OK, I'll buy that Alzheimer's is not a laughing matter. It's a debilitating and destructive disease.News that Will Ferrell optioned Reagan as a starring vehicle — it's a spec comedy script in which a dementia-addled Ronald Reagan is led to believe he's an actor playing the president — has set off a firestorm of controversy.
The project has drawn condemnation from Reagan's children Patti Davis and Michael Reagan, who called the movie "cruel" and cautioned that "Alzheimer's isn't a joke," as well as the Alzheimer's Association, who are "appalled" at the comedy's premise.
On Friday, not 24 hours after the story broke, Ferrell announced that he had scuttled the project, with a rep saying, "While it is by no means an 'Alzheimer's comedy' as has been suggested, Mr. Ferrell is not pursuing the project.'"
Hollywood Reporter
So why in the world was it okay to have as president of what is touted as the most powerful nation on earth a man who is afflicted with it?
Then, again, how much difference was there between an Alzheimer's addled president with scheming handlers in charge and George W. Bush?
The one thing that makes Hillary Clinton seem like a decent choice is that SHE won't need a Dick Cheney.
...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.
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