Reagan Diaries: George W: "Find the Kid a Job"...

[Demeter]

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=6580




Global Research, August 19, 2007
The New Republic
Direct quote from the just published REAGAN DIARIES.

The entry is dated May 17, 1986.

'A moment I've been dreading. George brought his ne're-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.'

[seemslikeadream]

1. It's not true

:hi:


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1626334&mesg_id=1626334

[Fridays Child]

2. However, to quote Judy Tenuta...

...it could happen!

[EVDebs]

4. Watch out, GW will restart those 'Reagan is 666' rumours again...

[MADem]

3. A total hoax, that has been posted here today half a dozen times.

Here's a link to the HOAXINESS of it all. http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/hoax/

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:

The literary editor of The New Republic, Leon Wieseltier, brought the joyous news. "Guess what, Mike. You're mentioned in Reagan's diaries." The diaries were published recently by HarperCollins and were generally well-received. Edited by America's historian-on-steroids, Douglas Brinkley, The Reagan Diaries apparently reveal Reagan to be more thoughtful than he is normally given credit for. Of course, our standards in the area of presidential thoughtfulness have plummeted in recent years. Still, the fact that Reagan was writing it all down was news, and an interesting departure from presidential tradition. Traditionally, presidents use a hidden tape recorder.

But I was more interested in the me angle, frankly. And it was a puzzle. What on earth could Reagan have written? I indulged my imagination, and my ego: "January 22, 1983. Mommie 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."

[Catchawave]

6. Good source :)

I had to use the damn book to debunk it, embarrassing as that was, I have the book :silly:

There was no May 17, 1986 entry.

[MADem]

7. I think it's funny as hell, as a joke. I just get a bit concerned when I

see my fellow DUers eagerly leaping on this, hoping it's true, when if you step back, and look at history, logically, (particularly what the Monkey was up to during that time) it's just patently false.

It is a yuck-yuck, for sure, but nothing more!

I wouldn't mind reading that book--wouldn't pay for it, but I'd read it. He wasn't as dumb as some wanted him to be. That said, he wasn't as smart as others wanted him to be either!!!

A regular fellah, with what used to be regarded as a decent American education--the guy could write, I give him that. AND act, Bonzo notwithstanding.

[Kahuna]

5. rofl..

:rofl: