Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Palin blunders on Reagan's education

So here is Alaska's ex-governor addressing a California State University-Stanislaus fundraiser over the weekend:

"...this is Reagan country and (applause), YEAH! And perhaps it was destiny that the man who went to California's Eureka College would become so woven within and inter-linked to the Golden State.'' (You can watch it yourself at about minute 4:30 into a rockin', rollin', rollickin' speech.)


Well, as Reagan liked to say, California is the Golden State, and he did become inter-linked with it. And yes, as Reagan also liked to say, he did go to a Eureka College, but it wasn't in California.


No, Eureka College is half a continent away in the flatlands of Illinois. Reagan attended school there from 1928 to 1932. He was the school's top collegiate swimmer, a three-year letterman in football, and appeared in 14 plays. He left after graduation in 1932 to take a job as a sports announcer in Davenport, Iowa, which is closer to California but still a long way from it.


Read on.





1 comment:

Anonymous said...

She is an idiot. Nothing else to be said here. She is bordering on Paris dip#$it territory and coverage now.