[SOC] Ronnie.

[Chris Redding]

Hmmm.
SIR Rudolph Giuliani, if you please!
(Big Liz gave him a well-deserved honorary knighthood, the highest
honour that the UK can bestow on a non-UK national - he now has the
right to drive sheep to market across Westminster Bridge in the
rush-hour whenever he pleases).

I suppose Ronnie and Maggie were cast from the same mould...you may hate
the message, but it was delivered with considerable force.

I think they should have swopped offices, because both were more popular
overseas than in their own countries.

Being 'The Voice of Treason', I prefer the alternative explanation:
"Those whom God would seek to destroy - first he renders insane"

Not strictly true in Ronnie's case, but to British eyes - Maggie
definitely had some major screws loose.

----- Original Message -----
From: Ian C. Purdie <ianpurdie@integritynet.com.au>
To: <soc@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 11:02 PM
Subject: Re: [SOC] Ronnie.


> Chris Redding wrote:
>
> > Someone sent me an off-grouper. I've really upset someone, and
here's
> > the apology.
>
> I didn't see anything untoward, others may have thought somewhat
different.
>
> An interesting story on Ronnie:
>
> Just before he completed his term of office, the former Mayor of New
York,
> Rudolph Giuliani granted the Australian media a press conference.
>
> Prominent on his office wall was an autographed photo of fellow
Republican,
> Ronnie.
>
> Rudolph Giuliani said. "You know, he was among the finest Presidents
we ever
> had, misunderstood my many, far more intelligent than he was ever
given credit
> for. I guess his folksy style was just his public persona"
>
> "Ronald Regan, in person was nothing like the image projected in the
media,
> that was somewhat deceptive for whatever reason, in actual fact he was
quick to
> grasp core issues, and very resolute in making sensible decisions
under the
> circumstances of the time".
>
> [all from memory]
>
> I was impressed and I don't think Rudolph Giuliani was gilding the
lily.
>
>
> 72/73's
>
> Ian C. Purdie
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