Article from Vanity Fair on release of Reagan diaries (many excerpts)

[Greeby]

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/06/reagan200706?printable=true¤tPage=all

I'll just pick a few relevant ones out

Mon. Jan. 26, 1981 • A meeting on terrorism with heads of F.B.I.—S.S.—C.I.A. Sec's of St. Defense & others. Have ordered they be given back their ability to function. Next a cabinet meeting on the deal with Iran. Hostages will arrive in country tomorrow. It seems some of them had some tough questions for Carter in Germany as to why they were there so long and why they were there to begin with.

Hmm, paging Octafish

Mon. March 30 • My day to address the Bldg. & Const. Trades Nat. Conf. A.F.L.-C.I.O. at the Hilton Ballroom—2 p.m. Was all dressed to go & for some reason at the last min. took off my really good wrist watch & wore an older one.

Speech not riotously received—still it was successful.

Left the hotel at the usual side entrance and headed for the car—suddenly there was a burst of gun fire from the left. S.S. Agent pushed me onto the floor of the car & jumped on top. I felt a blow in my upper back that was unbelievably painful. I was sure he'd broken my rib. The car took off. I sat up on the edge of the seat almost paralyzed by pain. Then I began coughing up blood which made both of us think—yes I had a broken rib & it had punctured a lung. He switched orders from W.H. to Geo. Wash. U. Hosp.

By the time we arrived I was having great trouble getting enough air. We did not know that Tim McCarthy (S.S.) had been shot in the chest, Jim Brady in the head & a policeman Tom Delahanty in the neck.

I walked into the emergency room and was hoisted onto a cart where I was stripped of my clothes. It was then we learned I'd been shot & had a bullet in my lung.

Getting shot hurts.

Well, no shit sherlock :eyes:

Sun. June 7 • Got word of Israeli bombing of Iraq—nuclear reactor. I swear I believe Armageddon is near.

Oh dear

[TwilightGardener]

1. In his second term, his diary entries went more like this:

"Today, Nancy and I met with Mr. Gorbachev and his wife."


"Yesterday, Nancy and I met Gorbachev. And his wife."


"Did I mention I met Gorbachev? Nancy and I? Can't remember if his wife was there or not."


"I like tapioca pudding."

[gatorboy]

2. HOPES Armageddon is near. What a putz.

And didja catch that Iran comment, Freepers? You can thank your demigod for the wonderful Middle Eastern Lollapalooza we have now.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Some interesting information there.

Possible involvement, on a personal level, in Iran-Contra.

But remember: He's a saint, right?