Ronald Reagan: “Will you choose the Democratic leaders who in 1980 weakened our nation?”

We've only heard the same as you've heard: that he has been suggesting doing something of this kind.

I do hereby proclaim December 17, 1988, as Wright Brothers Day.

I am delighted that later today I'll have the opportunity to welcome President Gorbachev to the United States and extend to him the hospitality and good wishes of the American people.

I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.