Peter Kaplan on Ronald Reagan, 1980, The New Republic

[Robin Landseadel]

"Two hundred years ago, Tom Paine—" (Shot of Paine and Reagan in  
school together.) "when the 13 colonies were trying to become a  
nation, said we have it in our power to begin the world over  
again." (On Griffith-like silent screen, hundreds of revolutionary  
soldiers and Young Republicans rush up to Tom Paine with welding  
irons, safety helmets, and Lincoln logs.) "And tonight we can build  
that world over again. We can meet our destiny and that destiny can  
build a land here that will be for all mankind a shining city on the  
hill." (Props Dept.: please build shining city, on hill. Don't make it  
look like Manhattan.) "I think we ought to get at it." (Music:  
traditional, "Turkey in Straw," "Yankee Muster March," "Begin the  
Beguine." Warner Brothers sign-off.)

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