Above, President Reagan speaks in Fountain Valley, California at his 1984 re-election campaign kick-off rally. Photo by Armand Vaquer.The new book by Ron Reagan, President Reagan's son, set off a firestorm with former aides and his brother, Michael Reagan denouncing it.
In his book Ron Reagan claims that his father may have had the beginnings of Alzheimer's Disease while in office, citing President Reagan's first debate performance against Democrat nominee Walter Mondale in 1984.
Former members of President Reagan's secret service detail also have weighed in.
Author Ronald Kessler has a new book out about the secret service. In an article for Newsmax.com, Kessler writes:
Ron Reagan’s claim that his father showed signs of Alzheimer’s Disease in his second term is bogus, according to Secret Service agents who were with President Ronald Reagan around the clock.
Agents who were on his detail and were interviewed for my book “In the President’s Secret Service: Behind the Scenes with Agents in the Line of Fire and the Presidents They Protect” say Reagan was sharp until several years after he left the presidency.
I had the pleasure of meeting President Reagan back in 1977 and saw him many times since, the last being at the grand opening of the Richard Nixon Presidential Library in Yorba Linda in 1990. At no time did I observe any signs of mental deterioration. Reagan spoke well and was his usual witty self at the Nixon Library opening.
Read more on Newsmax.com: http://www.newsmax.com/RonaldKessler/Secret-Service-President-RonaldReagan/2011/01/27/id/384169
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