Analysis Of Reagan's Speech To The National Association Of Evangelicals

The forty president of the United States was a guy named Ronald Wilson Reagan. Reagan was a conservative when he ran for president because, “[a]s president of the Screen Actors Guild, Reagan became embroiled in disputes over the issue of Communism in the film industry; his political views shifted from liberal to conservative.” The “Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals” was written because, “the bulk of the speech dealt with domestic policy matters for which both evangelicals and the Reagan administration were crusading.” Early in the “Speech to the National Association of Evangelicals”, Reagan stated, “…this puts us into opposition to, or at least out of step with, a prevailing attitude of many who have turned to a modern-day secularism, discarding
The main reason that the United States considered the Soviets the force of evil in the modern world, the time at which this speech is given, is because of, “let us be aware that while they preach the supremacy of the state, declare its omnipotence over individual man, and predicts I eventual domination of all people on the earth.” At this time in history we, the United States, were unsure of what the Soviets were actually capable of doing.
Reagan when referring to the “discussions of the nuclear freeze proposals, I urge you to beware the temptation of pride – the temptation of blithely declaring yourselves above it all and label both sides at fault.” The reason that old Screwtape, Satan, is used in the speech is because Reagan knew that the audience would understand what he meant when he said it. This was due to the fact the speech was given at the 41st. Annual Convention of the National Association of Evangelicals, Reagan would have not been able to bring home such a big point without saying old Screwtape, a term everybody could