Last night while visiting one of my friends who has inherited a small hoard of mostly knick-knacks and worthless nonsense with a few gems thrown in here and there, I was given a small gift from that collection/pile- this following matchbook:
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| Mr. President |
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| front and center for a real commander in chief |
It turns out this is a hoarded matchbook from the collection of my friend's aunt, who served in the White House while President Reagan was in office. How fun! Why, just the other day I was reading through a compilation of Reagan's personal notes, and thinking how Presidential he really was whenever he appeared on the television. Even as a youngster, I do remember how interesting and regal he seemed. There was something about his nature, perhaps from being in Hollywood, perhaps from being a spokesperson for commercials et cetera, but I have no interest in getting into that here. Unfortunately, the ones who preceded him and followed him are nowhere even close to his caliber- although there is one who has a lot of the talk but absolutely none of the action (leave it to the reader to decide who that puppet is). Politics aside, I would like to add I always appreciate seeing President Reagan often wearing a pocket square to good effect.
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