Reagan was a hero, much like Smarty

[Cocoa]

I personally think Smarty has a better grasp of economic principles, but that's just my opinion.


http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/columnists/cs-040605downey,1,3351960,print.column?coll=cs-home-utility

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Reagan was hero, just like Smarty
Mike Downey

June 6, 2004

ELMONT, N.Y. -- Ronald Reagan loved a good horse.

He rarely was happier than when he was on his Western ranch, riding one.

And a steed such as Smarty Jones, a champion every bit as popular as Gene Autry's, would have been particularly appealing to the former President of the United States, a cowboy at heart who believed in handsome heroes and happy endings.

I have had the good fortune to correspond on more than one occasion with former First Lady Nancy Reagan, who each time would extend best wishes from "Ronnie" and once sent a jar of his favorite jellybeans.

At the entry to a presidential museum that bears his name stands a bronze statue of Ronald Reagan in chaps, just back from a hard ride.

There was no heroic, heartwarming Hollywood ending to the horse opera of Smarty Jones.

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[trumad]

1. Much like Smarty Jones

Ronald Reagan was overrated big time...

[Skittles]

2. Reagan was an evil bastard

how DARE they compare him to a horse?????

[MurrayDelph]

3. Or, at least

how dare they compare him to the front half?

MurrayDelph

Proud to have voted against Reagan four times.