Ronald Reagan
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Claims to fame: Former President of the United States; former Governor of California; former B-movie actor; adulterer; divorcé; lousy father; snitch
Moral apex: Divorced from actress Jane Wyman; married actress Nancy Davis — but not before allegedly bedding a bevy of Hollywood starlets while still married. When not estranged from all four children, was emotionally absent for most of their lives.
Punch line: Republicans think he’s God.
Real reason he’s in Hell right now: Testified against fellow actors for the McCarthy HUAC Communist witch hunts.
Memorable quote:
There has been a small group within the Screen Actors Guild which has consistently opposed the policy of the guild board and officers of the guild, as evidenced by the vote on various issues. That small clique referred to has been suspected of more or less following the tactics that we associate with the Communist Party. … Yes, sir, I have heard different discussions and some of them tagged as communists.
Testimony of Ronald Reagan before HUAC
October 23, 1947Insightful observation:
“One of the things about Reagan is that he comes from Catholic stock; they decided the ‘bowl of soup’ was worth converting and changing the spelling of their name, so I presume a couple of his ancestors are cooking pretty good.“But I guess ‘invincible ignorance’ is something you can plead for someone who was just too dumb to know what they were doing. One of the qualifications for mortal sin is full knowledge.”
— Sean Kelly
Sean Kelly Goes to HellSuggested Bible reading for Mr. Reagan:
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
— Proverbs 4:19
