FR friend Peter Robinson (pictured) , the former speechwriter for President Ronald Reagan, is a fellow over at Hoover at Stanford. He is the host of the Institution’s video program, Uncommon Knowledge. Robinson’s most recent interview is a lengthy one with former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. It’s outstanding and worth a chunk of your time this weekend. We encourage you to check it out here.
Hoover describes Bush thusly:
In Florida, where Democrats outnumber Republicans, Governor Jeb Bush won both election and reelection by comfortable margins, reformed education, cut taxes, stood up for traditional moral values, and left office after eight years with an approval rating of more than 60 percent. How did he do it? Peter Robinson speaks with Governor Jeb Bush about what it means to be a conservative, his views on America’s current domestic agenda and foreign policy challenges, faith and politics, and the 2007 Republican presidential candidates.
And for those who missed this when we featured it earlier this year, below is a video I took with the "FlashCam" of Peter where is actually talks about how he was inspired to write the words, "Mr. Gorbochev, tear down this wall" in what was probably Robinson’s most recognized work for the Gipper, the speech before the Brandenberg Gate in Berlin, a little over twenty years ago… Robinson’s remarks were part of an event put on by the Young Americas Foundation Reagan Ranch Center to commemorate the 20th anniversary of that famous speech.