Purpledevil Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Congestive heart failure is noted as cause of death. RIP, Mrs. Reagan.http://www.thewrap.com/nancy-reagan-former-first-lady-dies-at-94/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plumber2 Posted March 6, 2016 Share Posted March 6, 2016 Although I've never been a fan of Ronald Reagan, mainly because he surrounded himself with a bunch crooked buffoons, however Nancy was not one of them. She trusted very few of those "close" aides, and for good reason. She knew that they were all just using her husband to get their own agenda accomplished. She therefore had no problem with using them to get what she wanted for herself and her husband. And if one of them crossed her, she made it clear that they would get no more access to her husband. She was pretty smart on how that all worked. On a lighter note, I think one of the funniest moments was when she was adjusting her chair on stage at some function that the president was speaking at, and fell off the back of the platform. After confirming that she was okay, the president commented to the audience "If she wanted to get my attention all she had to do was speak up". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Unfortunately, she is remembered for the war on drugs, rather than anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skwatra Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 That may have been her legacy during the Presidency, but with her passing you hear more about her support of Alzheimer's research, coping with her husband having the disease, and bringing it to the public eye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigFootsSocks Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Yeah I don't know about that; The War on Drugs has taken presidence over Alzheimer's research in the public eye Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCR Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 The "War on Drugs" dates to 1971 with President Nixon. Nancy Reagan's anti-drug campaign was the "Just Say No" effort of the 1980s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samagon Posted March 9, 2016 Share Posted March 9, 2016 understood, but the DARE program and just say no thing, she was the front-woman for those. parts of those programs were higher incarceration rates, they associate her with that. so yeah, she is remembered by a lot of people for her role in the war on drugs. right, or wrong, that's the reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Dogs Posted March 1, 2017 Share Posted March 1, 2017 The BEST FLOTUS we've ever had! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted March 2, 2017 Share Posted March 2, 2017 If you say so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch King Posted March 9, 2017 Share Posted March 9, 2017 On 3/1/2017 at 3:10 PM, Blue Dogs said: The BEST FLOTUS we've ever had! You're damned Right! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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