The wisdom of Ronald Reagan

[dipsydoodle]

A quote from Ronald Reagan...


"A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-do-well son around this morning and asked me to find the kid a job. Not the political one who lives in Florida. The one who hangs around here all the time looking shiftless. This so-called kid is already almost 40 and has never had a real job. Maybe I'll call Kinsley over at The New Republic and see if they'll hire him as a contributing editor or something. That looks like easy work."


-- Ronald Reagan in his recently published diaries,
May 17, 1986.

[jobycom]

1. I don't know. I don't think of Reagan as being able to form sentences and stuff.

Could he have a staff member write his diary?

[bryant69]

2. That's overly harsh

I think it's possible to look at Reagan's flawed positions and ethical lapses without having to pretend he was awful at everything.

Bryant
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[jobycom]

I thought I was being polite.

The filter of time has been too kind to him. He was as bad as Bush--worse in many ways. And he was known for being not very bright. I imagine in twenty-five years people will look back on Bush as not so bad, too.

[DFW]

3. The Wisdom of Ronald Reagan?

Isn't that something akin to "The Pacifism of Dick Cheney?"

[crim son]

4. I r ead somewhere recently that this quote is false, a fabrication.

It was posted on a liberal blog and then retracted... I wish I could remember which blog.

[Ganja Ninja]

7. I'm sure Saint Ronnie meant to say it he probably just forgot. n/t

[ThoughtCriminal]

5. Fake

http://www.snopes.com/politics/satire/kinsley.asp

[dipsydoodle]

8. I'll file under

Bros Grimm.

Don't change the fact it rings true even if it isn't. :rofl:

[YOY]

6. Snopes.com is your friend for BOTH when it sounds too bad or too good to be true

n/t

[dipsydoodle]

9. I bet you wouldn't say that

if Mudroch bought it. Last I heard Snopes was up for sale.

[YOY]

11. No I would not

That cockroach needs to be tracked. Paragon of mis/dysinformation.

[porphyrian]

10. Lose your mind and die before you can be convicted of your crimes? -n/t