CSB. I heard the story on Mike Rowe's podcast a couple months ago. It blew me away. The video popped up on FB and reminded me of the amazing story.
TLDR;
Reagan (D) had a radio program in the late 50s/early 60s; General Electric Theater. He was quite successful. But he was also going around to GE plants speaking against .gov policies under RFK. Bobby got wind of this and told GE that if they wanted their .gov contracts renewed, they needed to get rid of Reagan's show. After all, he couldnt have Ronnie talking bad about .gov that is run by his brother. If you talk bad about the gov, you are disrespecting the Kennedys. Talk about early wokeism. So GE did it.
So Reagan got ticked off at the democrat party and changed to Republican. He had extra time on his hands since he wasnt working. So he started writing a speech based on the talks he had been giving at the GE plants. Barry Goldwater called him to deliver a speech for him because he was such a well known and respected actor. So he gave this speech that he wrote.
And its still relevant today. Just replace Communists with woke socialists and its the same fight all over again.
Speech:
Michael Reagan telling the story: (skip to 29:00. Its a 4 min listen. )
Mods: dont hesitate to move this to politics forum if/when the discussion deviates from the CSB vein and heads down that path.
TLDR;
Reagan (D) had a radio program in the late 50s/early 60s; General Electric Theater. He was quite successful. But he was also going around to GE plants speaking against .gov policies under RFK. Bobby got wind of this and told GE that if they wanted their .gov contracts renewed, they needed to get rid of Reagan's show. After all, he couldnt have Ronnie talking bad about .gov that is run by his brother. If you talk bad about the gov, you are disrespecting the Kennedys. Talk about early wokeism. So GE did it.
So Reagan got ticked off at the democrat party and changed to Republican. He had extra time on his hands since he wasnt working. So he started writing a speech based on the talks he had been giving at the GE plants. Barry Goldwater called him to deliver a speech for him because he was such a well known and respected actor. So he gave this speech that he wrote.
And its still relevant today. Just replace Communists with woke socialists and its the same fight all over again.
Speech:
Michael Reagan telling the story: (skip to 29:00. Its a 4 min listen. )
Mods: dont hesitate to move this to politics forum if/when the discussion deviates from the CSB vein and heads down that path.