Straight From the Gipper's Pen

Washington Post ^ | 4/27/07 | David Montgomery

[Valin]

Straight From the Gipper's Pen HarperCollins to Publish Reagan's Personal Diary Of His White House Years

Ronald Reagan kept a diary -- handwritten, blue-inked reflections and observations of nearly every day of his eight years in the White House -- and now it will be published, executives of HarperCollins and the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Foundation announced yesterday.

The existence of the five leather-bound volumes embossed with a gold presidential seal was not a secret. Key entries were quoted in the press during the investigation into the Iran-contra arms sale controversy in the mid-1980s: "I agreed to sell TOWs to Iran" -- Jan. 17, 1986. Reagan drew on the diary for his 1990 memoir, "An American Life: The Autobiography," and certain scholars have had access to it over the years.

(NOTE: Please see reply #1 for link to Vanity Fair's Excerpts for the diary)

[Valin]

Vanityfair.com

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2007/06/reagan200706?currentPage=1

Reagan, Unscripted

[Atlas Sneezed]

Gotta bring down Reagan a notch now that fred is being compared to him.

[mad puppy]

There is nothing so wrong with this country that another 8 years with RWR as President wouldn’t greatly improve.

[outofstyle]

Where other diarists prattle on, unsure of what is important, he found it easy to identify the salient point...

That about sums it up.

[theDentist]

I can hear the liberal authors out there now, salivating at the idea of taking simple quotes from RR writings and taking them out of context....

[Valin]

Actually it’s pretty good! Please see reply 1 for link.
Unfortunately Vanity Fair won’t allow even excerpts posted....alas.

[Walkingfeather]

Once they found the writings of Regan that became the book,” in his own hand” they have had to eat crow believing he was a tottering old man. Most of them have never had the discipline to read and write as much as he did in his lifetime.

[Vn_survivor_67-68]

“Actually the only disagreement was over whether I made policy or the Sec. of State did.”................R.R. on Haig resigning.

[Valin]

“I’m in charge here.”
Alexander Haig (legend in his own mind)

[pleikumud]

The book to read is Reagan’s autobiography, “An American Life”. Too bad Congressional Republicans haven’t read it, so they could follow his example.

[trumandogz]

"I agreed to sell TOWs to Iran" -- Jan. 17, 1986

Leave it to the MSM even in a time to honor President Reagan they feel the need to point out the White House's weapons deal to Iran.

[phillyfanatic]

Another book, Reagan in His Own Words, showed that RR was on top of his game and had good solid comprehension on both domestic and foreign policy agendas.