Ronald Reagan - he made us proud!
In my house the pictures on the walls are the pictures of those whom I love.
But I have a picture of Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II in my den, where visitors hardly ever enter and no explanation is needed.
Although the poll was anything but clear, the President I most identify with is Ronald Reagan.
In February 1993 I made a trip to Homestead, FL to help to rebuild after Hurricane Andrew.
I met a bunch of about 200 Lutheran corn farmers from the Quad Cities are of Iowa and Illinois. Their leader was a young minister who was overjoyed with the fact that the new President, Bill Clinton, finally would put the legacy of the war monger Reagan in the grave. He bad-mouthed Reagan in a way that I thought was totally unbecoming of a man of the cloth.
We had our arguments. We agreed to disagree.
A couple years later I was going to go for another trip to Homestead and thought that along the way I would look up my new friend the Reverend in the Quad cities. When I reached his office I was told that he was transferred by the Church to another location.
So I drove to his new location. Entering city limits I was gratified to see the city's slogan proudly displayed: Dixon, Childhood home of President Ronald Reagan.
God works in mysterious ways.