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To: tejek who wrote (598259)	1/16/2011 7:39:30 PM
From: i-node	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576263

>> Reagan didn't come down with Alzheimer's at the ripe old age of 94. What, exactly, does it matter? Reagan ended the Cold War near the end of his presidency, and his entire eight years was the best of the century. So, whether his mind was failing or not is totally immaterial. For his own son to blatantly attempt to tarnish his legacy is the act of a scumbag, period, end of story. No decent individual would do something like that.

To: tejek who wrote (598259)	1/16/2011 7:39:43 PM
From: Brumar89	2 Recommendations Respond to of 1576263

Sonofgun, he brought down the Soviet Union, turned around the economy, rebuilt the military (and they can't take those accomplishments away from him no matter how they slam him) ..... I'll take that over a Harvard Law genius anyday.

To: tejek who wrote (598259)	1/16/2011 7:56:15 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1576263

... In addition to challenging the former president's doctors, Ron also reports for the first time that Reagan, right after falling off a horse six months out of the White House, underwent brain surgery, denied by Reagan associates. Let's start with the Alzheimer's diagnosis. It was announced in 1994. While it prompted some to suggest they knew Reagan had the disease as president, his four White House doctors said they saw no evidence of it. But Ron, who became a liberal and atheist, disappointing his dad, suggests he saw hints of confusion and "an out-of-touch president" during the 1984 campaign and again in 1986, when his father couldn't recall the names of California canyons he was flying over. Arguing his case in the book, Ron adds that doctors today know that the disease can be in evidence before being recognized. "The question, then, of whether my father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's while in office more or less answers itself," he writes. [See a gallery of caricatures of Reagan and other pols.] Besides playing amateur doctor, Ron Reagan reveals, if true, brain surgery on his dad never before reported. He accurately reports that Reagan, after leaving the presidency, was bucked from a horse on July 4, 1989, while in Mexico. Ron tells of how his dad, after initially refusing medical help, was transported to a San Diego hospital. "Surgeons opening his skull to relieve pressure on the brain emerged from the operating room with the news that they had detected what they took to be probable signs of Alzheimer's disease." Several Reagan associates, however, say there was no surgery in San Diego. What's more there is no reporting about any San Diego operation on Reagan. News reports at the time of his fall say Reagan was flown to a hospital in Arizona, where he was treated for scrapes and bruises and released after five hours. There were no reports of Reagan with a shaved head or skull stitches later that month when he served as a guest TV announcer at the July 11 baseball All-Star Game in Anaheim, Calif., or when he was inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City on July 21. [ If he'd had brain surgery shortly after July 4, no way would there h/b no sign of surgery on July 11. Plus he was guest announcer at the ball game. ] In September, he went to the Mayo Clinic, where a small burr hole was drilled to relieve a fluid buildup due to the fall. Ron Reagan doesn't mention this, but says that Reagan visited the Mayo Clinic in 1990 for tests that "confirmed the initial suspicion of Alzheimer's." Reagan's post-presidency history, documented in several archives like University of Texas, reveal no such visit. And Dr. John E. Hutton Jr. his doctor from 1984 through Reagan's retirement, told the New York Times that Reagan didn't show the tell-tale symptoms until 1993. .... usnews.com