He hasn't even been up there a week --

[kentuck]

-- but oh, the things Ronnie has learned.

http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=7822

<snip>
I'm not kidding. The adjustment's been tough enough. First thing, Goodman, Schwerner, and Chaney come up and start asking me about kicking off the 1980 campaign down by the earthen dam there in Philadelphia, and about what all that stuff about states’ rights was. I tried to be charming, and I used all the sunny optimism that disarmed even my political opponents, as you know. Mostly, though, they just wanted to talk, so we did. You'll be amazed at what I think is one of the best parts about this place. Two words: no grudges.

<snip>
Peg, I have to tell you, I know things now that I didn't fully know before. First of all, most of that “family values” stuff is bunk. Really. You'd be amazed at how few people up here actually care that somebody's ass is showing on HBO. And if that judge down in Alabama thinks he's got his ticket punched because he put up a two-ton 10 Commandments where it didn't belong, he's got another think coming, I'll tell you. You should hear Aquinas and St. Augustine laughing at Pat Robertson. They all get together to watch the 700 Club the way kids used to get together to watch the Stooges. Even old Luther cracks a smile, and he's the grimmest guy I've met since Andropov.

<snip>
Anyway, I've been watching the coverage of my funeral and, Peg, seriously, I don't recognize the guy you're all talking about. I mean, you should all remember that I had a high old time with my life. I was a young, good-looking guy in Hollywood at a time when that was a great thing to be. I got around, is what I did. How come nobody mentions that? How come everybody runs clips from Knute Rockne -- All American, a kinda decent movie, but not from The Killers or Kings Row? I did love my first craft a little, you know.

<snip>
Tell them to stop, Peg. I mean, really. Tell them to stop. That building in Washington is big and ugly. I don't want to be on the dime, if only because my Dad told me while we were walking along the river last night that it would really bother him if I bumped FDR. And I've gotten to like Hamilton. He took the whole Contra thing in stride, and we go riding together a lot. He likes being on the $10 bill, had me explain to him why it was called a "sawbuck." He really wants to stay there, and that’s just fine. Tell Grover that, OK? I'd tell him myself but… ah, I don't think I'll be seeing him, if you know what I mean.

...more

[kentuck]

1. It's a letter to Peggy Noonan from Ronnie....in Heaven..

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My friend, I miss you and send you love.
The week has been ... something. I watched it from where I am, in the place beyond. It's wonderful here. I'm working as a lifeguard again, and I love it. It's a little crowded, though, and an awful lot of people seem to want to talk to me, which I'll get to in a minute. But first you and I have to talk. I know what you were trying to do all week, or what you sort of meant to be doing. But, Peg, it's been bad.

Peg. Please, for the love of God -- who's in the next hammock, by the way? -- shut the hell up.

..more

[redqueen]

2. She's done this 'channeling' thing before

Why the heck does she still have a job at what passes for a reputable paper?

[kentuck]

3. The article is by Charles P. Pierce.???

Peggy Noonan did not write it....

[tom_paine]

4. Wow! Terrific!

[Catt03]

5. A Ronald Reagan I can really like

Thanks