Posted on 06/07/2004 9:43:02 AM PDT by Howlin
Reagan family has arrived in Santa Monica to escort President Reagan's body to his library.
does Merv have a wife?
Thanks for the info about the funerals--I didn't know Nixon didn't want one.
I'm not "age enhanced" enough to remember JFK's! :-)
Ivan, it is so nice to see you! Hope all is well for you.
When my grandfather died, my grandmother wore a bright dress in multi-colored jewel tones at the funeral. I went to give her a hug, and told her what a pretty dress she had on. She told me: "Don't you remember this? This is the dress I wore for our 60th wedding anniversary party. Your grandfather thought I looked so beautiful in it, that I just had to wear it today." It almost knocked me over.
Whaa? Who he? Who we talkin' 'bout Willis?
Merv is married? Don't think so....
Well, I don't know for sure, I was assuming that the lady next to him was his wife. Wasn't he involved for many years with one of the Gabor sisters? I think it was Eva.
When you're first starting out in life, as young marrieds, for example..you tend to look for key advisors..doctors, dentists, ministers, lawyers, accountants...for those older than you..who have been around a little, gotten experience and demonstrated wisdom...the first overt sign of middle age plus, is when you now prefer to chose them younger than you, because you secretly expect, and hope, that they will outlive you, so you won't have to go through all the trouble of changing horses in midstream..
Oh, great Cavuto is taking over.
Shep Smith is a raging loser. He really stinks.
"Good night, sweet prince,
And flights of angels sing thee to thy rest...."
Shep is actually saying this? Or he is just reporting that other people are saying it? I know Fox News has gotten bad as of late - a hardly watch them anymore really, but it sounds like they are going off the deep end?
He probably didn't want one because he thought he would be vilified. He would've been pleased and touched to see the outpouring of affection for him. I remember that it drove the Dems nuts.
I think the blonde is Maureen Reagan's (what a lady she was!!) widowers new lady friend.
I just found this article:
Irish Town Marks Ronald Reagan's Death
BALLYPOREEN, Ireland - June 3, 1984. It was the day that Ronald Reagan rediscovered his Irish roots - and overcame his reluctance to hold babies.
The people of Ballyporeen fondly remember the Reagan visit. He was there to see documents that proved his great-grandfather, Michael Regan, had been born in the small hamlet in County Tipperary.
"He was here for four hours, drinking beer and chatting," Mary O'Farrell, who with her husband John runs O'Farrell's bar in the main street, recalled Monday. They had renamed the establishment the Ronald Reagan Bar after the favorite son was elected in 1980.
"He was very easy to talk to and he went way past his schedule and his staff were shouting, 'It's time to go, Mr. President,'" O'Farrell said.
The O'Farrells presented their four-week-old baby daughter, Catherine Nancy - named for the president's wife - but were careful not to ask the president to hold her, since his staff had advised he would not.
"Mrs. Reagan held the baby while he signed the visitor's book, but then she needed to sign and I said, 'Mr. President, why don't you hold the baby?'" Mrs. O'Farrell recalled. "And he did. And he was charming."
The O'Farrells were saddened to hear of Reagan's death of pneumonia on Saturday - but they had received a personal note of warning.
"He wrote to us four times after coming here, the last time about 10 years ago when he said he was suffering from Alzheimer's," said Mrs. O'Farrell. "I think it must have been very hard for Mrs. Reagan."
O'Farrell's bar is now for sale, but the new owners are likely to retain the Reagan connection, which is also highlighted at the Ronald Reagan Center, home of Ballyporeen's tourist office.
Former chairman of Tipperary South County Council, Con Donovan, was the first person to formally welcome Reagan when his helicopter landed in a local sports field.
"I remember him on the podium throwing out his arm and saying, 'There is no place in the universe I would rather be than here in Ballyporeen,'" Donovan said.
Addressing the crowds who crammed into Ballyporeen, Reagan tried a bit of Gaelic, thanking "the muintir na hEireann" (people of Ireland) for welcoming him to his ancestral home.
"I know at last whence I came," he declared. "And this has given my soul a new contentment. And it is a joyous feeling. It is like coming home after a long journey.
"I can't think of a place on the planet I would rather claim as my roots more than Ballyporeen."
Reagan said his great-grandfather - who left Ireland in the 1860s, a time of great poverty - had gone "seeking to better himself and his family."
For a long time, Reagan had known little about his ancestry because his own father had been orphaned in childhood, he said.
"From what I'm told, we were a poor family. But my ancestors took with them a treasure, an indomitable spirit that was cultivated in the rich soil of this county," Reagan added.
The president joked that he had learned from genealogists that all Regans and Reagans belonged to the same clan, and "that in it those who said 'Regan' and spelled it that way were the professional people and the educators, and only the common laborers called it 'Reagan.'
"So, meet a common laborer," he said, to laughter.
Yesterday, I heard one of the 24-hour news anchors say that Pres. Reagan's tax cuts "hurt government programs for poor people."
Meanwhile, "O.J. 'allegedly' hurt Nicole Brown".
Not sure..I thinkt hat Nixon wanted to avoid the controversy of a state funeral in DC..he probably would have liek to stick his thumb in the Dems eyes one last time, but wanted to avoid creating a scene for his family..
Good to see you posting again. I've missed the wonderful articles you found and brought to Free Republic. Hope all is well
if its as bad as you say, everyone should email FNC to ask he be removed.
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