Op-Ed: The forgotten book that launched the Reagan Revolution (via latimesopinion)
In the spring of 1965, Ronald Reagan slipped into a ritzy Los Angeles restaurant. He was there to meet Stu Spencer, a political consultant he hoped would join his potential campaign for governor.
Reagan has never received enough credit for his intellectual side. As a child, he devoured books, and he was so taken by King Arthur tales he named his cat Sir Lancelot. As an actor, he spent his on-set breaks reading, often boring his costars with current affairs facts. Reagan eventually was elected president of the Screen Actors Guild more than once, before moving to TV and “General Electric Theater.
“Where’s the Rest of Me?” is a surprisingly good read among presidential books, a revealing look at Reagan’s pre-political life that lacks the cautious muffling of political handlers.Consider its opening: “The story begins with the close-up of a bottom in a small town called Tampico in Illinois, on February 6, 1911. My face was blue from screaming, my bottom was red from whacking, and my father claimed afterward that he was white.
At this point, Spencer and a wealthy team of Reagan-boosting “friends” stepped in. They wanted to test Reagan as a retail politician, and his book signings provided the perfect cover. At one Los Angeles bookstore, Reagan arrived straight from his horse ranch. “He showed up in his English riding gear, breeches, boots, everything but the whip,” Spencer remembered. Even in that getup, Reagan charmed the crowd.
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