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1. jamiebeth wrote:

   OH MI GAWD. that’s all i got so i’ll say it again. OH MI GAWD. ok. that’s all.

   Posted 20 Aug 2007 at 12:09 pm ¶

2. Nick wrote:

   The link seems to have died, but its glory lives on.

   Posted 20 Aug 2007 at 5:23 pm ¶

3. Matthew Tobey wrote:

   It’s fictional though, right?

   Posted 20 Aug 2007 at 6:42 pm ¶

4. matt wrote:

   from what i understand, it’s straight from saint ronnie’s diary.

   Posted 20 Aug 2007 at 6:49 pm ¶

5. Matthew Tobey wrote:

   The above statement, while reflecting a certain element of truth, is false. It did not appear in the “Reagan Diaries”.

   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:

   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.”Further References on George W. Bush

   Posted 20 Aug 2007 at 6:53 pm ¶

6. Matthew Tobey wrote:

   That came from your source-link. Forgot to mention.

   Posted 20 Aug 2007 at 6:54 pm ¶

7. jamiebeth wrote:

   bummer.

   Posted 20 Aug 2007 at 7:08 pm ¶

8. Nick wrote:

   I would have bought Reagan’s diaries if that passage was in them. Truth.

   Posted 22 Aug 2007 at 5:34 pm ¶

9. jamiebeth wrote:

   Nick - Me Too!

   Posted 23 Aug 2007 at 7:22 am ¶

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