Historical Quote of the Day - (Freepers will love this one)

[0007]

"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, May 17, 1986, in his recently published diaries

[alcibiades_mystery]

1. Hoax

You got fooled.

Now you look foolish.

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

[dipsydoodle]

2. It's always good for a laugh though

even if it is a hoax.

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. It's good for a laugh when you KNOW it's a hoax

Otherwise, YOU'RE good for a laugh.

:-)

[MrModerate]

4. Too bad . . . great quote. n/t

[Ganja Ninja]

7. I'm sure Saint Ronny meant to say it but just forgot. n/t

[meegbear]

8. If Al Gore created the internet ...

then Ronald Reagan described George W. Bush as a 'shiftless ne'er-do-well.'

[0007]

10. Perhaps you should be the snooper detective and preserve junior's good name?

...this debasement of political argument needs to be backhanded out of the public arena as quickly as possible, and someone needs to bring some disinfectant wipes in to clean up after it, and I think alcibiades_mystery is just the person to clean things up.

[alcibiades_mystery]

12. Don't cry

It's alright.

We all get pwned some time.

[0007]

14. That's why we'll call you the snooper detective MAN from now on, 'eh?

Getting pwned by the 'snooper Detective MAN' was my pleasure.

http://www.freewebs.com/theallmightycow/PWNED!.JPG

[alcibiades_mystery]

15. But you didn't get pwned by a detective

You got pwned by the hoaxer, and now you look foolish. It's embarrassing, I know. But you'll get over it, I'm sure.

Chin up, baby boy.

[sailor65]

5. What's this, abouut the 5th time

somebody's posted this? Doesn't anyone have the energy to type "Snopes" into a browser?

It really does make you look like an idiot.
:rofl:

On edit: And no, I'm not a Creeper, but I am kinda tired of us looking silly this way.

[0007]

9. Who took a dump in you're oatmeal today?

[sailor65]

16. Yeah, mea culpa

Today it seems like anybody and everybody has.

Actually, in the automotive business, every day is like that lately.

Sorry.

[TechBear_Seattle]

6. Hoax or not, it is certainly believable

The Snopes description is great: It is often the case that a piece of satire hits so lose to home (i.e., seemingly confirms something that people believe to be true) that it becomes difficult to distinguish from reality - especially when an excerpt is presented outside of its satirical context.

[SergeyDovlatov]

11. Doesn't sound like Reagan. Probably a hoax

[0007]

13. Ronnie Raygun knew who the good guys were, 'eh?