Michael Reagan Rips Brother Ron For Claiming Their Father Had Alzheimers While President

Michael Reagan calls brother an 'embarrassment'
Ronald Reagan’s conservative son called his liberal half-brother “an embarrassment” Saturday for speculating in a new memoir that their father suffered from Alzheimer’s disease while president. “Ron, my brother was an embarrassment to his father when he was alive and today he became an embarrassment to his mother,” Michael Reagan posted on Twitter. Continue Reading Text Size - + reset Politico 44 “My brother seems to want [to] sell out his father to s...

I was right
In February 2009, the left foamed at the mouth when I told Ron Reagan on The Joy Behar show that his father would not be proud of him. It was a leftwing feeding frenzy -- Michael Reagan Calls Brother an Embarassment Politico Ronald Reagan’s conservative son called his liberal half-brother “an embarrassment” Saturday for speculating in a new memoir that their father suffered from Alzheimer’s disease while president. “Ron, my brother was an embarrassment to his father when he w

Michael Reagan Calls Brother Ron An Embarrassment For Alzheimers Claim
Michael Reagan is none-too pleased with half-brother Ron’s claim in a new book that their dad, Ronald Reagan, suffered from Alzheimer’s while he was president. “Ron, my brother was an embarrassment to his father when he was alive and today he became an embarrassment to his mother,” Michael Reagan posted on Twitter. “My brother seems to want [to] sell out his father to sell books,” he added in another tweet. Each sibling has a new book, Michael with The Ne...

Michael Reagan Rejects Charge That His Father Had Alzheimers While In Office
USA Today reports…In a new book — and an interview on ABC’s 20/20 — President Ronald Reagan’s son says he saw evidence of his father’s Alzheimer’s disease back during his years in the White House. “There was just something that was off, I couldn’t quite put my finger on it,” Ron Reagan said in 20/20 interview airing Friday night. The younger Reagan said his father often didn’t seem sharp during their political debates. At another ...

Michael Reagan blasts Brother Rons Book
Remember Ron Reagan’s Book that I wrote about last night? Well, looks like Brother Michael is not happy about it. Michael ripped the excerpt from Ron’s book, “My Father at 100,” that appears in Sunday’s Parade magazine. Ron Jr. cites a 1989 post-presidential visit to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota after a riding accident. “Surgeons opening his skull to relieve pressure on the brain emerged from the operating room with the news that they had detected probable si...

Ron Reagan Suggests Dad's Alzheimer's Began While In White House
President Reagan addresses the Republican National Convention in Dallas on Aug. 23, 1984. In a book due out next week the younger son of former President Reagan "suggests [that his father] suffered from Alzheimer's Disease while in the White House," U.S. News & World Reports' Washington Whispers blog says. — "Watching the first of his two debates with 1984 Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale, I began to experience the nausea of a bad dream coming true. ... My heart sank as ...

Which Reagan has Alzheimers?
What’s up with Ron Reagan Jr’s claim that his father was suffering from Alzheimer’s disease in the White House (except as a hook to sell his book)? What has he to back this claim up? Apparently, not much. As an aside, if Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer’s during his presidency he still outperformed the vast majority of presidents I’ve seen in my life time. Paul Bedard of US News takes on Ron Jr’s claims: Let’s start with the Alzheimer’s diagnosis. I...

Michael Reagan Fires Back At Ron Jr's Claim That President Reagan Had Altzheimer's While in the White House
Clip from Ron Reagan Jr. on 20/20 tonight, below is a statement released by Michael Reagan foxnation USA Today reports...In a new book -- and an interview on ABC's 20/20 -- President Ronald Reagan's son says he saw evidence of his father's Alzheimer's Disease back during his years in the White House. "There was just something that was off, I couldn't quite put my finger on it," Ron Reagan said in 20/20 interview airing Friday night. The younger Reagan said his father often didn't seem sharp d...

EXCLUSIVE: Michael Reagan Rejects Half-Brother's Charge Their Father Had Alzheimer's While President
USA Today reports...In a new book -- and an interview on ABC's 20/20 -- President Ronald Reagan's son says he saw evidence of his father's Alzheimer's Disease back during his years in the White House. "There was just something that was off, I couldn't quite put my finger on it," Ron Reagan said in 20/20 interview airing Friday night. The younger Reagan said his father often didn't seem sharp during their political debates. At another point, Ron Reagan saw his father read from not cards as he mad...

One Of These Things Is Not Like The Other
Ronald Reagan had two sons who are pictured below. Ron Reagan Jr. on the left and Michael Reagan on the right. One is a conservative and one is a liberal, can you guess which is which? Let me help you out. Ron Reagan Jr. just published a book claiming his father had Alzheimer’s while he was still president… The most stunning revelation that Ron Jr. makes is his suspicion that his father entered the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease long before it was made public. “Thr...

Son suggests Reagan had Alzheimers as president
NEW YORK (AP) — Ronald Reagan’s son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease while he was still in the White House. The U.S. News & World Report quotes excerpts from Ron Reagan’s book “My Father at 100″ in which Reagan’s son says he believes his father would have left office had the disease been diagnosed then. The younger Reagan recalls how his father became uncharacteristically lost for words ...

Did Reagan Have Alzheimers as President?
Yahoo! News reports: NEW YORK - Ronald Reagan’s son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease while he was still in the White House. The memoir quotes excerpts from Ron Reagan’s book “My Father at 100,” published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA). Reagan’s son writes that he believes his father would have left office before his Second Term ended in 1989 had the disease been diagnosed then. U...

Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer's while he was President, son says in new book
Former President Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer's Disease during his Second Term in office, his son claims in a new book. Ron Reagan says that if his father's illness had been diagnosed while he was President, he would have given up control of the country. "I've seen no evidence that my father (or anyone else) was aware of his medical condition while he was in office," Reagan wrote in his book "My Father at 100." In excerpts from the book, first released by U.S. News and World Report Friday, Reag...

Son suggests Reagan had Alzheimer's while president
NEW YORK (AP) — Ronald Reagan's son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's Disease while he was still in the White House. The memoir quotes excerpts from Ron Reagan's book "My Father at 100," published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA). Reagan's son writes that he believes his father would have left office before his Second Term ended in 1989 had the disease been diagnosed then. U.S. News & World Report was the first to break th...

Ron "Ballerina Boy" Reagan Plays Judas, Sells Lies About His Father
That tutu must have been too tight and hurt the flow of blood to Ron Reagan Jr's head, because he's lost his mind (FoxNation, via Cubachi). USA Today reports...In a new book -- and an interview on ABC's 20/20 -- President Ronald Reagan's son says he saw evidence of his father's Alzheimer's Disease back during his years in the White House. "There was just something that was off, I couldn't quite put my finger on it," Ron Reagan said in 20/20 interview airing Friday night. The younger Reagan said...

Son suggests Reagan had Alzheimer's as president
NEW YORK — Ronald Reagan's son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's Disease while he was still in the White House. The memoir quotes excerpts from Ron Reagan's book "My Father at 100," published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA). Reagan's son writes that he believes his father would have left office before his Second Term ended in 1989 had the disease been diagnosed then. U.S. News & World Report was the first to break the pu...

Son suggests Reagan had Alzheimer's as president
FILE - In this July 27, 2004 file photo, Ron Reagan, son former President Ronald Reagan, talks about Stem Cell research to the delegates at the Democratic National Convention in Boston. Ronald Reagan's son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's Disease while he was still in the White House, Friday, Jan. 14, 2011. Ronald Reagan's son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's Disease while he was stil...

Son suggests Reagan had Alzheimer's as president (AP)
NEW YORK – Ronald Reagan's son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's Disease while he was still in the White House. The memoir quotes excerpts from Ron Reagan's book "My Father at 100," published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA). Reagan's son writes that he believes his father would have left office before his Second Term ended in 1989 had the disease been diagnosed then. U.S. News & World Report was the first to break th...

Tweet of the Day, and Reagan at 100
**Written by Doug Powers It’s safe to assume that Michael Reagan has a slight disagreement with Ron Reagan Jr’s “dad had Alzheimers while he was president” allegation in his book: ********** Reagan Jr’s book suggests — even though the myth has been debunked for years — that President Reagan had Alzheimer’s during his presidency, citing in part some verbal fumbling during a 1984 debate with Walter Mondale. Sure, maybe if Reagan hadn’t slippe...

Reagan Had Alzheimer's As President, Says Son
NEW YORK — Ronald Reagan's son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer's Disease while he was still in the White House. The memoir quotes excerpts from Ron Reagan's book "My Father at 100," published by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA). Reagan's son writes that he believes his father would have left office before his Second Term ended in 1989 had the disease been diagnosed then. U.S. News & World Report was the first to break the publis...

Reagan historian Shirley disputes Reagan son's Alzheimer's speculation
Craig Shirley, a Washington public affairs executive and author of two books on President Reagan, says the former president's son has no evidence to base his allegation that his father was afflicted by Alzheimer's Disease as early as his First Term in the White House. "Ronald Reagan deeply loved his son, Ronald Prescott and indeed all of his Children. He demonstrated that love in countless ways throughout his life. If one reads President Reagan's diaries from 1981 until 1989, they would discover...

Michael Reagan says Ron is an 'embarrassment' to the family with his claims about their father
- Jennifer of Cubachi Michael Reagan responded to Ron Reagan's bogus claims about President Ronald Reagan suffering from Alzheimer's while in the White House. Michael has strong words for his brother. ...

Ron Reagan hits rock bottom
Pathetic.2011 is a big year for Ronald Reagan fans, being the centennial of his February 6 birth in Tampico, Ill. But youngest son Ron Reagan is spoiling the good cheer with a new book that suggests the Gipper suffered from Alzheimer's Disease while in the White House, a claim dismissed by Reagan's doctors and outside experts. "Had the diagnosis been made in, say, 1987, would he have stepped down?" Ron asks, regarding the disease confirmed in 1994. "I believe he would have," he writes in My Fat...

Ronald Reagan's son: Alzheimer's seen during presidency
In the book, "My Father at 100, a Memoir," Ron Reagan writes he had an inkling of trouble three years into his father's First Term. Later, watching his father debate 1984 Democratic presidential nominee Walter Mondale, "I began to experience the nausea of a bad dream coming true," Ron Reagan wrote. "Some voters were beginning to imagine grandpa -- who can never find his reading glasses -- in charge of a bristling Nuclear Arsenal, and it was making them nervous," said Ron Reagan, according to a ...

Reagan had signs of Alzheimer's during first term, says son
Former US president Ronald Reagan in 1992, three years after he left office. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's two years later, but is now said to have shown signs as early as 1984 Ronald Reagan, whose alleged lack of mental agility was the basis for scores of jokes, especially outside the US, was suffering from the early effects of Alzheimer's in his First Term as president, according to his son. In a new book, My Father at 100: A Memoir, Ron Reagan cites two examples. He recalls watching his f...