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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsLibrary Curator Disputes Scott Walker's Story About Holding Reagan's Bible
MADISON, Wis. (AP) Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker's tale of how he came to hold the family Bible that President Ronald Reagan used when taking the oath of office doesn't match the memory of the presidential library curator charged with caring for the book.
A likely Republican candidate for president, Walker grew up during Reagan's presidency and holds him as a political role model. Walker, 47, frequently notes that his wedding anniversary and Reagan's birthday fall on the same date.
At a 2013 Reagan Day dinner in Milwaukee, Walker told a Reagan story that he said "gives me a little bit of a shiver."
He described being invited by Nancy Reagan to give a speech at the Reagan Library near Los Angeles in November 2012, five months after he won a recall election that stemmed from his successful effort to curtail the union rights of public employees in his state. Walker said he met with Nancy Reagan before the speech and told her that he had won the recall on the eighth anniversary of Ronald Reagan's death.
Walker went on to describe how, during a tour of the library before the speech, the library curator "unbeknownst to me" had taken the Reagan family Bible out of its display and readied it for him to look at.
http://www.salon.com/2014/05/30/scott_walker_is_falling_apart_the_little_corruption_problem_he_just_cant_shake/
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Library Curator Disputes Scott Walker's Story About Holding Reagan's Bible (Original Post)
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2015
OP
Religious zealots flirting with cults do not belong in politics in secular Constitutional Republics.
Fred Sanders
Mar 2015
#1
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)1. Religious zealots flirting with cults do not belong in politics in secular Constitutional Republics.
Politicalboi
(15,189 posts)2. Scottie Waddie Doo Doo
More lies. And you need a warning about that frightening picture.
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)3. The link make no mention of the library curator or bible
Do you have another link?
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)4. Your link does not mention the OP info at all.
I want my 10 minutes back.
ryan_cats
(2,061 posts)5. Did it burst into flames?
Did it burst into flames?
I'm surprised he didn't get third degree burns.