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T L Mills's avatar

Well, Reagan's handlers and backers certainly knew that money trickles UP. Reagan himself was famously shallow minded and likely didn't have a clue. As one California legislator said of Reagan (when he was Governor of CA) "you could wade through a pond of Reagan's deepest thoughts and not get your ankles wet." Another article, written by William Leuchtenburg and published in Salon in December 2015, claimed that "...no one had ever entered the White House so grossly ill-informed." (until the advent of Trump, that is).

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TCinLA's avatar

Or as James Garner, who worked with Ray-Gun in SAG said: "Amiable dunce."

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Susan Troy's avatar

My dad was a moderate Republican who referred to Reagan as "An amiable dolt."

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JDinTX's avatar

Betcha Nancy was one that knew

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