Prince - Ronnie Talk To Russia

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[stef808]

@CaznRubyzDad ... No Myth... I was there... plus I lived in Berlin while the wall was in full swing. Keep fabricating your lies. Wake up!

WATCH VIDEO!

Search YouTube for the link with Reagan telling the Russians to "Tear down this Wall!"

[CaznRubyzDad]

@stef808

The myth that Reagan told Gorbachev to "tear down this wall" and Gorby shook in his boots and took it down is absurd - but one Republicans continue to perpetuate. The soviets getting bogged down in Afghanistan while their economy tanked was really the primary culprit.

They also talk about how he lowered taxes. But he really didn't. Facts are a difficult thing when you're trying to keep a fabricated story going.

[StillsFilms]

@JANXDPDX yeah he did



[stef808]

Ronald Reagan would have been 101 today. As we celebrate his legacy, we remember the hope and optimism he had for America. We could really use his leadership now!

Prince said "Ronnie talk to Russia before it's too late..." and our President did and the wall came down.

[JANXDPDX]

did he ever meet Ronnie?

[ranus42]

@spike1138 Reagan had returned to the Oval Office on April 25, 1981 and it was back to business of Regan trying to end the Cold War. So no Reagan was not lying in a hospital when Prince released in Oct of 1981. The song most likely was written before Reagan was shot. Funny thing is I remember listening to the album around the time Reagan was shot well at least in the clubs in and around NYC back in those days.

[spike1138]

Never noticed the lines before, "Ronnie, if ya dead a'fore I get ta meet 'cha..."

This came out in '81, right? And there's the newspaper clipping on the albums sleeve about the President signing a gun control act, which is clearly a reference to the Brady Bill...

Does anyone know, does that mean that Reagan was still critical in the hospital when this was written? I know that it's been revealed since that he was a lot more incapacitated by John Hickley's bullet in the lung than known at then..

[spike1138]

Go 2 tha Zoo, but don't feed guerillas

Don't feed guerillas

Don't feed guerillas.

Sandanista!

[xxtasha10xx]

Ahh this song is too short! Wish it was longer :(