On Fri, 25 Jun 2004 03:21:10 GMT, "Dudley Henriques"
wrote:

It broke me up! Not only the response, but the foresight Reagan's
handlers had in realizing that his age was a prime issue in the election
and anticipating an opening during the debate that would present the
opportunity for inserting this carefully constructed retort. It was
brilliant......a beautiful chess move.

The man once earned a living as an actor. No one ever claimed he was
a great actor, but he did know how to deliver a line properly. In
life unlike in the movies, you don't get as many takes as necessary to
get the retort right. We'll never know how often he practiced the
response with his debating coaches, but it seemed fairly obvious it
was a rehearsed line.

What's scary about Reagan is that there were reports of him falling
asleep during meetings, and then there was the issue of his Altzeimers
disease. It was diagnosed shortly after he left office. Think it
came on suddenly right after he retired? Knowing what I know about
aging and progressive dimensia, of which Altzeimers is merely one of
many related diseases, I doubt it. I think the only question is how
long had it been affecting him.

Corky Scott