WEBVTT - Reagan Knocked Down That Wall

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<v Speaker 1>The twentie anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall

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<v Speaker 1>is going on right now. It's dark over there in Germany,

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<v Speaker 1>and I have a story here from the State Control

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<v Speaker 1>Associated Press. Merkel thanks Gorbachev on Berlin Wall anniversary. Now,

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<v Speaker 1>let's be clear about something. Barak Hussain Obama was invited

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<v Speaker 1>to go and said, ain't going. Got a bowl, gotta

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<v Speaker 1>play golf, got a concert in the house, got a

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<v Speaker 1>date night, Um, gotta celebrate healthcare. Ain't going. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>believe in freedom anyway. At Wall. We communists, We don't

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<v Speaker 1>celebrate our failures. Let Gorbachev handle it. Besides, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>want to go over there and then be upstaged by

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<v Speaker 1>Ronald Reagan. But I have not found any reporting yet.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not saying she didn't do it, but I have

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<v Speaker 1>not found any reporting yet that says Merkel mentions Reagan.

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<v Speaker 1>Now she did back on November four in the speech,

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<v Speaker 1>she said, Ronald Reagan, far earlier than others saw and

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<v Speaker 1>recognize the sign of the times, when stand in the

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<v Speaker 1>Brandenburg Gate in eight seventies and Mr Gorbachoff opened this gate,

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<v Speaker 1>tear down this wall. Uh, this appeal is something that

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<v Speaker 1>will never be forgotten. Uh, mercles this appeal. So Gorba

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<v Speaker 1>chops over there, and gorbachofs by the way, he's out

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<v Speaker 1>there making news. Uh, he's now comparing the climate change

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<v Speaker 1>effort here Middleton and mind Medalism is now replaced the

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<v Speaker 1>Cold War. Uh, it's it's that's and and nations have

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<v Speaker 1>to come together, Uh to solve that problem. How do you?

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<v Speaker 1>How do you have a twentieth anniversary of the fall

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<v Speaker 1>of the Berlin Wall? And not mentioned Ranalda's magnus here

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<v Speaker 1>listened to son of the story. Chancellor Angela Merkel and

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<v Speaker 1>former Soviet leader Miko Gorbert Choff crossed the former fortified

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<v Speaker 1>border on Monday, two cheers of Gorby Gorby as a

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<v Speaker 1>throng of grateful Germans recalled the night twenty years ago

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<v Speaker 1>the Berlin Wall gave way to their desire for freedom

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<v Speaker 1>and unity. What gorbach Off over there and helped blow

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<v Speaker 1>it up? Wasn't Gorbachoff the guy desperately trying to keep

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<v Speaker 1>that wall up? Within moments so they confused announcement on

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<v Speaker 1>November that East Germany was lifting travel restrictions, hundreds of

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<v Speaker 1>people streamed into the enclave that was West Berlin. Marketing

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<v Speaker 1>did they cheer Gorby Gorby Gorby then. No, they didn't

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<v Speaker 1>cheer Gorby Gorby Gorby then, and you know why, because

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<v Speaker 1>they hadn't yet done the revisionist history to say all

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<v Speaker 1>it was all gorbage. Also, about twenty years has passed

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<v Speaker 1>and Gorbachoff gets all the credit. She lauded garbage Off,

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<v Speaker 1>with whom she shared an umbrella amid a crush of

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<v Speaker 1>hundreds eager for a glimpse of the man many can

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<v Speaker 1>still consider a hero for his role in pushing reform

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<v Speaker 1>in the Silva Union. At last time I looked, there

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<v Speaker 1>was a story last week and some people say, you

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<v Speaker 1>know what, this freedom thing in Russia is not working.

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<v Speaker 1>It hasn't worked out. We got to go back to

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<v Speaker 1>what So apparently whatever Gorbaschoff led Russia too is not working.

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<v Speaker 1>And he's still fet it here as a as a

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<v Speaker 1>big hero for his role uh in pushing reform in

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<v Speaker 1>the Soviet his role for crying out loud folks. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>We all on this program and this audience know the truth.

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<v Speaker 1>Lady Thatcher has has said the truth. And it's quite simple.

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<v Speaker 1>The Soviets were defeated because they could not keep up.

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<v Speaker 1>They were a bankrupt third world nation with a first

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<v Speaker 1>world military, pure and simple. Get this headline here in

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<v Speaker 1>the New York Times. The legacy of nineteen eighty nine

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<v Speaker 1>still up for debate, meaning the Berlin Wall coming down. Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>the historical legacy nine when the Berlin Wall fell in

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<v Speaker 1>a Cold War thought, is as political as the upheavals

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<v Speaker 1>of that decisive year. Um more details on that as

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<v Speaker 1>the As the program unfolds, well, well, well, President Obama

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<v Speaker 1>is addressing the assembled multitudes in Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate.

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<v Speaker 1>He's on a giant screens over there. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if it's taped or if he's live. Whatever it was,

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<v Speaker 1>he had the god echo in there. He had the

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<v Speaker 1>godlike echo in there. Here comes Merkle. She's approaching the

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<v Speaker 1>ponym of Hillary. Just finished it. Pouring rain over there.

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<v Speaker 1>So they have these uh, poor people holding umbrellas for

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<v Speaker 1>these dignitaries who are out there speaking. Obama said, the

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<v Speaker 1>work of freedom is never over. He left out a word,

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<v Speaker 1>the work of ending freedom is never over at anyway.

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back Rush Limbaugh here the E I B Network

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<v Speaker 1>and the Limbo Institute War Advanced Conservative Studies Today does

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<v Speaker 1>mark the twentieth anniversary of the Berlin Wall starting to

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<v Speaker 1>come down. It was midnight twenty years ago that East

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<v Speaker 1>Germans were allowed to travel past the wall from East

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<v Speaker 1>Berlin to West Berlin and exercise their freedoms. When Ronald

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<v Speaker 1>Reagan demanded of Gorbatrop, Mr Reagan teared down. Mr gorbat

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<v Speaker 1>tear down this wall. It came true two years later

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<v Speaker 1>on this date. President Reagan, all but forgotten, it seems

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<v Speaker 1>in media coverage of this event, was not alone in

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<v Speaker 1>his belief in the importance and power of freedom. The

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<v Speaker 1>Heritage Foundation was right there all along, reinforcing the policy

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<v Speaker 1>of military superiority and ideological confrontation with the communist Soviet

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<v Speaker 1>Evil Empire. The Heritage Foundation played a huge role in

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<v Speaker 1>that intellectual conversation, still does so. The Heritage Foundation was

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<v Speaker 1>intimately involved in several Reagan administration policies. It's when they

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<v Speaker 1>really came of age, and that's when I first heard

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<v Speaker 1>about them. And that's one of the many reasons why

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<v Speaker 1>I am a member of the Heritage Foundation. Is the

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<v Speaker 1>reason that you should and and need to be a

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<v Speaker 1>member yourself, because become a member today and in the

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<v Speaker 1>twentieth anniversary of this historic day truly meaningful, just go

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<v Speaker 1>online to ask heritage dot org. Ask heritage dot org

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<v Speaker 1>is where you'll find tons of information. Over a half

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<v Speaker 1>a million like minded conservatives are members there. They are

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<v Speaker 1>the keepers of the conservative flame inside the Beltway. They

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<v Speaker 1>are relentless. Ask heritage dot org. Mike stand by there

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<v Speaker 1>an audio sun by thirteen and are talking about the

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<v Speaker 1>anniversary of the falling of the Berlin Wall, and they

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<v Speaker 1>are leaving Ronald this magnus out of this uh praising

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<v Speaker 1>garbage off over there. Let's go back June twelve in

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<v Speaker 1>West Berlin at the Brandenburg Gate. The advance of human

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<v Speaker 1>liberty can only strengthen the cause of world peace. There

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<v Speaker 1>is one sign the Soviets can make that would be unmistakable,

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<v Speaker 1>that would advance dramatically the cause of freedom and peace.

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<v Speaker 1>General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek

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<v Speaker 1>prosperity for the Soviet Union in Eastern Europe, if you

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<v Speaker 1>seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr Garbaschof, open

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<v Speaker 1>this gate, Mr Garbutchev, tear down this wall, and the

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<v Speaker 1>wall came down, and Gorbchof gets the credit for nikayle

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<v Speaker 1>Segeevitch Gorbachev, that's the credit. And Hillary Clinton was our

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<v Speaker 1>official representative over there. And then Obama. I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>if he was on tape or live, but he was

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<v Speaker 1>on the screens with the odd like reverb. What he said, Hey,

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<v Speaker 1>here's Obama here, the godlike echo audio saw by number

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<v Speaker 1>thirty eight. You gotta hear this. This is Obama's his

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<v Speaker 1>address to the Berlin Walls celebration. And I don't know

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<v Speaker 1>again if it's live or if it was on tape,

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<v Speaker 1>but they played it on the big screens over there.

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<v Speaker 1>It's not people and the people here on this anniversary.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sorry. I stay there today, friends, respect to the

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<v Speaker 1>ex always remembered and cherished sceps tape. Here Just a second, Mike,

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<v Speaker 1>did you add any reverb to this? Did you take

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<v Speaker 1>journalistic license to annemy reverb? Well, so, what they must

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<v Speaker 1>have done. They must have taken the audio feed from

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<v Speaker 1>the speakers at the ceremony rather than a direct line

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<v Speaker 1>audio feed or else. Obama recorded it that way. But

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<v Speaker 1>you know he has a tendency to do that, of

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<v Speaker 1>of putting his voice in in rever about there. I

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<v Speaker 1>just wanted to do to hear that. Okay, I gotta

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<v Speaker 1>hear this one more. Obama in his echo fied address

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<v Speaker 1>at the Brandenburg Gate. Today, he mentions John Kennedy, he

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<v Speaker 1>mentions himself. He does not mention Reynolds Magnus, the man

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<v Speaker 1>who made this happen. Even as we celebrate these values,

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<v Speaker 1>even as we marked this day, we know the work

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<v Speaker 1>of freedom is never finished. In a Berlin under siege,

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<v Speaker 1>President Kennedy said, freedom is indivisible, and when one man

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<v Speaker 1>is enslaved, all are not free. Few would have foreseen

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<v Speaker 1>on that day that a United Germany would be led

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<v Speaker 1>by a woman from Brandenburg, or that their American ally

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<v Speaker 1>would be led by a man of African descent. But

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<v Speaker 1>human destiny is what human beings make of it. You

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<v Speaker 1>had nothing to do with it. The fall of the

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<v Speaker 1>Berlin Wall had nothing to do with somebody from Africa

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<v Speaker 1>being elected president of the United States or some woman

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<v Speaker 1>from Brandenburg becoming the Chancellor of Germany. It was not

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<v Speaker 1>about that I want to take all these events. Here's oh,

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<v Speaker 1>look at what happens when we all work together. We

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<v Speaker 1>didn't all work together. The Soviets resisted it. Eric Haneger

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<v Speaker 1>resisted it. The whole Soviet Empire resisted it. They had

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<v Speaker 1>no choice. In the end, there was only one guy

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<v Speaker 1>who American liberals said, it was silly to suggest we

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<v Speaker 1>could ever defeat the Soviets. We had to stay friendly

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<v Speaker 1>with him. One man and one woman, Margaret Thatcher. How

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<v Speaker 1>in hell you don't mention her either. But that's Obama.

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<v Speaker 1>Everything is about him.