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Article: Silver screen to White House; President drew on his training as entertainer.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- June 7, 2004
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Byline: Gary Arnold, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
It was a line straight out of an old movie, but hardly anyone knew that at the time.
"I paid for this microphone, Mr. Green," presidential candidate Ronald Reagan thundered at debate moderator Jon Breen, getting his name wrong, that February night in 1980 in Nashua, N.H.
Mr. Breen had instructed sound technicians to turn off Mr. Reagan's mike because he had brought along four other Republican candidates to what was billed as a two-man debate between him and George Bush.
Mr. Reagan came across as a champion of free speech, open debate and all things healthily American. Nothing Mr. Bush could say ...