Ronald Reagan: “Gene and I actually go back well before last April, as his odyssey…”

On the recordOctober 13, 1981

Gene and I actually go back well before last April, as his odyssey from Democrat to Republican is so strikingly parallel to my own.

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Republican · California

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Remarks to Reporters Following a Meeting With Representative Eugene V. Atkinson of Pennsylvania

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Ronald Reagan: “Gene and I actually go back well before last April, as his odyssey from Democrat to Republican is so strikingly parallel…”