[ronald_reagan]

This is an actual Regan request...until told that "Born in the USA" is a type of protest song. Good ol' RR...always on top of things. ` Affable guy, even likeable... pulling the rug from underneath organized labor, defying Congress and pretending amnesia... He was a good actor, which is what one must be to fool a naive and foolish and uniformed public who thinks freedom means going to the mall and buying boats and attending churches to learn about a Person who was a revolutionary and honored the poor with promises of blessing.

Please tell me you're not talking about the FAA with your 'organized labor' fiction. President Reagan was and still is the only president we've ever had to be president of a union, and not just once.

President Reagan, didn't request the song for his theme. He only said that Bruce was someone who followed his dreams and expressed hope in his songs. Bruce replied that Reagan must not have listened to his other songs. (Johnny 99 to be one of them). Many people confuse George Will's support for the song, and his low level connection to the campaign.

And it was 'no surrender' that Kerry used, for those who care.