TV with a friend. debsy 18 hrs ago #16

I remember. I had stopped for gas, and the store had the tv on niyad 18 hrs ago #17

A tragic, sad day democrank 18 hrs ago #18

I was at home sick that day. Xavier Breath 17 hrs ago #19

The day before my 25th birthday. IrishAfricanAmerican 16 hrs ago #21

Medicare, baby! lastlib 16 hrs ago #23

Thanks! Started it first of the year. IrishAfricanAmerican 15 hrs ago #25

Very sad day, l remember it well 😪 Raine 15 hrs ago #24

It's sort of like when JFK and John Lennon and 9/11 occurred BigmanPigman 15 hrs ago #26