Did Walker's Nancy Reagan Anointment Story Really Happen? Nope.

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"In other news—wait, there's more to this story? Shut the front door!—I got in touch with Jennifer Torres, who is the artifacts curator at the Reagan Library. Torres said Walker did in fact, get his picture taken with the Reagan inauguration Bible, but that is the only part of the story that is true.

When asked specifically if Nancy Reagan had arranged for Walker to hold the Reagan Bible, Torres said in a email that it was Walker, not Nancy Reagan, that made the request to have his picture taken with the Bible—and that Walker made the request before he visited with Nancy Reagan or even flew out to California:

Gov. Walker requested to view the Bible while he was at the Library for a speaking engagement. The Bible is periodically removed from exhibit in order to rotate the pages on display. We decided to remove the Bible the day Gov. Walker was in town to comply with his request, took the Bible back to collections after the photo, and re-installed it on exhibit a few days later.

What about the stuff about Reagan being the last person to touch it? Eh, not so much:

Since the President's passing, several staff members and conservators have handled the Bible, all while wearing gloves. It is unknown if President Reagan was the last to have to have touched the Bible without gloves, but it is doubtful. It may have been handled by family or staff before it was brought to the Library. Once the Bible was at the Library, it would only be handled with gloves per collections management practices. The Bible was brought to the Library in 1992, and was placed on exhibit at some point. It was removed from exhibit in 2010 during the renovation, and re-installed in 2011."

- See more at: http://www.progressive.org/news/2015/03/188044/did-walkers-nancy-reagan-anointment-story-really-happen-nope#sthash.qMlZ0hvu.dpuf

http://www.progressive.org/news/2015/03/188044/did-walkers-nancy-reagan-anointment-story-really-happen-nope

[unionthug777]

1. what a dumbass

he is such a lying sack of shit.....I despise him !!!!

[47of74]

7. So do I.

I live across the river in Iowa and I absolutely despise what that teabag dipshit has done to Wisconsin. And it really boils my blood to see our local teabag dumb fucks fawning over him here in Iowa.

[Still In Wisconsin]

8. Iowa and Wisconsin used to be so sane...

What the eff is going on in our states? Walker? Johnson? Ernst? Really????

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2. Hey, who ya gonna believe...

...some LIBERALarian or an Eagle Scout? The liberal-biased AP or The Chosen One, deemed worthy by Queen Nancy to fondle the Gipper's Holy of Holies?

[Still In Wisconsin]

3. Did you make that graphic, and may I use it?

I love the quote, and that's an excellent photo representation of Walker's pasty dead-eyed stare.

[alterfurz]

4. pic credit: Donald Roggow (Facebook)

openly posted on FB in anti-Walker threads--assume "fair use" OK!

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9. Thanks Donald Roggow for capturing this important message.

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6. I agree- a great visual and message.

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5. Just in case anyone was confused about this, and I must say, I had to look around for the

details on this, this video clears it up….