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Fritz Wetherbee: Reagan's Privy Council, Lempster

3/20/19

Fritz Wetherbee: Reagan's Privy Council, Lempster

3/20/19

RIGHT HERE, WHERE FORMER NEW HAMPSHIRE GOVERNOR BEGAN TO BE DISENCHANTED WITH RONALD REAGAN. IT ALL HAD TO DO WITH PRIVIES, OUTHOUSES. I KNEW THE GOVERNOR. HE WAS A DECENT PERSON BUT HE DIED IN 2003. HI SON WAS THE FORMER GOVERNOR, CONGRESS SENATOR FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE. IN 1976, RONAL REAGAN RAN IN THE REPUBLICAN PRIMARY AGAINST THEN PRESIDENT JERRY FORD. THAT YEAR, REAGAN LOST TO GERALD FORD BECAUSE HE THEN LOST TO CARTER. IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT MODELED AND NANCY CAME TO NEW HAMPSHIRE. ONE OF THE PLACES THE GOVERNOR TOOK THE REAGAN’S WAS RIGHT HERE. IN 1976, THIS TIME WAS FAMOUS ALL OVER FOR ITS PRIVIES. IT USED TO BE AN OLD INVITE BEHIND ME -- INN RIGHT BEHIND ME. IT HAD ALWAYS THAT LED TO THE FAR END OF THE ATTACHED BARN. AT THE END WAS THE PRETTY. PRIVY. THE OTHER ONE WENT WAY OUT. IF HE WERE TO DROP A STONE FROM THE HIGHEST OUTHOUSE, WHICH I DID IN THE NAME OF SCIENCE, IT TOOK TWO SECONDS FOR THE STONE TO REACH THE BOTTOM. WHEN THOUSAND 1, 1002 -- 1001 1002 -- FACING THIS WAY ON THE PARKING LOT WHERE THE PRIVIES THAT THE TOWN USED. THEY WERE THE SAME. THE DOORS OF THESE OPEN RIGHT OUT ONTO THE HIGHWAY. PEOPLE LISTENED TO HEAR IF ANY CARS WERE GOING BY BEFORE THEY OPEN THE DOOR. THE REAGAN’S HOUSEHOLD WHEN THEY SAW TH - HOWLED WHEN THEY SAW THIS. NANCY PURCHASED AND OUTHOUSE TO REMIND HIM O NEW HAMPSHIRE. THE GOVERNOR WAS FURIOUS. WHEN RONALD REAGAN RAN AGAIN, THE GOVERNOR SUPPORTED GEORGE BUSH. IT OCCURRED RIGHT HERE. THE PRI
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Fritz Wetherbee: Reagan's Privy Council, Lempster

3/20/19

3/20/19

3/20/19

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