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forest444

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4. Bazinga.

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 07:12 PM

Mar 2015

There you go again!

In any case, they'd be looking for dementia in Lyn Nofziger and Peggy Noonan, since the only word Reagan probably ever said without their help was "well..."

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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