BOMBSHELL: President got a divorce and remarried

[NYC Liberal]

He even had a child with his first wife. They divorced over disagreements about his political ambitions.




Yes, GOP hero Ronald Reagan remains the only divorced US president.

But of course, there's a difference between Reagan and Obama. Though I can't...quite...put my finger on it...



What could it be?

[LisaL]

1. Good one.

[JiminyJominy]

2. Ha

Trump is a damn fool if he thinks his 'news' hurts Obama.

If anything, it helps him look like a normal guy with guy/marriage problems like the rest of us.

[Freddie]

5. Mr. Trump: Pot, meet kettle.

This is priceless coming from the man on his 3rd wife.

[libdem4life]

3. One's a Republican and one's a Democrat? :)

[Freddie]

4. Obama's a lot taller, of course

[MatthewStLouis]

6. Romnesia. Reagan had Romnesia before they had a name for it? :) /nt

[NYC Liberal]

9. You bet!

This is Ronald Reagan speaking to you from Hollywood. You know me as a motion picture actor but tonight I’m just a citizen pretty concerned about the national election next month and more than a little impatient with those promises the Republicans made before they got control of Congress a couple years ago.

I remember listening to the radio on election night in 1946. Joseph Martin, the Republican Speaker of the House, said very solemnly, and I quote, “We Republicans intend to work for a real increase in income for everybody by encouraging more production and lower prices without impairing wages or working conditions”, unquote. Remember that promise: a real increase in income for everybody.

But what actually happened? The profits of corporations have doubled, while workers wages have only increased by one quarter. In other words, profits have gone up four times as much as wages. And the small increase the workers did receive was more than eaten up by rising prices which have also bored into their savings. For example, here’s an Associated Press dispatch I read the other day about Smith L. Carpenter, a carpenter in Union Springs New York. Seems that Mister Carpenter retired some years ago thinking he had enough money saved so that he could live out his last years without having to worry. But he didn’t figure on this Republican inflation which ate up all his savings. And so he’s gone back to work. The reason this is news; is Mister Carpenter is ninety-one years old. Now take as a contrast the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey which reported a net profit of two hundred and ten million dollars, after taxes, for the first half of 1948. An increase of 70% in one year.

Tax-reduction bills have been passed to benefit the higher-income brackets alone. The average The average worker saved only $1.73 a week. In the false name of economy, millions of children have been deprived of milk once provided through the federal school lunch program. This was the payoff of the Republicans’ promises. And this is why we must have new faces in the Congress of the United States: Democratic faces.

--Ronald Reagan, campaigning for Harry Truman

[struggle4progress]

7. Reagan was like that charming uncle who comes by and makes you feel good with his unbelievable yarn

and then after he's gone you notice some of the silverware is gone too

[barnabas63]

8. No way!

Was he in any movies though????

[mysuzuki2]

23. Google "Bedtime for Bonzo"

enuff said.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

10. Well played!

I can't see this being his surprise. There's nothing shocking about it, and it's not cool to bring up personal difficulties in a couples past.

Are they really that tone deaf?

[NYC Liberal]

11. "Are they really that tone deaf?" - Do you need to ask?

[Lone_Star_Dem]

17. Yeah, what was I thinking!

If this is it, it's going to backfire in epic proportions.

Obama has said they had a rough patch before. This just shows how they worked through it, learned how to be a better couple, and recommitted to each other.

This is going to tick off millions of Americans that someone known to be a surrogate to the Romney campaign would bring something like this up about a family.

It's amazingly stupid.

[NYC Liberal]

21. I wonder how many Republicans will be dumb enough to touch this.

Romney's campaign may have done some stupid things, but I don't think they'll go anywhere near this. Apparently this "story" was shopped to them and they said no thanks.

I'm hoping some Repubs in close races will run with this and get big blowback.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

29. Well, they'd have to be pretty dumb and desperate.

So, that pretty much confirms Akin will run with it.

[NYC Liberal]

35. Ooh, I hope Bachmann does!

I'd love to see her lose on election day.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

36. Last I saw she was polling pretty poorly.

So, I'd say she's desperate. As to the dumb, bat-crap-crazy Bachmann has that one covered to excess!

[demwing]

12. Easy - one is a fake black

haired ex-actor, the other is a gracefully graying BAMF

[DemKittyNC]

13. BUT...

It is okay if a rpuglican does it.

But if a Democrat even THINKS about it then they will be wanting to burn him at the steak.

[NYC Liberal]

15. Didn't some Republicans attack Hillary for NOT divorcing Bill?

[DemKittyNC]

31. Probably

Sounds like something they would do. They are a hateful group of hypocrites and racist so something like that would be right up their alley.

[NewJeffCT]

14. When a Republican does it, it's okay (IOKIYAR)

but, when a Democrat does it, it makes them unworthy to hold office and they should step down immediately or face impeachment.

[still_one]

16. The nose, ray gun has one ugly nose

[defacto7]

18. That is nothing to what I have to divulge ....

The president of the United States actually wears socks! Hard to believe, isn't it?

Now that it very important!!!

[begin_within]

19. ha ha ha! got me.

[onecent]

28. OMG....this took me by surprise.....ha ha...wow..that is hilarious..n/t

[TlalocW]

20. And what was probably at least a minor scandal back in the 50s

Ron and Nancy's first child was born 7 months into their marriage. Methinks there was a little bit of, "having to get married," there.

TlalocW

[Marthe48]

22. If its true, so what?

The Obamas worked it out, which says a lot about their characters, and their commitment to their marriage and family. Trump is such an ass.

[GeorgeGist]

24. Romney ...

Made stupidity respectable.

[modrepub]

25. One had Alzheimer's For His Second Term

While nobody will admit it I'm nearly positive President Reagan was suffering from it at some point during his second term. His wife and close aids made sure he wasn't exposed and pretty much ran the show after his reelection I have a grudging respect for Nancy for protecting her husband during this time.

[cheriemedium59]

26. Ugh....how many times has Trump been married and divorced??????????????

[LiberalElite]

32. He's on his third marriage

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

27. And Nancy was knocked up when they got married...

Married March 4, 1952

Patti was born October 21, 1952

No. Patti wasn't a preemie.

[jmowreader]

30. That Obama isn't corrupt, stupid or easily manipulated?

[citizen blues]

33. Sheesh...... Is this all Trump's "big play" is?

What a waste of everyone's time. Who the hell cares. I've been married and divorced twice. Not something I'm particularly proud of, but that's the way it is.

I'm currently in a domestic partnership which like any relationship goes up and down and all around. WTF is the big deal? So they almost broke up. The important thing is that they didn't. They loved each other and were committed enough to make it work. Hard times? Not really anybody's business, now is it?

As a woman I guarantee you, if even half of the women in this country are lucky enough to have husbands look at them the way Barack looks at Michelle, the national divorce rate would drop. This is one 20-year relationship that deserves to be celebrated!

[lexx21]

34. Well, it's obvious to me......

Regan was a Fop man, and our man Obama is definitely a Dapper Dan man.

[Mrloserpunk]

37. Wtf is wrong with the far right?

Rather offended that the tinhat neocons think there is some proof that Obama was a member of the Trinity down low club. Are you kidding me? This is their hope? That Obama is bisexual? Wtf.

[BlueDemKev]

38. Here's the difference between Obama and Reagan...

Obama's hair is naturally dark. ; )