I’ll listen later to :NPR’scoverage of Reagan’s passing. I’m shedding no tears, mind. At the time of his election, I was toying with the idea of moving to Canada, just on general principle. It’s sad for his immediate family, of course.
And, besides… I always thought the onset of his illness was late in his first term, and everyone around him was covering it up.
Remember, this is the president that brought us Iran-Contra, the highest number of ethics violations by members of his administration in history, and a lot of very dirty “most favored corporation” deals.
Oh, and he’s also the one that brought us photo ops, an early form of spin doctoring, and the first (but not the last) Teflon Presidency.
Smells familiar, doesn’t it?
P.S. As a travel agent, I will still refuse to call DCA “Washington Reagan” airport. As I refuse to call IAH “Bush Intercontinental.” Because we don’t call ATL “Carter International” and we sure as hell will never call LIT “Clinton – Little Rock.” That last re-designation will never happen more because of the inevitable “C-LIT” jokes than anything.
