William L. Jenkins Quotes
The stories have been told so often by those of us who supported President Reagan over the years that they seem mundane, almost like a fictional novel or a movie script.
Jenkins, William L. "Mourning the Passing of President Ronald Reagan." Congressional Record, vol. 150, no. 79, Government Printing Office, 8 June 2004, p. H3855.
The Republican party had lurched so far to the right, that a Republican like Reagan could never win the nomination even though he could likely win a national election.
This true statement hurt Reagan somewhat but not enough to defeat him. At the time, only a small percentage of Americans had any experiences yet with what became one of the most popular programs in American history. Reagan, once in office never repeated any of his early anti-Medicare statements and ironically, in the 8 years of the Reagan Presidency, Medicare became extremely popular.
William Lewis Jenkins is a politician from the state of Tennessee. He represented the state's 1st Congressional district, centered on the Tri-Cities (map), from 1997 until his successor was sworn in on January 3, 2007.