As an Independent, I always love mentioning or talking about Reagan, because it's damn sure to piss somebody off. He's one of the most polarizing political figures of my lifetime. He's held up as the Great Hero of American Conservatism by the gop-ers even though he'd have little place today in a republic partisan party that's swung way to the right, even by Reagan's standards (they'd primary Reagan's ass today)...Leftist 20 percenters, meantime, hate Reagan with every fiber of their being, but yet will invoke disingenuous comparisons between themselves and Reagan whenever they can (see the individual we currently have as president) -- primarily just to get the goat of the deranged right-wingers. In short, Reagan's a complete lightning rod. Therefore, let's talk about Reagan!
A new book by old-time Hollywood starlet Piper Laurie doesn't exactly paint the most flattering picture of the "Ol' Gipper." He was old enough (39) to be the 19-year-old Laurie's father -- so much so that he actually played her old man in the 1950 film Louisa (pictured at the top). The two first met on the film set in the years before Reagan's marriage to his second wife and future First Lady, Nancy Davis.
According to Laurie's new book, "Learning to Live Out Loud," the old guy Reagan got off to a decent start in their September-May romance by first checking with her daddy to see if it would be OK for Reagan to take Laurie out on the town. Only problem? When daddy said yes, Reagan did nothing of the sort, instead taking the "perky starlet" Laurie straight back to his joint and feeding her some cheap hamburgers.
Apparently no sooner than Laurie could barely dab the ketchup and mustard from her mouth, the book says Reagan was whisking away the 19-year-old virgin into the next room for a little Bedtime for Bonzo. And indeed, much like the chimpanzee, the old guy (according to Laurie) was a "'show-off' who had sex 'without grace.'"Having now taken the young girl's virginity, Reagan reportedly chided Laurie after the fact by criticizing her for not "having orgasms" during their rough romp in the sack. He next reportedly started bragging up his staying power (which he had apparently timed on the clock), reciting to the stunned Laurie that he had officially kept it up and gone at it with her for 40 minutes flat, according to the book. (If only he'd have paid that kind of attention during the Iran Contra Scandal.)
Laurie says that when she complained that Reagan nonetheless had failed to satisfy her, he really started to take her to task as if he was in the middle of a bad episode of "Death Valley Days": "There's something wrong with you. You've got to see a doctor," Reagan reportedly ranted at her.
Just for good measure, Laurie says Reagan then started bragging up how much he had paid for the condom he'd used -- "in a crass attempt to prove his point." I just wish Reagan had come up with his Strategic Defense Initiative ("Star Wars") idea about 30 years earlier. Sounds like the young broads in Hollywood could have really used it when it came to dealing with him.
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