^Usted tiene razon. That man has managed to destroy your country than those two presidents combined. Pero le doy las gracias for letting me and my Central American neighbors to come to your country and take your jobs.
Garry Trudeau was mocking Reagan’s public lapses even during his tenure as president. I don’t think it’s at all far-fetched to suggest that his occasional spells of absent-mindedness were early indicators of the disease. I suspect those closest to him (ie his family) would have noticed things the public did not.
^^ True, Terry Pratchett announced he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease about 3 years ago but is still writing books.
A few years ago, I alerted my wife’s family not to dismiss my wife’s elderly grandmother’s (86) forgetfulness as mere indication of old-age related absent-mindedness. The past year has revealed a rapid decline and finally a diagnosis of what I suspected 4 years ago.
Mike, here’s the deal: Alzheimer’s sneaks up on you. We always accepted my mother’s “peculiarities” as just “Mom.” However, when my brother-in-law married into the family 10 years before a diagnosis, he told us at her funeral that his fresh eye saw the symptoms we came to recognize as this creeping death. We lived around the corner from Mom; Ron Jr. saw his father only occasionally: he saw the changes, but they never quite register at the time. Imagine how the stink of “treacherous son” would have stuck to him if he had raised the issue at the time. No one would have believed it.
From leftists’ point of view, Reagan’s first sign of Alzheimer’s was when he converted from Democrat to Republican.
While he was an imperfect president, having arranged for amnesty for illegals and having given in to the terrorists by leaving Lebanon, on the whole, he was the greatest president of the 20th century.
Remember when they started having Reagan walk down the hall to approach the podium, give a prepared text, then leave without answering ANY unscripted questions at “press conferences”?? It was staged just like Mao’s swimming events. Sorry, Reagan’s deterioration, sadly, was very obvious long before he left office. Alzheimer’s is indeed insidious, and distressing- but the years they denied it in Reagan merely delayed potential pressure for a cure, like well, stem cell work.
TruthfulTheocracy over 13 years ago
^Usted tiene razon. That man has managed to destroy your country than those two presidents combined. Pero le doy las gracias for letting me and my Central American neighbors to come to your country and take your jobs.
OmqR-IV.0 over 13 years ago
^^ I suspect a Reagan is being belittled in this ‘toon.
^ Estás a me entreter, immensely!
myhaircut over 13 years ago
Garry Trudeau was mocking Reagan’s public lapses even during his tenure as president. I don’t think it’s at all far-fetched to suggest that his occasional spells of absent-mindedness were early indicators of the disease. I suspect those closest to him (ie his family) would have noticed things the public did not.
OmqR-IV.0 over 13 years ago
^^ True, Terry Pratchett announced he was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease about 3 years ago but is still writing books. A few years ago, I alerted my wife’s family not to dismiss my wife’s elderly grandmother’s (86) forgetfulness as mere indication of old-age related absent-mindedness. The past year has revealed a rapid decline and finally a diagnosis of what I suspected 4 years ago.
OmqR-IV.0 over 13 years ago
^ Thanks, I wasn’t aware of variants. I should ask exactly what form of Alzheimer’s my grandmother-in-law has developed.
packer31 over 13 years ago
Mike, here’s the deal: Alzheimer’s sneaks up on you. We always accepted my mother’s “peculiarities” as just “Mom.” However, when my brother-in-law married into the family 10 years before a diagnosis, he told us at her funeral that his fresh eye saw the symptoms we came to recognize as this creeping death. We lived around the corner from Mom; Ron Jr. saw his father only occasionally: he saw the changes, but they never quite register at the time. Imagine how the stink of “treacherous son” would have stuck to him if he had raised the issue at the time. No one would have believed it.
petergrt over 13 years ago
From leftists’ point of view, Reagan’s first sign of Alzheimer’s was when he converted from Democrat to Republican.
While he was an imperfect president, having arranged for amnesty for illegals and having given in to the terrorists by leaving Lebanon, on the whole, he was the greatest president of the 20th century.
Dtroutma over 13 years ago
Remember when they started having Reagan walk down the hall to approach the podium, give a prepared text, then leave without answering ANY unscripted questions at “press conferences”?? It was staged just like Mao’s swimming events. Sorry, Reagan’s deterioration, sadly, was very obvious long before he left office. Alzheimer’s is indeed insidious, and distressing- but the years they denied it in Reagan merely delayed potential pressure for a cure, like well, stem cell work.
CorosiveFrog Premium Member over 13 years ago
Like I said before, I don’t even think Reagan decided his own policies. he was just there to make speaches, be the spokesperson of something else.
But I don’t like to see people use his alzheimers against him. it’s really hard on a family. It should be off limits.