Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site opus.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!hao!cires!nbires!opus!rcd From: rcd@opus.UUCP (Dick Dunn) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Ronald Reagan/Bombing USSR Message-ID: <716@opus.UUCP> Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 21:44:08 EDT Article-I.D.: opus.716 Posted: Mon Aug 20 21:44:08 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 22-Aug-84 05:49:54 EDT References: <1575@zehntel.UUCP> Organization: NBI, Boulder Lines: 17 I recently saw an editorial which took some pains to point out that Ronald Reagan's age ought not to be an issue. It carried a photo of the geezer uh, I mean gipper (thank you, Mike Peters:-) holding a football aloft as if to pass it, and looking to be in fine form. Small comfort, that. I don't worry about his physical abilities; FDR seemed to manage at least passably from a wheelchair for quite a while. I'm worried about his mental abilities, and I don't care whether it's age or something else that's his problem - but shit, anyone who's been an actor and is a public figure ought to be damn careful about what he says in front of a microphone, whether he THINKS it's live or not. Maybe I should be glad for this glimpse into how the man works, but I'll only feel good about it if it keeps him from getting reelected (which it won't). -- Dick Dunn {hao,ucbvax,allegra}!nbires!rcd (303)444-5710 x3086 ...Are you making this up as you go along?