The Continuing Saga of Ronnie Wonderful

Ronnie and Alex (source: The Modesto Bee 12/21/80)



My late grandfather, Charles W. Baker, was a lifelong educator and pacifist. He was tolerant of just about all things except intolerance. As such, he was no fan of our fortieth president, Ronald Reagan. Give or take a few years at either bookend, Charles W. Baker and Ronald W. Reagan essentially shared the same period in history, one as a Baltimore boy turned teacher, the other as a Tampico tot turned President. No two men have been more different.

Back in the days before bloggin', my grandfather did it the old-fashioned way. From 1980 to 1982, he kept a scrapbook of newspaper clippings regarding the Reagan Administration, along with his private comments, and a series of letters that he and my grandmother sent to the President. My grandfather's words are scathing, and, up until now, have just been shared with family and a few friends. Now, this posthumous publication of presidential peccadilloes is available for all to see. This irreverent indictment of Imperial ignominy is on the Internet! After this post, all of the posts in the blog will be the words of Charles W. Baker, and the authors he cites. I will post a comment from time to time, and encourage you to the same. Just wait until you see the parallels to today!

A sneak peak at some of the actors that will fill these pages: Alexander Haig, Nancy, George H.W. Bush, James Watt, William Clark, Jerry Falwell, Tricky Dick and Spiro, Too!, Gerald Ford, Ed Asner, Jimmy Carter, William French Smith, Khadafy, Clarence Pendleton, Al Gore, and Barney Frank, just to name a few!

So sit right on back, and get ready for the Continuing Saga of Ronnie Wonderful!