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BULLETPROOF: REAGAN AFTER HINCKLEY (Was There a Historic Presidential Epiphany That Day?) TV REVIEW
The New York Times ^
| December 7, 2001
| Leslie Camhi
Posted on 12/07/2001 8:42:00 AM PST by Silly
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On Sunday night, Showtime will air this program. Perhaps those who subscribe to that channel could take a look and report back:
QUESTIONS TO KEEP IN MIND:
Does it tell us anything new, or give us any new insight?
Is it respectful to Reagan, or hopelessly biased?
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12/07/2001 8:42:00 AM PST
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Silly
Reaganites, please send this to your ping lists and keep this bumped.
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12/07/2001 9:00:50 AM PST
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Silly
Reaganites, please send this to your ping lists and keep this bumped.
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12/07/2001 9:01:01 AM PST
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Silly
Reaganites, please send this to your ping lists and keep this bumped.
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12/07/2001 9:01:13 AM PST
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Silly
Reaganites, please send this to your ping lists and keep this bumped.
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12/07/2001 9:01:33 AM PST
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Silly
Reaganites, please send this to your ping lists and keep this bumped.
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12/07/2001 9:01:48 AM PST
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Silly
Reaganites, please send this to your ping lists and keep this bumped.
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12/07/2001 9:06:08 AM PST
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Silly
Reaganites, please send this to your ping lists and keep this bumped.
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12/07/2001 9:45:36 AM PST
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Silly
To: Silly
Did Mr. Reagan, an accomplished actor, become a "real" president in its aftermath? No, he WAS a real President before he was shot. The only thing that changed was that he became firmly committed to doing the will of God.
I love to see these liberals squirm because Dubya is acting a lot like Dutch. And the contrast between them and Clinton is SO obvious that anyone with any semblence of a brain has to notice it. So, kids get used to it. The liberals are coming up with their own analyses of The Gipper. It must be very painful for them to admit that he was a decent guy. We must pity them. I just wish they wouldn't act like they are the first to discover Ronald Reagan was not an evil warmonger and that he actually may have done some good.
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12/07/2001 1:17:34 PM PST
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Slyfox
To: joanie-f; ReaganWasRight; Minuteman23
BUMP
To: Silly
Did Mr. Reagan, an accomplished actor, become a "real" president in its aftermath? Well, I'm pretty sure he was a real Prresident before as well.
Did this assassination attempt by a deranged individual help bring about the end of the cold war?
Oh yeah. Ronald Reagan didn't win the cold war....John Hinckley inspired him to do it.
Where's the barf alert?
To: Silly
[Sarah, an eloquent advocate of gun control]
Must be another Sarah Brady. The one I've seen is an incoherent, asinine drooler who can't articulate a complete sentence without lapsing into a cigarette cough. Eloquent, she ain't.
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12/08/2001 7:05:26 AM PST
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Twodees
To: WhatPriceFreedom?
I'll watch it, but I'm not optimistic that it will be fair.
To: Silly; All
So, did anyone watch this last night?
My review:
I thought the movie itself, The Day Reagan Was Shot, was a bit over the top. Maybe Gen. Al Haig really was a frothing lunatic, I don't know, but that's how Richard Dreyfuss portrayed him. George H.W. Bush and Reagan were portrayed as amiable dunces, in my opinion (Reagan only slightly less so). Deaver, Meese, Baker and Nancy Reagan received some respect. The hero was the ultra-liberal doctor who saved Reagan's life despite political differences.
The documentary preceeding concluded Reagan felt he had been spared for a purpose and he accomplished that purpose when the Cold War ended. They showed the great "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall" footage, which brought a tear to my eye. I didn't find anything about the Bradys to be touching. They sat there on camera and argued. The narrator reminded us about ten times that Brady now is a gun control proponent.
To: mountaineer
Thanks -- no surpises, but a good read.
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12/10/2001 11:39:58 AM PST
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Silly
To: Twodees
Sarah Brady went after the wrong target when her husband's wound disabled him permanently.
Untreated mental illness not a gun caused Hinckley to shoot Reagan & the others.
Thanks to the liberals, people with mental illnesses cannot be hospitalized nor compelled to take medication unless they are proven to be a 'danger to themself or others'; then a Judge can order such treatment.
Hinckley had a history of mental illness but his parents were unable to force compliance. Even today it is a long legal battle for families to get mentally ill adult relatives committed for treatment.
Too bad Sarah Brady wasn't smart enough to recognize the real cause of the shooting......instead of attacking the 2nd Amendment, she should have focused her efforts on mental illness!
To: mountaineer
All I saw was a promo last night showing a scene with Richard Dreyfuss as Alexander Haig (!), and the gag reflex kicked in. Sickening.
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12/10/2001 11:53:31 AM PST
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Jhensy
To: Silly
I didn't see this show but have seen Dreyfuss all TV over promoting it & his portrayal of Haig.....please see my post #61 regarding Bradys.
To: JulieRNR21
You are right. The number one cause of suicide is untreated mental illness. Good catch.
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posted on
12/10/2001 11:56:21 AM PST
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Silly
To: mountaineer
The hero was the ultra-liberal doctor who saved Reagan's life despite political differences.How patriotic of him!
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