Press Conference:
Friend --
I just read the farewell address that President Reagan gave when he left office in January 1989.
He was at the end of his two terms in which both American prosperity and world leadership was restored.
Yet look what has happened since then. It is hard to believe. It just drives home Reagan’s very own point that “Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction."
Elections are very much on all our minds now. But let’s not forget that in 1989, President Reagan turned over leadership to a Republican president and a Republican congress.
Whereas what party is in charge is crucial, more crucial is that WE NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF WHAT IS TRUE AND FIGHT FOR IT WITHOUT COMPROMISE.
What really moved me was President Reagan’s warning at the end of his speech:
"…are we doing a good enough job teaching our children what America is and what she represents in the long history of the world? ...All great change in America begins at the dinner table."
President Reagan knew that communicating truth is key to keeping our country free. And he knew that the best way to do it is through the American family.
But with 30% fewer adults married today than 40 years ago and with 40% of our babies today born to unwed mothers, the American family is in the worse shape ever.
The other way to communicate is the media, and it is dominated by the left.
It's why my Star Parker’s CURE for America TV show, which we will start producing in 2012, is so vital.
I can't be on the air every week to tell the truth about American freedom, about keeping government out of our private lives, and about the importance of traditional values, without your help.
I need your help so I can use TV to tell my own story about welfare and how government destroyed black families and our inner cities and how the same thing is happening to our whole country now.
As 2011 comes to a close, please, once again, consider doing as much as you can to help me do this important work.
Happy New Year.
God bless you and God bless America.
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