Ron Reagan claims in his new book, My Father at 100, that former President Ronald Reagan had signs of Alzheimer’s disease as early as his 1984 re-election campaign, Washington Whispers reports.
BREAKING! (Not breaking.)
And now Margaret Thatcher has dementia. Those two must have been doing some crazy shit together. [Political Wire]
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Well there you go again. Although, I would say believing in trickle down economics was the real early evidence his brain wasn't working right.
Now can we rename Alzheimer's after Reagan, you know just like Lou Gehrig's disease?
Yes, henceforth let it be known as "Reagan's Gift."
There's already a Reagan's disease – it means actually believing all the shit you spew to get elected, no matter how ridiculous.
Palinitis?
Finally Regan would be associated with something befitting his legacy.
Dumping your wife for a women who's only real credential is giving great blow jobs?
Dumping his wife for a women who's only credential was that she gave great blow jobs?
Phyllis Schlafly and her efforts to name everything in U.S.A. after Reagan will certainly support you.
But will anyone remember it?
They should re-name AIDS after Reagan, since he never acknowledged its existence, even as thousands of Americans were dying from it.
Personally, I think the entire modern conservative movement has signs of Alzheimer’s disease.
You are referring to the short term mem loss, but yet, they can remember with startling clarity some happy times in the past? By startling clarity I mean of course only remembering the good times for them and none of the bad times for those less fortunate.
And this is news, exactly why?
If you don't remember maybe it's time to Reaganize you.
I would only agree if you were to do it.
Because someone finally acknowledged the fact. It was obvious to anyone with a clue, but to the repuke faithful, he was godlike and wise until his dying day.
And they will believe facts?
Sure, they'll believe the facts, theoretically, but only if you tart them up as hyperbole-stuffed lies, fear-drenched paranoia and/or right-wing talking points.
I think the heart of the matter is that they are scared shitless that someone they don't fucking approve of (read black) is going to get some of their tax dollars and spend it well, if unwisely. I would hate to live that way, always worrying about the small shit.
I'd say it's more like Atwater's disease. I hear it's incurable.
Those two must have been doing some crazy shit together.
It was the 80s so that means snorting blow or listening to Kajagoogoo. Either one could have given them brain damage.
Snorting coke off of Maggie's tits is the image now seared into my brain for the rest of today
Is that how you spell that fucking band? I never knew, since it was before the internet and I didn't have a Rolling Stone sub.
Beginning in the 50s he forgot everything his corporate masters didn't want him to remember.
Well, at least Reagan didn't have Alzheimer’s.
Who?
The Republicans have enshrined Reagan as a way to forget what he was actually like as president.
It's basically the way I remember "The A-Team." It must have been awesome because I really liked it when I was a kid.
Good thing he wrote all those notes to himself about how to defeat communism before the disease really started to take hold.
The real miracle is that, having learned the horoscope was fucked up all that time, that Nancy's astrologer could do such an excellent job with foreign policy. Why she never won the Peace Prize is beyond me. Just as reality was beyond Ronald Rayguns all those years.
Those should be turned into a textbook of required reading.
Well, more of a cocktail napkin of required reading, but you know what I mean.
The most important parts he had tattooed backwards on his chest so he could read them in the mirror.
The best thing about having Alzheimer's is that every day you get to meet new people.
Also, explains the 'there must be a pony in here somewhere' story.
Ketchup wasn't the only vegetable in the White House.
Nancy and Ronnie go out to a fine DC restaurant together. After they've perused the menu, Nancy says, "I'll have the Rack of Lamb with the Red Wine, Shallot Sauce, please."
Waiter: "And for the vegetable?"
Nancy: "He'll have the same."
(Circa 1980.) Thanks, folks. I'll be here all week.
MORE BREAKING NEWS: William Howard Taft was fat.
Anyway, I think it's important to keep in mind that, even before the Alzheimer's kicked in, the Gypper didn't know much, and didn't see why he'd need to.
And that is why I don't fear Alzheimer's. Nothing lost, nothing gained.
The Presidency of the United States should have a stricter physical than a city bus driver, Jeebus.
Ronny and Maggie would huff all kinds of Carbona way, way into the night.
Never forget, Carbona, not glue.
And every Republican Presidential Candidate since has upheld this tradition by having a certifiable mental illness.
I just wish I could forget each and every fucking year that "hero" spent as President…might help me to believe he wasn't the one who started the flushing!
Everything single thing about the fucking country moved downward, except the federal deficit, that skyrocketed. Deregulation had a great time in the S&L mess.
But he made us feel good about being American! That's it. That's all his biggest fans can say about him, that and tearing down the Soviet Bloc with a speech. (When everyone knows, of course, that he spent them into an early grave and turned us into a debtor nation.)
But no, I'm not bitter and full of hatred. Why do you ask?
And it's axiomatic among Repubicans the RR — the tax raising, abortion legalizing, terrorist negotiating, deficit spending, vacation loving POTUS — is the Greatest President in the History of the Universe.
The thing that always gets me is that the same people who insist he won the Cold War by "forcing" the USSR to spend way more than they could afford on their military also demand that we must never stop spending way more than we can afford on our military. Where do they expect that to get us?
Not surprised considering that most serious Raygunites are either dumb or in the early stages of Alzheimers.
When FOX News reports this — if they report this — how do they refer to Ron Reagan? I mean, it must be horrific to have to disparage the name of the Chosen One… But disparage they will. Is the son just an unnamed failed ballet dancer, or something?
"& in other news, an itinerant commentator at a rival to this network & former ballet dancer indicates our nation's 40th president had Alzheimer's while in office…"
our nation's 40th president (D) had Alzeimer's while in office
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If I remember correctly, I think they left Ron Reagan's eulogy out on the report on Reagan's funeral.
Amazing, really, that Ron turned out to be a half-decent human being, even if he doesn't understand news value. His adopted syndicated brother, on the other hand, in the last few weeks has used Michelle's garden as justification to keep women in the kitchen and called our beloved AZ sheriff a senile old fool.
And he was the one who complained that, when his old man was in office, that he and him family had never been invited to the WH.
Wow. That really IS surprising. I thought he had signs of it much earlier.
This is why I always thought it was awesome that Republicans act like this guy is the greatest thing since sliced bread. He was an actor reading a script, the fact that he had Alzheimer's for years and it was covered up fairly well is just the confirmation of this.
Their idol had no idea what the hell he was talking about and neither do they. Perfect!
Our new guv, Betty Boob aka "Mattress Mary" Fallin gave in a speech in town in October and, I quote, "As Ronald Regan said, A house divided against itself cannot stand."
A young English friend once complained that we never change the person featured on our money. I told that was a good thing, since the Republithugs would slap Reagan's face on every single fucking bill.
Just noticed the "also he wore leg warmers." lol, Jack. lol.
I heard that Maggie loved the way Ronnie jiggled his head during the 'orals'.
Reagan! Reagan! Reagan!
Reagan would have been upset over the victimization of Sarah. Or is vixenization?
I wish I could get Alzheimer's for the years 1980-1988. Also, 2000-2008.
You're due for a good decade.
I did my best with drugs and alcohol, but it was never enough.
Alas, it never is.
Well, you know the great thing about having Alzheimer's, right?
You're always meeting new people.
Hopefully he was able to remember when he was in the Army and fought the Nazis for freedom and war bonds.
Because those memories ran deep I say!
Lots of Alzheimers? I thought those were Jellybeans!
I sometimes wonder if the high number of prominent conservatives and the high percentage of them having various neurological disorders is related.
You think the corporate oligarchy wants the bother of a smart puppet? The dumber, the better, if they're really, really dumb, they don't even notice the strings.
In upcoming breaking news: Dick Cheney has Mad Cow Disease.
This is good news for John McCain.
Another example of the MSM doing a great job of keeping the electorate informed. Why, 1984 was only 27 years ago!
When you look back fondly on the political coverage of the 80's as almost a golden age compared to now, you really get a sense of just how screwed we are.
Ey-up! The Washington Post is now a bastion of neocon opining. The New York Times today is crawling along the floor and whimpering for approval from Nixon's toxic spawn in the Establishment and even the once-feisty, semi-Marxist Village Voice is owned by Libertarians from Phoenix, Arizona. Downward, downward it spirals around the drainpipe of history.
"There I go again."
Wasn't Nancy really the president?
No, it was her astrologer.
Naw, that was Nancy's astrologer. Who wrote her own book, by the way. Well worth the 50 cents I paid for it in a junk shop. A hilarious read.
Wasn't Nancy really the president?
I dunno, I've always seen her as either the walrus or the eggman. Koo koo ka choo…
"Weeellll……."
This information would have suprisingly useful in, say, 1984.
One thing is for sure, when Reagan testified that "He did not recollect" when questioned about the Iran-Contra Affair, he was not lying.
How could they tell? But it does explain how he could claim to have liberated the death camps. And look up his hilarious speech to the Medal of Honor winners banquet.
Mr Gorbachev, tear down this…..now where was I?
He sure forgot Jane Wyman fast.
She was, of course, the first person to ever win an Oscar for a role in which she did not speak a word, and was buried in a nun's habit. But you knew that.
Wait- she played Helen Keller?
This should not Surprise anyone……
Lucky for us he had Alzheimer's; he forgot where the red button was.
And to think, we could have had GHWB for a fourth term instead of just three.
Is there a theory that the real Reagan died in the Hinckley assassination attempt and the Reagan after that was a impostor? Because there should be.
I wonder if he ever got his suit paid for, he seemed pretty butt-hurt about that.
Given how much the Repubs venerate St. Ronnie, I'm surprised that all of 'em don't try to develop Alzheimer's theirownselves, just to be like him. (Of course, the Republican brain already shows significant signs of deficit, by definition.)
The true reason for the collapse of the Reykjavík summit? No pudding in Iceland. True story.
"Trees cause more pollution than automobiles do." — Ronald Reagan, 1981
…so we're sure we started to see the signs in '84?
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