'Ronald Reagan's legend began after he was shot. With his doctors soon to operate, he quipped, 'I hope you're all Republicans.' He told his wife, 'Honey, I forgot to duck.' The coolness reinforced his image as America's new leading man,' writes David Paul Kuhn, who served as a political writer for CBS News and Politico, among other news sources.
U.S. President Ronald Reagan winces and raises his left arm as he was shot by an assailant as he left a Washington hotel, Monday, March 30, 1981, after making a speech to a labor group. The President was shot in …’s legend began after he was shot. With his doctors soon to operate, he quipped, ’I hope you’re all Republicans.’ He told his wife, ‘Honey, I forgot to duck.
“It was not just Donald Trump who dodged a bullet last night. We all dodged a bullet. The anger and chaos that would have followed his successful assassination are unimaginable. Thank you, Lord for sparing us the ordeal,” Mr. Johnson said. “The conventions are no longer opportunities to choose the candidate so much as to make the case for the candidate. The brokered convention is a quadrennial media fantasy but it appears to be a thing of the past. What is interesting about the conventions is how they choose to advertise the candidate. Do they use big name politicians, Hollywood stars, or regular folks?” Mr. Troy asks.
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