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To: E who wrote (57403)	10/6/1999 2:30:00 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

The interesting question, in my mind, is whether the acts you describe are unique to Reagan, or whether they are more common, and if so, among whom? I raised examples of similar acts by Clinton and Gore, and linked a newspaper column by a Richmond columnist who described doing exactly the thing you accuse Reagan of doing, namely, imagining, and describing, vividly, things that didn't happen. It may well be true that we all do it, but not all of us are under constant scrutiny, so it passes unnoticed. Or it may be that certain types of people are more prone to it than others. It may be that older people are more prone to it than younger people. Or it may be that Reagan, Clinton and Gore are the only ones, although I doubt it. Don't you find these questions interesting? Edit: after all, we live among people who believe that Elvis is alive, and that aliens take them up into spaceships and perform operations on them, and so forth. Imagining you witnessed something you only read about in the newspaper when the event took place decades ago seems innocent compared to imagining that you were operated on by aliens.

To: E who wrote (57403)	10/6/1999 7:31:00 PM
From: nihil	Respond to of 108807

I'll tell you something else about Dorie Miller --- I think, am almost sure his name was Doris. I remember at the time the incongruity of the feminine name and the masculine appearance. The more I think about it, the more I recall he kneeling down and hold a machine gun (obviously not the .50 cal. gun he actually shot) -- and its a still news picture -- maybe in a feature when he was awarded the Navy Cross. Reagan seems to have a dramatizing and visualizing memory (which I don't) -- mine is more eidetic. But I think we are both thinking about the same source of image here. I never think I've seen things I haven't seen. I never have visions, or talk to god or anything. Reagan, mixed up with films, multiple takes, I always thought it a shame that he didn't tell us about his experiences at Little Bighorn.