[ZOOKER]

Rumor has it that the ghost of RR rushed into the ER, claiming to be in charge...

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

claiming to be in charge...

Beat me to it!

[NELSON111]

Wondering how many posts it would take for someone to say that :-)...figured it would be top 10...

[NELSON111]

Wondering how many posts it would take for someone to say that :-)...figured it would be top 10...

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I always thought that was a Bad rap on him...with his background as a General,...that is the first thing that is expected to be said.

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Reagan assassination attempt

Secretary of State Haig speaks to the press after the attempted assassination on President Ronald Reagan

In 1981, after the March 30 assassination attempt on Reagan, Haig asserted before reporters "I am in control here" as a result of Reagan's hospitalization.

Constitutionally, gentlemen, you have the President, the Vice President and the Secretary of State in that order, and should the President decide he wants to transfer the helm to the Vice President, he will do so. He has not done that. As of now, I am in control here, in the White House, pending return of the Vice President and in close touch with him. If something came up, I would check with him, of course.

—Alexander Haig , Alexander Haig, autobiographical profile in TIME Magazine, April 2, 1984^[13]

It was assumed by many who heard this that Secretary Haig had an antiquated familiarity with the order of succession to the presidency. Rather than being seen as an attempt to allay the nation's fear, the quotation became seen as a laughable attempt by Haig to exceed his authority.^[14]

Haig would have been incorrect if this were an interpretation of the U.S. Constitution concerning both the presidential line of succession and the 25th Amendment, which dictates what happens when a president is incapacitated. The holders of the two offices between the Vice President and the Secretary of State, the Speaker of the House (at the time, Tip O'Neill) and the President pro tempore of the Senate (at the time, J. Strom Thurmond), would be required under U.S. law (3 U.S.C. § 19) to resign their positions in order for either of them to become acting President. This was an unlikely event considering that Vice-President Bush was merely not immediately available. Haig's statement reflected political reality, if not necessarily legal reality. Haig later said,

I wasn't talking about transition. I was talking about the executive branch, who is running the government. That was the question asked. It was not, "Who is in line should the President die?"

—Alexander Haig, Alexander Haig interview with 60 Minutes II April 23, 2001

[Ernest_at_the_Beach]

I always thought that was a Bad rap on him...with his background as a General,...that is the first thing that is expected to be said.

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From Wikipedia:

Alexander Haig

In 1981, after the March 30 assassination attempt on Reagan, asserted before reporters "I am in control here" as a result of Reagan's hospitalization.

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This was an unlikely event considering that Vice-President Bush was merely not immediately available. Haig's statement reflected political reality, if not necessarily legal reality. Haig later said,

I wasn't talking about transition. I was talking about the executive branch, who is running the government. That was the question asked. It was not, "Who is in line should the President die?"

—Alexander Haig, Alexander Haig interview with 60 Minutes II April 23, 2001

[Jemian]

That is the repeat of the tired old cannard from the lamestream media. They would not get away with twisting it now because of the internet.

The question put to Haig asked who's in charge. Haig's answer, in toto was, "At the White House? Me."

That interrogatory sentence has been conveniently left out and puts a whole different light on the subject.

[Onelifetogive]

Rumor has it that the ghost of RR rushed into the ER, claiming to be in charge...

I can already picture the cartoon with AH arriving at the pearly gates and announcing that he is in charge now.