In dealing with the Soviet Union, Ronald Reagan had a favorite phrase “trust, but verify.”
Obviously, I should have done that before posting this provocative post about President Reagan’s supposed opinion of a then much younger George W. Bush.
Perhaps, I should have even consulted my own copy of The Reagan Diaries
Folks, the truth is, there ain’t no such entry. In fact, the only things noted for 5/17/86 are the fact that President Reagan had lunch with members of the Presidential Honor Guard, did his regular Saturday radio broadcast, and welcomed his dog Rex home from the vet.
In retrospect, the idea that President Reagan would call Michael Kinsley to get a job for the son of his Vice-President is, well, just absurd.
Man was I wrong.
Sorry.
August 20th, 2007 at 10:10 pm
[...] Apparently, not so Heh after all. The quote is a fake. [...]
August 20th, 2007 at 11:02 pm
It takes a big man to admit when he is wrong. You and I don’t always see eye-to-eye, but my respect has jumped for you ten-fold.
Out of curiosity, where’d you find out? Someone e-mail you or Snopes or another source?
August 20th, 2007 at 11:06 pm
CR UVa,
I did what I should have done before posting the original article.
I checked my source.