Subj : FidoGazette Vol 14 n
To   : Dan Clough
From : Oli
Date : Sun Aug 16 2020 11:22:21

 JK>> Good point, Mike.  Reagan did -indeed- have Alzheimer's:

 DC> Yup, and not while he was President.

Really?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side-effects/201101/when-did-reagans-first-signs-alzheimers-appear

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/lesley-stahls-book-weighs-in-on-reagan-alzheimers-controversy/

During an Oval Office visit with her family as she was ending her time as a White House correspondent in 1986, Stahl wrote that "Reagan didn't seem to know who I was. He gave me a distant look with those milky eyes and shook my hand weakly. Oh, my, he's gonzo, I thought. I have to go out on the lawn tonight and tell my countrymen that the president of the United States is a doddering space cadet."

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