Rest in peace Michael Deaver.
Posted on 08/18/2007 9:20:02 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Reagan adviser Michael Deaver dies
By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL, Associated Press Writer 6 minutes ago
Michael K. Deaver, one Ronald Reagan's closest advisers during in the White House and the director of the president's picturesque and symbolic public appearances, died Saturday. He was 69.
Deaver, who had pancreatic cancer, died at his home in Bethesda, Md., according to a statement from the Deaver family that was issued by Edelman, the public relations firm he served as vice chairman.
Deaver was celebrated and scorned as an expert at media manipulation for focusing on how the president looked as much as what the president said. Reagan's chief choreographer for public events, Deaver protected the commander in chief's image and enhanced it with a flair for choosing just the right settings, poses and camera angles.
"I've always said the only thing I did is light him well," Deaver told the Los Angeles Times in 2001. "My job was filling up the space around the head. I didn't make Ronald Reagan. Ronald Reagan made me."
Deaver's own image suffered a setback in 1987. He was convicted on three of five counts of perjury stemming from statements to a congressional subcommittee and a federal grand jury investigating his lobbying activities with administration officials.
Deaver blamed alcoholism for lapses in memory and judgment. He was sentenced to three years' probation and fined $100,000 as well as ordered to perform 1,500 hours of public service.
When the subject of a pardon surfaced in Reagan's final days in office in 1989, the president noted that Deaver had indicated he would not accept one, according to Reagan's diary.
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Wow. First Merv Griffin, now Mike Deaver. A double blow to Nancy Reagan.
RIP Mister Deaver.
I had always liked him. RIP.
Yes it is. Deaver was the Reagan’s closest friend.
Boy oh boy are we losing lots of good guys, lately. Makes a person go hmmmmm
Oh no.
Michael Deaver was a very bright and decent guy.
sad ping
I just wish once the obits were written by our side
rest in peace Mr. Deaver
RIP Mr. Deaver
prayers
after reading the obituary, it’s just another opportunity for the msm (this time ap) to further its pro socialist agenda.
God, I hate that disease.
Rest in peace, Michael Deaver.
RIP. A loyal assistant to a legend.
I know you know him PING
RIP, Mr. Deaver. If he was a close advisor to Ronaldus Maximus, then he was definitely a sharp man.
Way too young for good guy like you. Godspeed, oh loyal servant!
I remember this, and remember his taking a lot of flak for trying to use alcoholism as an excuse for crime.
I thought this was unfair. It seems to me that if your memory is genuinely impaired by alcohol, then your false statements are not deliberate lies and therefore not perjury. The whole "don't blame alcohol for your crimes" mantra struck me in this situation as a bait and switch.
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