C-SPAN | The Weekly Podcast: Ronald Reagan’s Funniest Jokes About His Age @CSPAN | Uploaded July 2024 | Updated October 2024, 6 days ago.
During the 2024 presidential campaign, we’ve heard a lot about how old the candidates are.



How did the last famously “old” president -- Ronald Reagan -- handle the age issue?



With jokes!



Like this:



I remember when George Bush and I took office, January 1981 -- or as another Republican President might have put it: 4 months and 7 years ago. You know, I've waited 125 years to say that.





That was President Reagan opening a Republican fundraising dinner speech.

The date: May 11, 1988 … The age: 77.

What were Ronald Reagan’s funniest jokes about his age?



Find out in the latest episode of C-SPAN’s podcast “The Weekly” … It’s the best of Ronald Reagan jokes… about being old.




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