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To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (56681)	10/1/1999 8:14:00 PM
From: E	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 108807

I don't know at what stage in his life Reagan's bizarre ideation began. His son, Schmuck, is 35 years old now. Schmuck's high school graduation would have been about 17 years ago. So it must have been after Reagan's governorship that the incident occurred in which the man didn't recognize his own son at the graduation ceremony. From Morris, a sad story: "Michael Reagan is the most starved child of all... he used to be proud of his father's nickname for him, Schmuck, until he looked it up in a Yiddish dictionary... "

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (56681)	10/1/1999 8:23:00 PM
From: E	Respond to of 108807

I'm no expert on his period as Governor of California, but here's a brief commentary on Reagan as Governor, from Reagan's America, by Garry Wills. Bolds and itals mine. "Reagan is different. He not only maintained his campaign views [anti-government], but he did so sincerely, despite a diverging practice. He did not seem to be affected by the reality of what he was doing. He continued to profess that he had cut government spending when he had raised it drastically. That is the first mystery about the man. The second is that he was (and is) believed." I take the liberty of repeating the final two sentences in caps, for emphasis: "...THAT IS THE FIRST MYSTERY ABOUT THE MAN. [The divergence between fact and what he professed.] THE SECOND IS THAT HE WAS (AND IS) BELIEVED." And we see here that mystery displaying itself in all its depressing glory. The whole situation smells to me of something like Original Sin.

To: Lizzie Tudor who wrote (56681)	10/1/1999 8:36:00 PM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

Reagan would have easily won reelection if he had been allowed to run in 88. Bush did himself in by breaking his promise to not raise taxes. And running without any passion. On the other hand, there is no way Gore is electable because of the Clinton legacy and his wacked-out eco-terroristic belief's. His silver spooned life, and out-and-out lies are so out of touch with the electorate I doubt he even gets 30% of the vote. "I picked it, I plowed it, I hoed it" The only thing he hoed as a child was the back seat of his limousines carpet. :-) Michael