Posted on 03/30/2006 7:21:09 AM PST by Nextrush
I prefer this "stalwart President Reagan stares death down 25 years ago, Chuck Norris unavailable for comment"
If he was still alive today he would not believe what had happened to HIS Republican party!!
"If he was still alive today he would not believe what had happened to HIS Republican party!!"
He's rolling over in his grave.
We must remain thankful that Reagan recovered quickly from this incident!
Even at this time, his good nature and sense of humor was evident:
"Honey, I forgot to duck." -to Nancy after the shooting.
He also told the doctor that "I hope you're a Republican!"
"Honey... I forgot to duck!"
One of the GREAT Americans in history.
What an awful day. If he hadn't made it the whole course of history might have been different. Thank God the will of the voters was not overturned by the act of one crazed moron.
I agree. The world would be in much worse shape had God not spared his life.
I was 9th grader in class at North Davis Jr. High in Clearfield, Utah when someone came in a said that the President had been shot.
And the classy response from the (liberal Democrat!) doctor: "Sir, we're all Republicans today." :)
To show what a nice classy area I live in, the local paper ran an article the next day quoting at least 2 random people they approached saying they were sorry Reagan did not die. Not surprising in a place that always votes 80+% Democrat. One lady was shocked by the shooting and said "I can't believe it. What's happening to us?" I asked the same thing, but my greater concern was over those who would cheer at Reagan's possible demise more so than over the shooting itself.
A large percentage of democrats are treasonous and hate this country. And Reagan personifies this country like few others ever have.
The African Studies student cited in the one post as cheering the Reagan shooting and lauding Jim Jones was not only venal, but a fool and a remarkably stupid one at that. Interesting that the remaining losers led by Jim Jones to Jonestown, Guyana (and who were hoping to move to the now defunct "paradise" known as the Soviet Union) were the first to shriek about why the US wasn't helping them after the "reverend" convinced their cohorts to drink poisoned Kool Aid. For some reason, the Jones followers didn't call on the USSR to help them out or gather the bodies of the "reverend's" deluded followers; it was the US and as I recall, we paid every penny of it.
A very scary day for our Republic. I went on a vacation to a Club Med in the Bahamas a few days later. The people leaving, as I was coming into the Club, had no info at all. Club Med surely does block out the world for your relaxation!
We all have our "get it" moments and this related to one of mine.
I made a point of recording a Nightline special on Reagan after he left office. Within 5 minutes they had said that Reagan's presidency was a wreck and only sympathy from the shooting saved his legacy.
I wanted to puke. I have never watched a minute of that ragshow since.
That's pretty bad. I lived in Boston at the time, where Reagan was generally spelled "Ray-Gun", and never heard anyone say anything that bad.
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