I had a soft spot in my heart for Ronald Reagan, if only because he was a sportswriter in his youth, and also because his wife gave the best head in Hollywood.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Thompson makes a darkly humorous comment about Reagan, citing his youth as a sportswriter and a vulgar anecdote about his wife. The tone is irreverent.
- In plain terms
- He finds Reagan interesting only due to past profession and crude personal detail.
- What can you take from it?
- Politics can be reduced to crude personal trivia.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How do we measure leaders?
- What matters in politics?
Another view
The quote relies on vulgar innuendo without substance.
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