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Reagan wanted a defense against missile attacks.  He thought this would bring us to a new level of freedom and security.  Critics immediately attacked his theory as impossible, wasteful, and destabilizing.  Enormous debate and controversy followed, and many were vicious in their criticism of Reagan over this.

Reagan wanted a defense against missile attacks.  He thought this would bring us to a new level of freedom and security.  Critics immediately attacked his theory as impossible, wasteful, and destabilizing.  Enormous debate and controversy followed, and many were vicious in their criticism of Reagan over this.

Also in 1983, communists backed by Cuba invaded Grenada, where there were over one hundred American medical students.  Reagan immediately sent in our troops and saved the students, bringing them back to the United States safely.  Students were seen on television kissing the ground of American soil as soon as they got off their planes.

Also in 1983, communists backed by Cuba invaded Grenada, where there were over one hundred American medical students.  Reagan immediately sent in our troops and saved the students, bringing them back to the United States safely.  Students were seen on television kissing the American soil as soon as they got off their planes.

In 1984, Reagan stood for reelection against Walter Mondale, the former Vice President under Jimmy Carter.  Reagan's mind was stuffed with facts by his advisers in preparation for his first of two debates with Mondale, and Reagan did poorly.  Mondale pulled nearly even in the polls.  For the second and final debate, conservatives demanded that his advisers "let Reagan be Reagan"  Free to be himself, Reagan thoroughly destroyed Mondale in the second debate and even showed a great deal of class in politely accepting the moderators cutting him off in the middle of his closing remarks, due to time restraints.  Reagan then won one of the biggest landslide victories in U.S. history.

In 1984, Reagan stood for reelection against Walter Mondale, the former Vice President under Jimmy Carter.  Reagan's mind was stuffed with facts by his advisers in preparation for his first of two debates with Mondale, and Reagan did poorly.  Mondale pulled nearly even in the polls.  For the second and final debate, conservatives demanded that his advisers "let Reagan be Reagan"  Free to be himself, Reagan thoroughly destroyed Mondale in the second debate and even showed a great deal of class in politely accepting the moderators cutting him off in the middle of his closing remarks, due to time restraints.  Reagan then won one of the biggest landslide victories in U.S. history.