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To: Ilaine who wrote (57473)	10/6/1999 11:22:00 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

But E is talking about someone who suggested he went.

To: Ilaine who wrote (57473)	10/7/1999 12:12:00 AM
From: E	Respond to of 108807

But what if he had bought a purple heart at a pawn shop? I assume you would not have approved such a pose. Or tried to create in any other way the impression of sacrifices of a sort he did NOT make, such as that he had not lain in the arms of his wife (sorry, he's your father, that must be a horrible thought) for lo those many months, "in common with" the "millions of other soldiers." Reagan was a self-dramatizer who served his country doing the work he did in Hollywood, while trying to create the impression he served his country in another, quite heart-rending, way. He was, therefore, a hypocrite and an exploiter of the sacrifices made by less lucky soldiers. Your father wasn't a hypocrite, and served his country in his own way, and was proud enough of that, and did not try to capitalize on the extraordinary sacrifices of others. I think what Reagan did was cheap. If I had been the wife of a soldier who didn't return, and had read that statement of Reagan's, and had understood as I read the words that while my husband was dying far from my bed, Ron was snuggling with Jane, I would have thought the man despicable.