President Reagan’s diary is about to be published. There are some excerpts in the article, including the following vintage Reagan remark:
A 1981 entry on Cuban leader Fidel Castro said: “Intelligence reports say he Castro is very worried about me. I’m very worried that we can’t come up with something to justify his worrying.”
There will not be another like him!
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- #Via AFP: “South Korea has lifted an overseas travel ban on Hwang Jang-Yop, the highest-ranking North Korean defector ever to come here and a harsh critic of the Pyongyang regime. . . Hwang, former secretary of the ruling Workers' Party and an ex-tutor of Kim Jong-Il, defected during a trip to Beijing in 1997.” His travel restriction was due to 10 years of pro-North ROK leadership, now over.
- #After an extended time away from blogging, Sperwer’s Log is back!
- #In a previous post on Pyongyang Soju being imported to the U.S., I used pics from a bottle I have, which was purchased in South Korea. Jason Perlow of Off the Broiler sampled some Pyongyang Soju at a Korean restaurant in New Jersey and has photos of the updated labels (looks like it was $5.99 a bottle).
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May 2nd, 2007 at 1:13 pm
My favorite, him joking to the docs after he was shot, “I hope you’re all Republicans.”
May 4th, 2007 at 5:11 pm
Nah, the best was his mic check just before an interview where he said “My fellow Americans, I’m pleased to tell you today that I’ve signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes.” He was unaware that he was being broadcasted.
Or better yet, “I want you to know that also I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent’s youth and inexperience.” This occurred during the debate with Mondale.
Here’s a whole page of quotes….man, I miss him.
May 4th, 2007 at 5:14 pm
This one is great! “Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
May 9th, 2007 at 11:05 am
LMAO, and you wonder why the so-called Republican candidates are grasping at Reagan’s ghost. Too bad they arent as funny as he was. Guliani and his “Brooklyn Deli” routine is not funny at all.