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So just imagine. You\u2019re the president, it\u2019s late in December 1983. You\u2019ve delivered your evil empire speech in March putting the Soviets on notice\u2026 you\u2019ve learned by detailed intelligence reports that the communists and Fidel Castro are expanding their efforts in the Caribbean along with infiltrating the island of Grenada\u2026.you\u2019ve announced your Strategic Defense Initiative in March which was renamed Star Wars by the press, you\u2019ve sent forces into Lebanon as part of a multinational peacekeeping force which became a target of terrorists killing 270 marines in their barracks as they slept, you\u2019ve watched the war in the middle east escalate exponentially with bad actors getting involved from every angle, you\u2019ve watched Soviet leader Andropov continue to advance the Brezhnev doctrine and \u2026you\u2019ve learned how the Soviets shot down Korean airliner 007 killing all passengers aboard\u2026now those are just the high notes.\xa0\n\xa0\nSO..if you were president, and had to draft a message for the new year\u2026.where would you start??\nLet\u2019s begin by listening to our 40th president, the eternal optimist who knew how to make lemonade out of lemons. But always the responsible citizen, he begins by cautioning Americans about drunk driving on New Years eve then moves on. Let\u2019s listen to a bit.