Ronald Reagan Tells Soviet Jokes

The clip below is of Ronald Reagan who loved to collect jokes and anecdotes. What’s interesting is that as you listen to Reagan it’s easy to see that the man’s entire world view is reflected in the jokes–that is, the jokes contain all of Reagan’s ideas about the world. Bigotry works that way. A joke walks into a bar and spots a man…

 

Author: skuusisto

Poet, Essayist, Blogger, Journalist, Memoirist, Disability Rights Advocate, Public Speaker, Professor, Syracuse University

0 thoughts on “Ronald Reagan Tells Soviet Jokes”

  1. I liked the octopus joke much better. And it would be nice to have a president that doesn’t wipe his nose with his finger when he’s giving a public speech. Is that too much to ask?

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