Reagan: Dump Reid

Last speeches

Aside Recollection: The last campaign speech I heard Ronald Reagan give was for Mitch McConnel.  It must have been in 1990, since McConnell's next reelection campaign (he won that 1990 race) was 1996.  Reagan's very last public speech was delivered on the occasion of his  83rd birthday, in  February of 1994.  On November 6th he penned the letter announcing that he has Alzheimer's disease, so yes, had to be 1994 that he did that McConnell gig I remember. I watched it on C-Span, and had never heard of Sen. McConnell before. I guess I had a life. He looked like a goofy, nerdy bastid, but if RR spoke for  him, he was okay by me.  When it was over, I thought Ron had slipped a bit, just a bit, and that there would not be many more of these appearances. Never did I think this would be the last time I saw him live.