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Journeyman

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1. Might be easier to analyze them all for sense and intelligence. Less to look for . . .

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Mon Mar 30, 2015, 07:01 PM

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Reagan's Speeches Analyzed for Dementia [View all] DonViejo Mar 2015 OP

Might be easier to analyze them all for sense and intelligence. Less to look for . . . Journeyman Mar 2015 #1

Absolutely! greatauntoftriplets Mar 2015 #3

Bazinga. forest444 Mar 2015 #4

My mother spotted it in 1982. Warpy Mar 2015 #2

I spotted homegirl Mar 2015 #5

Yes - me too cilla4progress Mar 2015 #26

Completely agree. After seeing that rambling at the end of the debate w/ Mondale.../. villager Mar 2015 #30

Nancy wasn't ruinning the country DBoon Mar 2015 #34

I thought he sounded as confused in 1980 as he did later on. mountain grammy Mar 2015 #6

Your dear mothers keen insight Wash. state Desk Jet Mar 2015 #9

My dad (a doctor) spotted it in his second term... Blue_Tires Mar 2015 #12

He didn't seem the same after he was shot, LuvNewcastle Mar 2015 #14

when it was finally admitted that he had alzheimers, I talked to a friend in CA, and asked her if niyad Mar 2015 #21

He'd been out of office for at least a year Warpy Mar 2015 #23

perhaps you are correct. I always thought there was something wrong with him. even his acting niyad Mar 2015 #24

I always expected him to pick something up and give a sales pitch Warpy Mar 2015 #39

My late Dad and I spotted it...... mrmpa Mar 2015 #37

My mother's comment was Warpy Mar 2015 #38

It doesn't really matter. PeteSelman Mar 2015 #7

That is INSANE! Wow. C Moon Mar 2015 #8

It was not dementia. Reagan had a vocabulary of 200 words question everything Mar 2015 #10

The article points to changes in his speech patterns. merrily Mar 2015 #32

We fully recognized Reagan's demented speech patterns back in the mid '60s ~ Zorra Mar 2015 #11

oh my, I remember that one! niyad Mar 2015 #22

Reminds me of FOXNEWS spring break coverage Midnight Writer Mar 2015 #40

They should analyze his last debate rainy Mar 2015 #13

iokiyar Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #19

Ollie North put out a rumor he was distracted because Soviet migs were being shipped to Nicaragua bananas Mar 2015 #25

They all agreed that the Emperor still had clothes, after all, and no mention was made of it. villager Mar 2015 #31

see Jane Mayer and Doyle McManus book "Landslide" Midnight Writer Mar 2015 #41

Wow why isn't this stuff ever rainy Apr 2015 #43

Because if the Soviets got wind of it there would be Red troops in Bonn by lunch! davepc Apr 2015 #44

What ever he suffered from then project_bluebook Mar 2015 #15

Analyze his devoted followers Marthe48 Mar 2015 #16

They should analyze his policies for Dementia too CreekDog Mar 2015 #17

^This^ SoapBox Mar 2015 #20

the words that would come out of my fingers regarding my feelings for this lump of shit Romeo.lima333 Mar 2015 #18

This was the moment I remember thinking he had problems: IDemo Mar 2015 #27

That moment was pathetically memorable... 3catwoman3 Mar 2015 #28

If his speeches were written by Peggy Noonan... Kalidurga Mar 2015 #29

Showed signs through both his terms, maybe in his debate with Carter. merrily Mar 2015 #33

Why in the world was he considered such a "great communicator"? Laffy Kat Mar 2015 #35

I thought that he first showed signs of Alzheimer's Dr. Xavier Mar 2015 #36

This is why we are continually blasted with the Myth of Reagan..... dawnie51 Mar 2015 #42

Didn't he tell the same story over and over about going to the drug store to get magazines? davepc Apr 2015 #45