30 years ago today...

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

[Antonio the Sixth]

Please, just spare us that.

[Franzl]

My problem with Reagan was his enormous deficit spending without any apparent reason. Somewhat lower tax cuts and it would have been alright.

[Antonio the Sixth]

My problem with Reagan was his enormous deficit spending without any apparent reason. Somewhat lower tax cuts and it would have been alright.

Ideology ? Pleasing the wealthys rewarding merit ?

[Landslide Lyndon]

Who's the white-haired lady next to Reagan?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Um... actually that picture is from 25 years ago tomorrow... nice try.

[cinyc]

Um... actually that picture is from 25 years ago tomorrow... nice try.

That's impossible.  No President was inaugurated on January 21, 1986.

Who's the white-haired lady next to Reagan?

I was wondering the same thing.   President Reagan's parents were dead in 1981, and he had no sister.  Nancy Reagan's parents were alive in 1981.  It could be the President's mother-in-law, or someone entirely unrelated.  She does kind of look like Nancy, though.

Edited to add: But Nancy's mother, Edith Davis isn't in the family's 1981 inaugural portrait - so maybe not.

Edited 2: Assuming the picture is from 1985, it really could be anyone.  It was 7 degrees in Washington, and the inauguration was held inside the Capitol Rotunda.   The podium was surrounded by on-lookers - so who they were invited by might depend on the angle in which it was taken.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Um... actually that picture is from 25 years ago tomorrow... nice try.

That's impossible.  No President was inaugurated on January 21, 1986.

Who's the white-haired lady next to Reagan?

I was wondering the same thing.   President Reagan's parents were dead in 1981, and he had no sister.  Nancy Reagan's parents were alive in 1981.  It could be the President's mother-in-law, or someone entirely unrelated.  She does kind of look like Nancy, though.

Gah... finger slipped... I meant 25...

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Um... actually that picture is from 25 years ago tomorrow... nice try.

How could you tell it was from '84 and not '80?

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

Um... actually that picture is from 25 years ago tomorrow... nice try.

How could you tell it was from '84 and not '80?

Because inauguration on Jan 21, 1985 was held in the Rotunda of the Captiol because it was considered too cold...that's clearly inside the Rotunda.

[Psychic Octopus]

My problem with Reagan was his enormous deficit spending without any apparent reason. Somewhat lower tax cuts and it would have been alright.

Ideology ? Pleasing the wealthys rewarding merit ?

Reagan intended to cut spending significantly in the domestic sector, but congress would have none of it. So we ended up with a big deficit.

[Franzl]

My problem with Reagan was his enormous deficit spending without any apparent reason. Somewhat lower tax cuts and it would have been alright.

Ideology ? Pleasing the wealthys rewarding merit ?

Don't see what that has to do with the deficit?

[DrScholl]

President Iran Contra.

[Fmr President & Senator Polnut]

My problem with Reagan was his enormous deficit spending without any apparent reason. Somewhat lower tax cuts and it would have been alright.

Ideology ? Pleasing the wealthys rewarding merit ?

Reagan intended to cut spending significantly in the domestic sector, but congress would have none of it. So we ended up with a big deficit.

It was pig-headedness on both parts, they refused to gut social programs (yes... head start was such a waste of time and money) he refused to stop pouring Billions into Defense...

[tpfkaw]

My problem with Reagan was his enormous deficit spending without any apparent reason. Somewhat lower tax cuts and it would have been alright.

Ideology ? Pleasing the wealthys rewarding merit ?

Reagan intended to cut spending significantly in the domestic sector, but congress would have none of it. So we ended up with a big deficit.

His cabinet was somewhat reticent as well (each wanted to preserve their own departments).

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Ok, I got a photo of the '80 one.

[cinyc]

Who's the white-haired lady next to Reagan?

Polnut is correct that the photo was from President Reagans' Second Inaugural on January 21, 1985.  The answer to your question is probably the guy on the mystery woman's immediate left's wife in this photo.  Figure out who that guy is, and you probably have your answer.  Unfortunately, his head is partially blocked by a microphone.

[Landslide Lyndon]

He is between Warren Burger and Tip O'Neil so he must be the President Pro Temp of the Senate.
Am I right?

[cinyc]

He is between Warren Burger and Tip O'Neil so he must be the President Pro Temp of the Senate.
Am I right?

Maybe.  That would have been Strom Thurmond in 1985.  But his second wife would have been in her late 30s at the time.  The woman in the picture isn't in her late 30s.  

Senate Majority Leader Dole is on the right, behind Barbara Bush.  The Senate Minority leader at the time was Robert Byrd.  

Edited to add: the House Minority Leader was Robert Mitchel - and the guy does look a little bit like him.  Maybe.

[Mr. Morden]

Um... actually that picture is from 25 years ago tomorrow... nice try.

That's impossible.  No President was inaugurated on January 21, 1986.

Who's the white-haired lady next to Reagan?

I was wondering the same thing.   President Reagan's parents were dead in 1981, and he had no sister.  Nancy Reagan's parents were alive in 1981.  It could be the President's mother-in-law, or someone entirely unrelated.  She does kind of look like Nancy, though.

Gah... finger slipped... I meant 25...

Wouldn't it then be 26 years ago?

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

can't see the pic but is sandra o'c

[cinyc]

can't see the pic but is sandra o'c

I don't think she wears glasses, and she would have been younger looking than the mystery woman in 1985.

[Oswald Acted Alone, You Kook]

Just wondering, does anyone here think he was senile while in office? I think he wasn't. I think it was simple "he's an old man and not as sharp as he used to be" instead of demintia, but only Nancy knows for sure, and she's not gonna say anything.

[Smash255]

Just wondering, does anyone here think he was senile while in office? I think he wasn't. I think it was simple "he's an old man and not as sharp as he used to be" instead of demintia, but only Nancy knows for sure, and she's not gonna say anything.

I think that is the only way Iran-Contra can be explained without Reagan being a massive liar.