John Fitzgerald Reagan
Thursday, July 22nd, 2010 by admin | Posted in Business | Comments
I was just a kid when out of the corner of my eye I saw JFK standing on the steps of the Capitol, coatless and hatless on a frigid January afternoon, taking the oath of office as the 35th president of the United States.
In a flash, all of the dates and factoids about this place called America came together in an explosive epiphany that manifested itself in a burst of passionate patriotism. Somehow, with his natural gift of leadership, his God-given ability to make us aspire to greatness, I understood what had come before in the shaping of this exceptional land and what would be next as we set our sites on the moon.
Years later, I would witness Ronald Reagan light a similar torch. Although their names are rarely coupled — as they were of different times and politcal parties–they shared the gift of extraordinary leadership. Not measured only in the number of bills they passed (Kennedy was stolen from us too soon), but by political aspirational quality that is at the core of the few great ones who can move us to be be brave, to have hope, to build things, to point to the sky (as the Brits did under Winston) and make it clear to the Nazis that they would never surrender.
My radio show, The Business Warrior, made its debut yesterday on WABC radio.
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