And yet, even after half a century, precious few details of how the speech was produced and put on the air have ever been published. Indeed, the story of citizen Reagan’s nationally broadcast star turn on behalf of doomed GOP nominee Senator Barry Goldwater has become a hallowed chapter in the late president’s biography. Over the course of fifty years “The Speech,” as it has been dubbed, has spawned its own mythology in books, articles, documentaries and even a made-for-TV movie. To many conservatives young and old Ronald Reagan’s Octotelevised address A Time for Choosing is the moment that the modern incarnation of their movement was born. I thought Ron was the ideal man to do the speech.” “There was a job to be done and like many others I tried to help.
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