LOL! I’m really thankful that President Reagan survived the assassination attempt on him. First and foremost, I loved the man and think he was the greatest president of the twentieth century. But second, if he had died, the likes of Oliver Stone and Michael Moore (and Joel McNally) would by now have devised a conspiracy theory about the murder. We’d be told that Reagan, upon taking office, realized that we needed to appease the Soviet Union, and had privately told members of the “military-industrial complex” that he was cancelling his planned military buildup. In response, the “right-wing cabal” had him murdered, using a brainwashed psycho with a fixation on Jodie Foster as cover.
As I recall Hinkley’s parents were having dinner with Neil Bush while he was stalking Reagan.