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El Supremo

(20,365 posts)
Tue May 22, 2012, 04:16 PM May 2012

Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood

Source: Denver Post / AP

LONDON—A Channel Islands auction house says it's selling a vial that allegedly contains blood residue from Ronald Reagan—a move denounced Tuesday by the late U.S. president's family and his foundation.

The vial being auctioned online was used by the laboratory that tested Reagan's blood when he was hospitalized after a 1981 assassination attempt in Washington, the PFCAuctions house said.

Reagan's son Michael condemned the auction but said he was confident it was not his father's blood.

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The auction house website says the seller claimed he was a supporter of Reagan's conservative economic policies and believes the late president would have wanted him to sell the vial rather than donate it.

Read more: http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_20680174/auction-claims-be-selling-vial-reagan-blood



A St. Ronnie Relic!

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Auction claims it's selling vial with Reagan blood (Original Post) El Supremo May 2012 OP
too funny wilt the stilt May 2012 #1
No!!! Follow the Gourd!!!! msanthrope May 2012 #14
Exactly! xxqqqzme May 2012 #2
Why would anyone want it? Does it have supernatural powers? n/t Cleita May 2012 #3
greater fool theory. nt. naaman fletcher May 2012 #5
Yes. Duh. harmonicon May 2012 #23
Uh oh... Fritz67 May 2012 #4
They will mix it with fibers from the shroud of Turin. xfundy May 2012 #6
... awoke_in_2003 May 2012 #12
Why would anybody want vile Reagan's blood? intaglio May 2012 #7
wtf?? SkipWankman May 2012 #8
I think I know who the bidder is KamaAina May 2012 #9
rofl wordpix May 2012 #16
No, that's the seller (nt) harmonicon May 2012 #24
I'm guessing Clone Reagan would be much better than Zombie Reagan any day TalkingDog May 2012 #10
Shades of The Boys From Brazil flick... Ugh... freshwest May 2012 #13
What's that? Republicans now fully back cloning? Fearless May 2012 #11
It should just be returned to the family. truthisfreedom May 2012 #15
If you drink that blood, you become evil and stupid. Tabasco_Dave May 2012 #17
If you become evil & stupid you vote Republican...don't vote Republican. Historic NY May 2012 #19
BIO-HAZARD--medical waste. Historic NY May 2012 #18
spray coffee----$11,000 so far, and bids close Thurs wordpix May 2012 #20
Soon to be a holey relic at the future Ronald Reagan National Shrine. 1620rock May 2012 #21
I think I know who will wind up with it... jmowreader May 2012 #22

xxqqqzme

(14,887 posts)
2. Exactly!
Tue May 22, 2012, 04:23 PM
May 2012

We all knew it would come to this one day. And rethugs point their fingers at Democrats and shout "Obama fanatics".

harmonicon

(12,008 posts)
23. Yes. Duh.
Wed May 23, 2012, 06:25 AM
May 2012

Anyone who drinks it or injects it will gain his powers. That's how these things work. I'm pretty sure you gain the powers forever this way, whereas you can only gain them temporarily by wearing one of his cowboy hats.

Fritz67

(357 posts)
4. Uh oh...
Tue May 22, 2012, 04:28 PM
May 2012

They're going to try and clone him!

Thankfully, if they do, the legion of Reagan Clone Troopers will be easily distracted by shiny objects and jelly beans.

TalkingDog

(9,001 posts)
10. I'm guessing Clone Reagan would be much better than Zombie Reagan any day
Tue May 22, 2012, 04:46 PM
May 2012

plus all the potential for replaceable parts later on.

jmowreader

(50,583 posts)
22. I think I know who will wind up with it...
Wed May 23, 2012, 03:14 AM
May 2012

This looks like just the kind of thing the guy who runs goldenpalace.com is into.

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