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2016 Postmortem

Hawaii Hiker

(3,165 posts) Sun Sep 11, 2016, 04:19 PM Sep 2016

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Reagan had colon cancer surgery in 1985

http://www.politico.com/story/2010/07/reagan-undergoes-cancer-surgery-july-13-1985-039636

Wonder if the media made HALF as big a deal about that as they have about Clinton falling ill today,

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Reagan had colon cancer surgery in 1985 (Original Post) Hawaii Hiker Sep 2016 OP

Yes, and the press made him a hero for it. RandySF Sep 2016 #1

True. It led the news for several days and he was praised... Cooley Hurd Sep 2016 #2

It might have been different in 1979 or 1983 yeoman6987 Sep 2016 #4

Well Old Rappin Ronnie was GWC58 Sep 2016 #3

RandySF

(58,797 posts)

1. Yes, and the press made him a hero for it.

Reply to Hawaii Hiker (Original post)

Sun Sep 11, 2016, 04:26 PM

Sep 2016

Cooley Hurd

(26,877 posts)

2. True. It led the news for several days and he was praised...

Reply to RandySF (Reply #1)

Sun Sep 11, 2016, 04:34 PM

Sep 2016

...for being as old as he was and surviving the surgery.

yeoman6987

(14,449 posts)

4. It might have been different in 1979 or 1983

Reply to Cooley Hurd (Reply #2)

Sun Sep 11, 2016, 04:56 PM

Sep 2016

GWC58

(2,678 posts)

3. Well Old Rappin Ronnie was

Reply to Hawaii Hiker (Original post)

Sun Sep 11, 2016, 04:48 PM

Sep 2016

"The Great Communicator." Yeah, they fawned over the guy, at least until Iran-contra.

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