One thing that RR did, and his whole reputation is built off of, is he made us proud to be Americans again. The JC years ( side note Jimmy is a cousin of mine... distant) was a sad time in America. We were acting ashamed about being Americans. After RR became President we were able stick our chest out and say " you're damn right I'm an American. I became proud to be an American because of 2 people, after the JC years, RR and Charlie Daniels!

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Posted by Cheese Grits

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Posted on 1/23/19 at 9:00 am to SOSFAN

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Jimmy is a cousin of mine... distant

I worked with him in the early years of HfH and think he was the real McCoy for faith. Those that followed used faith to further their own personal gain. What RR did was to flip us to "hate & fear" over "community". While I agree there was a lot of chest puffing with RR I am not sure it was a good long term strategy for the future of the USA. I think the USA was the only country in the world that did not form with some built in bias of primogeniture.

Our country was built with the "rejects" of 2nd sons and daughters who could not inherit so came to a wild land and built something from just having to survive that world.

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