Want to See Ronald Reagan’s Doodles?
- Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:41pm by
Erica Ritz
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In the words of The Daily Mail:
It was 1981 and the world’s most powerful leaders were gathered in one room. US President Ronald Reagan could be seen putting pen to paper. While the other participants could have assumed the president was thoughtfully making notes, he was [in fact] doodling: scribbling heads, and eye an a torso.
This bizarre fact has come to light because the Prime Minister, Margaret Thatcher, Britain’s representative at the meeting, bagged the sheet of doodles sketched by the United States president and it is among papers that have just been released.
Reagan's Doodles (Photo: the Daily Mail)
Historian Chris Collins of the Margaret Thatcher Foundation said, “She told me it was fascinating to see it, and she just grabbed them…He just left it on his desk. She snaffled it up, put it in her papers, brought it back to Downing Street and kept it in her flat.”
The next month, after she nabbed the drawings, Thatcher reportedly liked the American president even more. She wrote to the British ambassador in Washington, “I have great confidence in the President. I believe he will do things he wants to do – and he won’t give up.”
Margaret Thatcher’s 1981 personal papers are being released by Cambridge University and the Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust nearly three months after official record keepers made 1981 Government files available.
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DarthMims
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 2:50pmAll politics aside, who knew the old man was an artist? If these were his doodles during meetings, imagine if he had the time to apply himself to a project.
Report Post »harumph
Posted on March 19, 2012 at 10:21amLook4DBigPicture, you are correct.
Report Post »They are scrubbing all opposing comments on this.
sndrman
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:59pmMR WE COULD USE A MAN LIKE RONALD REAGAN AGAIN……..someone who was and is a TRUE AMERICAN……………
Report Post »jharper
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 10:05amThat’s not what my “doodle” looks like.
Report Post »Claytontemplar
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:59amI have read some of President Reagan’s papers. He was a thoughtful, intelligent man who understood the intent of the founders. He was a true liberal, in the original sense. The fact that the left has been able to portray him as a buffoon says more about the country than anything else. Remember, the left also portrays obama as a genius.
Report Post »desert buckeye
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:38amObama would never say anything even remotely as inspiring. Come to think of it…he’s never said “anything” inspiring.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:38amSay what you will about old, white guys like Reagan; but, they had class.
I’m not exactly sure what one would call that thing “occupying” the White House now.
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 11:37am@ Hauschild
Report Post »I could think of a few things……………
Mop
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 6:59amMy favorite President, in my personal lifetime. He wasn’t perfect, no one is. But he loved America, gave confidence to the American People, and made you feel safe from Soviet threats. He created an atmosphere of confidence, creation, and business growth.
Report Post »I haven’t felt the same since then, and I REALLY feel 180 degrees from that, now.
Harley Grit
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 6:15amBarack Hussein Obama is NOT worhy of carrying President Ronald Reagans boots!!!
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 6:00amI used to wake up in the morning feeling happy.I had unflinching confidence with that good old American fortitude.I just knew that my country was in good hands.I was born HAPPY.
I’m not that way anymore.
I used to hug my wife and tell her “we’ll make it Babes.Bad times are temporary”.I used to believe it.
I used to tell her that all we read in the newspapers wasn’t true.
People lie and do.But baby,there‘s only a couple things that’s true.
That Star Spangled FLAG ,my dogs,guns,me and you.
And I’m always HAPPY again,with you.Thanks Babes.
GOOFY :)~
Report Post »Netsurfer2
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 3:00amReagan was a very smart man, who knew about economic policies and how the outcome would be! He lowered taxes, cut government spending and cut the size of government.
I admire his approach in getting things done! After all, he freed most of eastern Europe from Russia!
Report Post »sfrich
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 3:58amWhile Reagan was president, government spending increased, the deficit tripled, the number of government employees increased, and taxes were raised 11 times.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaganomics
Report Post »KickinBack
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 5:34amUm..Wikipedia is not a source.
Report Post »OhioPat
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 6:32amTop tax rates under Reagan were cut from 70% to 50% to 38.5% and finally to 28% by the time he left office. The taxes that were raised during his terms in office was due to “working” with the Dems to get things passed. Taxes as a whole were cut drastically and the country flourished. Money going into the treasury through taxes rose greatly with the revived economy. There was deficit spending, but it ruined the Soviet Empire, which couldn’t keep up, and it crumbled. BO has again tripled the deficit but he just gives the money to the unions and the banks.
Report Post »drago
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 7:44amYes, lets use wikipedia as a “trustworthy” source………
Report Post »LolaB
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:33amYep…the two men that I admire the most…John Paul II and Ronald Reagan!!!!!!!!!!! Man was I proud to be an American back then!!!!!
Oh, one other man I admire alot….GLENN BECK!!!!!!!!!
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 5:11amMe TOO!
Report Post »G.E.R
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:58amWho cares he’s dead
Report Post »wntsmallgov
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 1:06amI wish Regan was President Again. For all his faults he was still better than Obama any given day of the week.
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:49amTwo of the most IMPORTANT people to have ever lived in the 21st Century.They never got a Nobel ‘Piece’ Prize or even a decent honorarium from ‘academic’ suckers.
Report Post »They didn’t need too.They live everyday in the hearts,minds and souls of free people.
MrMagoo
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:30amPresident Ronald Reagan’s doodles are not any more special than the next guys doodles.Except for 1 thing.He was special.Once in a lifetime.President Reagan loved the USA very much and had more in common with everyday people than was ever put on in public.He personally knew John Wayne,Clark Gable and even Mae West.And he never compromised his principles.
“Whatever else history may say about me when I’m gone, I hope it will record that I appealed to your best hopes, not your worst fears; to your confidence rather than your doubts. My dream is that you will travel the road ahead with liberty’s lamp guiding your steps and opportunity’s arm steadying your way.”-President Ronald Reagan
Report Post »Grannie4news
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:52amAmen MrMagoo; well said.
Report Post »marine249
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:47pmI just wish I had those doodles
Report Post »wntsmallgov
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:33amI wish he was President Again or at least someone just like him. Even with his faults he was better than Obama on any given day
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:32pmThe best trio of the Free World that liberated 1/2 of Europe .
Report Post »John Paul II – Ronald Reagan – Margaret Thatcher .
Itsjusttim
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:05amDon’t get me wrong because even though there is a picture of Reagan in a cowboy hat with Marshall Badge hanging on the wall right next to me; a major contributing factor to the Communism, and off-guardedness in the United States was because the Iron Curtain came down too fast. Moreover Satan pulled Ronald Reagan‘s strings in ways which he didn’t notice.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:06pmOne can learn a lot from the doodles of another. It shows his mind was made up on many things because he took the time to doodle. I see he had vision, strength, a caring for people, and a caring for the small business person struggling.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:17pmI like the comments on The Blaze even though most of them are not very thought provoking because sometimes people at least use certain letter or word combination’s which are thought provoking.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:20pmThis one’s really thought provoking: Great President, not-so-great doodler. Carl Sandburg would be jealous of that one.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:47pmThe best way to lose the average American in conversation is to speak, or write in a complete sentence. There is no other way to thoroughly convey an idea except in a complete sentence, and therefore is one of the main reasons America is lost. And, even though they can not understand the structure relating to context of ideas formulating in a sentence they will still profess their arrogance by correcting a person’s spelling mistakes.
Report Post »Itsjusttim
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:51pmAnd I can guaranty you that the enemies of the United States have been observing all these things all along.
Report Post »KevINtampa
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:56pmI’ll fix that for you Tim.
The best way to lose the average American in conversation is to speak; or write in a complete sentence. There is no other way to thoroughly convey an idea except in a complete sentence and this is one of the main reasons America is lost. Also, even though they can not understand the structure relating to context of ideas formulating in a sentence, they will still profess their arrogance by correcting a person’s spelling mistakes.
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 9:09amWhoa Nelly! The comment section doesn’t have parameters set on much more than keeping a decent tone. Consider my previous post a challenge to see how few words could be mustered to impart my opinion(s). I wonder if R. Rogers would have been a great president or doodler..
Report Post »RepubliCorp
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:56pmThe first act as president Barack Commie Obama sends bust of Winston Churchill on its way back to Britain.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:01pmI wrote a personal note to the Prime Minister of apology for Obama sending the Churchill bust back .. I got a nice note back from his office
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:49pmGreat president, not-so-great doodler.
Report Post »CatB
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:00pmNot to worry .. .I would wager that Obama has an artist working on his as we speak .. at least we know these WERE REAGANS …. I don’t think they are so bad .. particularly like the cartoon type guy on the lower left.
Report Post »HorseCrazy
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:39pmI thought the same thing great president, not an artist. oh well when I doodle it isnt odd men either but hey I am a lady so its the standard flower doodling.
Report Post »AmericanFightingMan1
Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:32amObama plays hoops instead.
Report Post »FreedomWitness
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:49pmOh thank GOD they were drawings! When I said ‘Do You Want to see Ronald Reagan’s DOODLES‘ you can’t imagine what flashed through my mind.
Report Post »FreedomWitness
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:56pmA better headline would have been ‘doodlings’ not ‘doodles’
Report Post »GoodStuff
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:48pmEveryone needs to go on YouTube and give a “thumbs-down” to every pro-Obama video and every pro-Obama comment!
This election will be won or lost on the Internet, and it’s long past time for conservatives to play hardball!
And, while we’re at it, it’s time to re-start the POST-IT NOTE CAMPAIGN, on every gas pump and grocery store shelf in the country!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2POembdArVo
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:54pmI hate to tell you, but it‘s impossible to post a note on Obama’s new campaign video. This is the final nail in the coffin and proof we now live under a dictator who censors free speech and controls the media.
Report Post »Look4DBigPicture
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:56pmLet me revise my comment … you can make a comment if it’s a glowing compliment to president. Nothing to the contrary is posted by the YouTube police.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 10:59pmGave it the thumbs down and added a note — pending moderator — lol as if it will be approved.
Sieg Heil! Heil Obama! The 1st American god-king…
Report Post »bitterclinger
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:16pmNot sure how long we’ve got. Check out Ear Leader’s latest Executive Order:
http://exm.nr/zWkPFP
Report Post »MrMagoo
Posted on March 17, 2012 at 11:54pmI”ll make sure to use the POST IT NOTE.Great idea!Not only at the gas pump either.
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