"Please. Tell me you're a Republican."

[Stinky The Clown]

According to Lynn Nofziger's contemporaneous account, that quip is what Reagan said to the surgeons as he was being rolled into the OR to have Hinckley's bullet removed.

I was reminded of this in a promo on our local allnooz radio station today. They're celebrating 40 years as an allneoozer and are playing lots of such clips.

I have no idea if this is true or urban myth, but I recall the quote clearly. So it has been aorund since the day it is supposed to have happened.

"Please tell me you're a Republican."

I can't imagine saying such a thing in those circumstances unless I was wrapped tighter than a drumhead and more concerned with power than with doing good.

I dunno ..... maybe its just me .....

Back in the California days with his idol, Dutch.....


In the White House days ......

[Genevieve]

1. Reagan, ick, But that was funny.

[elleng]

2. He was joking,

and like his politics or not, he was good at it!

[SammyWinstonJack]

3. I just wonder what turned him to the dark side? Oh never mind, it was fame and fortune.

Typical repug.

[Johnyawl]

4. Actually it was Nancy Davis that turned him...

...(the second Mrs. Reagan). She came from a family of republicans, and she converted him.

[Fire_Medic_Dave]

5. Lots of people joke around during serious situations.

I've heard lots of funny stuff from seriously ill and injured patients.

David