Didn't Reagan tell a reporter to "sit down and shut up" ?

[steve2470]

I swear I'm not dreaming this. It was 1981 or 1982, and some reporter had either interrupted him or asked him a question (I think about PATCO) that he really really didn't like.

I've been internet searching but all I get so far is him telling a heckler to "aw shut up".

This thread prompted this.

[Wednesdays]

1. The whole thing faded into obscurity

Funny how that works, huh?

[steve2470]

2. I remember the incident you described with Poppy Bush

I swear, I remember the incident with Reagan back in the day. I even remember seeing it depicted on the web. So far I'm too lazy to search through all his news conference transcripts, yuck.

[razorman]

5. As will this incident. The public has a short memory.

[WI_DEM]

3. In 1980 NH debate he famously told the moderator

'I paid for this microphone, Mr. Breen' It was a line directly out of some movie, practically.

[CurtEastPoint]

4. Heckler at speech.

[bluestateguy]

6. Bush 41 ordered POW/MIA families heckling him to "sit down and shut up!"

It was sometime in 1992, and I'm sure it can be found in the C-Span archives if you have the time to search.

It was like a one day news story and quickly went down the black hole after that.

One can only imagine the explosion of rage if Bill Clinton had done such a thing. I'm still angry at how he was booed and heckled at the Vietnam Memorial (in the middle of giving a speech in which he praised Vietnam veterans effusively) on Memorial Day 1993.

[Hoyt]

7. Maybe next time, Obama will go out and kick his ass. Truthfully, I like how Obama handled it.

[steve2470]

8. I do too.

The thread I mentioned just made me think of Reagan's response.