Ronald Reagan Foundation Pledges to ‘Use Every Legal Means’ to Stop Sale of the Late President’s Blood-Stained Vial
- Posted on May 22, 2012 at 3:39pm by
Billy Hallowell
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A lot of people found it utterly creepy when Angelina Jolie and then-husband Billy Bob Thornton wore vials of one-another’s blood around their necks. Well, naysayers, beware. Now, it seems that one lucky conservative — or anyone who can afford it, for that matter — may have the opportunity to own a medical vial stained with Ronald Reagan’s blood.
As creepy as is sounds, the vial that was once used to treat the popular president is up for grabs at PFC Auctions, a British auction house. While the container doesn’t come filled with blood, it apparently has “dried blood residue” from medical care Reagan received following a 1981 assassination attempt on his life. The Washington Times has more about the vial:
The slender glass tube with green stopper once belonged to a relative of a Maryland-based laboratory technician who actually analyzed the contents more than three decades ago. The mysterious keeper-of-the-vial held onto it, and eventually informed officials at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library of its whereabouts.
After some back and forth, the vial keeper got the green light to sell it, assuring the auctioneer that “everything was OK, National Archives was not interested in what I had, nor was the Secret Service, the FBI and other agencies … it was simply something that was of no importance at this time, and that I was free to do with whatever I wanted with it.”
While this was apparently said to be the case, The New Yorker has published some opposing details, including the fact that, rather than clearing the auction item, the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation is attempting to stop it from being sold.
“If indeed this story is true, it’s a craven act and we will use every legal means to stop its sale or purchase,” said John Heubusch, executive director of the foundation.
In addition to taking all necessary roads to preventing the sale, Heubusch claims that he has contacted George Washington University Hospital to better understand how this incident occurred in the first place. He claims that the facility assured the foundation that an investigation is being conducted.
A screen shot from the PFC Auctions web site (as of 3:25 p.m. ET)
On the PFC Auctions web site, the seller explains, in detail, how the vial ended up in his possession:
“These articles have actually been in my family’s possession since 03/30/1981, the day that President Reagan was shot in Washington D.C. Back in the 70’s and 80’s, my mother worked for Bio Science Laboratories in Columbia, Maryland. Her laboratory was the laboratory contracted by Walter Reed Army Medical Center as well as the George Washington University Hospital to handle blood testing as well as other types of testing. Her lab did the blood work and testing for President Reagan.
The test tube and the lab slip that I have are for his blood work to be tested for lead on [Monday] 03/30/1981. The testing was completed and the test tube was sitting on my mother’s desk. At the end of the week, she asked the director of her laboratory if she could keep the paper work and the test tube. The director of the lab told her no problem and really never gave it a second thought. It has been in my family ever since. My mother passed away back in November last year [2010] and my father passed away in January 2009. Prior to their passing, they knew that it was the only thing that I wanted with regards to their personal property or money that they accumulated over the years…
According to Reuters, when the seller contacted the Ronald Reagan Library and Museum (the California-based outlet is run by the foundation), he was told that the Reagan family would like to have the vial back. This, of course, was not something that the individual auctioning it was willing to consider.
“I told him that I didn’t think that was something that I was going to consider … and that I was a real fan of Reaganomics and felt that President Reagan himself would rather see me sell it rather than donating it,” the owner wrote on the auction site (read his or her complete description of the conversation here).
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eternalwolf777
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 5:20pmDoes this not violate HIPPA in some way? I’m not intimately familiar with this law.
Report Post »grannyrecipe
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 6:35amI’m surprised of how low the bids are at. I mean, wouldn‘t a vile with Lincoln’s blood be worth a lot today?
Report Post »Ghandi was a Republican
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 8:05pmThat’s what I say. Clone a 1,000 Reagans and elect them to office, Governorships. Appoint the rest as Secretaries of the bureaucracies, State, Treasury – Save the World!
Report Post »AnonymousCitizen
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 5:52pmCan we clone him?
Report Post »kaydeebeau
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:57pmWhy exactly would the lab order be to test for lead? Is this like that “lead poisoning” joke related to gun shot wounds? I find that claim to be rather odd
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:43pmNo more creepy than… some people keeping & worshipping the bones & clothes of Saints!
Report Post »resme
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 2:53pmCatholic joke :)?
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:24pmThis is just weird! Move along!
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:23pmWell then, why doesn’t the Reagan Foundation buy it………
Report Post »Countrygirl1362
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:22pmAnd the medical profession will tell you all is safe and private with them. Yea right.
Report Post »Mark0331
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 3:55pm‘At the end of the week, she asked the director of her laboratory if she could keep the paper work and the test tube. The director of the lab told her no problem and really never gave it a second thought’
….one of the best lies this year…. aside from the ones Barry spews weekly.
Report Post »progressiveslayer
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:34pmYes because how many other people’s blood and paper work did she keep over the years? Just one, and he happened to be the president of the United States,what a coincidence.
Report Post »CATPBJ
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 3:47pmWhat neocon ghoul will want this?
Report Post »@leftfighter
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:38pmReagan wasn’t a NeoCon. He was a Constitutional Conservative.
What is a NeoCon? Neo = New. What is the “new” conservative? One that thinks government is the problem, not the solution? Or this late comer the conservative who looks to the government for answers? It’s most definitely the latter. He is also known as the Progressive Republican (or RINO), and while he aren’t the time honored model of the American Conservative, he is presently the Establishment.
NeoCons are conservative without being Conservative in a way that someone who acts like a christian isn’t necessarily a Christian. The capitalization of the word denotes a difference between someone who leans a direction and espouses a view and someone who actually lives it.
Since government is the answer for this new conservative, he is not the classic American small government Conservative. He’s someting more akin to European conservatives. Yes, the NeoCon is closer to being Fascist than the Classic Conservative (now known as Libertarian-leaning Conservative).
To answer your question: what NeoCon will want this? Probably none. They hate the small government-loving Classic Conservative Reagan as much as the rest of the Progressive movement.
Report Post »blackyb
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 3:45pmThese fools better wearing the Spiritual covering of Christ’s blood. They are all idiots.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 3:45pmCan’t we just use it to clone him, elect him and put the country back on the right track?
Report Post »right-wing-waco
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:02pmAmen, and bravo. I agree completely.
Report Post »The_Almighty_Creestof
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:08pmI was thinking the exact same thing.
Report Post »VRW Conspirator
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:25pmdang it Gonzo…
YOU STOLE MY THOUGHTS!!!
Where did my tinfoil hat go? Are you using those black helicopters again Gonzo? dang it man, stop that!!
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on May 22, 2012 at 4:36pmVRW, I just snatched your Visa card numbers!
Report Post »TrueSoundsOfLiberty
Posted on May 23, 2012 at 12:09amJust think how great it could be. He can triple the deficit like he did before, make a cold war last longer and raise taxes 11 more times!
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