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atomic42
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 Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:39 pm Post subject: Historical quote of the day |
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"A moment I've been dreading: George [Bush Sr.] brought his ne'er-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 published diaries, written May 17, 1986.
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Gopher
Joined: 04 Jun 2005
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 8:52 pm Post subject: |
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| Can you cite the editor, publisher, publication year, and pinpoint the page on which you found this remark? |
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faster
Joined: 03 Sep 2006
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| Posted: Tue Oct 02, 2007 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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It's not legit:
http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6580
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Did Reagan really write this? Nope, he didn't. The quotation is pulled from an article titled "My Lunch with Reagan" by Michael Kinsley in the New Republic (vol. 237, issue 1, 7/2/07). And, not surprisingly, the quotation is taken out of context. In its original context it's easy to tell that it's meant as a joke:
The literary editor of The New Republic, Leon Wieseltier, brought the joyous news. "Guess what, Mike. You're mentioned in Reagan's diaries." The diaries were published recently by HarperCollins and were generally well-received. Edited by America's historian-on-steroids, Douglas Brinkley, The Reagan Diaries apparently reveal Reagan to be more thoughtful than he is normally given credit for. Of course, our standards in the area of presidential thoughtfulness have plummeted in recent years. Still, the fact that Reagan was writing it all down was news, and an interesting departure from presidential tradition. Traditionally, presidents use a hidden tape recorder.
But I was more interested in the me angle, frankly. And it was a puzzle. What on earth could Reagan have written? I indulged my imagination, and my ego: "January 22, 1983. Mommie [Nancy] says that Kinsley's column this week in The New Republic undermines the entire philosophical basis of my administration. O dear O dear, I had better not read it."
Or: "October 6, 1987. Why does Kinsley keep picking on me? He is the only thing standing between me and the total destruction of the welfare state. But, ha: I will destroy him--destroy him utterly-- or my name's not � not � not � . Say, they had 'State Fair' on TV last night. What a wholesome, clean-cut young man that Pat Boone is."
Or: "May 17, 1986. A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne'er-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." |
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