 May 27th, 1986, got by meeting of law enforcement officials, Roosevelt Room, Whitmer, and Kim Law. Closed. President, if we sit over here, sir, thank you, everybody. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Mr. Cranky. Well, thank you. I think everybody knows Mr. Reagan here, so please, sit down. I just want to thank you all, and I think I have some understanding of all that you do. There are a few gray hairs around here, and I can understand how they came about. The problems that confront you every day. And I'm most grateful to you, to John for having some security to look out for me. And the others of you with all the things you treat with from organized crime to drug trafficking and white collar crime, and somebody cheating under income tax, and all of it. And I'm most grateful to you, and grateful too for your management, your awareness of our budget problems, and all that you've done in that regard. I hope that we'll always be able to, it was a long time here, I know we're going to stand behind you and try to help in every way we can. There are problems that confront you every day. So, Kevin, you said that. You said it all, sir. I think very nicely, and on behalf of everybody here, I think we could work for a final president, so thank you very much, sir, for all your support. You make our lives, I think, a lot easier. I just wish somehow the Constitution could change so we could have you for another four years. Well, I will say one thing. You see, you know, converts are, of course, the most dedicated of all. And I'm a convert. I was, I think about 11 years old when the first no fireworks law had gone in in our home country. You know, and I had one of those torpedoes, and I threw it at the bridge when I was approaching the bridge over the Rock River and it made a nice satisfying bang, and then a fellow in a gray suit pulled up alongside me in his car and said, get in. And I said, I'm not getting in your car, and then he flashed a badge on me, and I got in. And then I made the mistake of my 11-year-old life. I said, twinkle, twinkle, little star, who in the hell do you think you are? Of course, my old man, $14.99. And I became a law abiding citizen with a great respect for the law. Thank you all. Thank you very much. May 28, 1986, lunch with political cartoonists in the cabinet room. Hadley and Kinlaw, five beta closed. Howdy, Mr. Branson. Howdy, Mr. Branson. Nice to meet you, sir. Keep talking, keep talking. How do you do? I know that. Mr. President, Tim Lohgertz. How are you? Nice to see you. Nice to see you. Come on. Yeah. Yeah. Nice to see you. Nice to see you. Nice to see you. I am my fan's name. How are you? Right. My gosh. Please, we see the. Yeah, that was- All the time- I'd like to sit and watch- You know, you do look a lot better than a person when you live in a house. Very good. I wasn't going to say that, but I thought it. Well, listen, we're welcome all again to the White House. I understand that some of you thought that this was probably some kind of a practical joke. Well, we'd be left to be served. I arranged for separate checks. It's a pleasure to break bread with such a distinguished and diverse group. And yours is a wonderful occupation. But a little peculiar, the system is used to judge distinction in a particular profession. In Hollywood, we had the Oscars, and that could tell it all. Football, of course, just takes a number of touchdowns and gains one in loss. And for you, the greatest tribute, I think, is if they cut you and take you to the refrigerator. After many years of you looking at me and drawing cartoons, I thought it'd be nice if I had a chance to look at you. You see, I look at your work, believe it or not, and I'm a great fan, and especially those of you who are in comic strips also, because I read the funnies the first thing. That's the first part of the paper I read. You didn't sew all my life, and you'd be surprised how many times that's the only thing. Now, some of you says, young, I'm just going to show up. We thought we'd put an easel there, because knowing that the viewers could sit on any artist's shoulder at any time who wanted to do such a thing, it happened quite to be able to come up and get it done. I just thought that I'm going to show you the whole process. Yes! Now, some of you ordered one thing, I have to tell some of the younger ones with you who this is. Who is it, Bill? I don't see it. Well, I have to tell you, Bill was Bill Malman. I became a great fan, greater than for William Joy, Joe, when in World War II, having been a reserve officer in the Horse Cavalry, before I was called to active duty, he did that wonderful cartoon of the hard-bitten old cavalry sergeant and the Jeep, the broken front axle, and the sergeant is aiming his role. That's fine. The cartoonists have to sign their word with us, right? Yeah. We have to replace responsibilities. Yes. Yeah, we don't want to be a kid. I don't know why. I was also very fond of one of the two officers standing in the big window, which was, I think, a long about the time of the Italian campaign. And up there, there's a beautiful outline view of the sunrise over there, and the general was saying to the other officer, is there one for the enlisted? He had another one, he said, too. He had two American scouts underneath the German tank, and artillery stars, and the one on the radio. He says, I've got one for you, but you've got to be patient. Madeleine, I told one of the line, I think, that I could do this. That's courage above and beyond. You know, it's a little heroic thing, but the kind of this disabled tank, and the tank machine gun, that was holding off an entire German advance. All along, at the same time, the walkie-talkie with the radio and the artillery support, finally connected with the battery. Okay, recording. 28 May 1986, diplomatic room, doing a taping for the ABC affiliates. It's Patrick on the quarter. Harris on camera. Oh, I see. How far down are you cutting? The end of my skirt. Okay. Is my time? Stand by. Ron, we know what you've been going through. How rough the last few months have been. And we want you to know that we support you, that whatever you do is fine with us. Don't do it. You know, after a sudden maybe, we did maybe. Tossing one. That's our day. Hi. Good day. Sorry, we didn't go to the tent today.