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Reagan is known for the demand, "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down [[Berlin Wall|this wall]]!" Funnily enough, he started off as a Democrat, a fact he would joke about in later life, saying that he didn't leave the party—it left him.
He beat Jimmy Carter in the 1980 election by a popular vote margin of 9%, although he only got 50.7% of the popular vote due to a losing Republican primary candidate, John Anderson, running as a more moderate independent. The Electoral College victory was more emphatic. He was
In 1981, Reagan was shot [[Loony Fan|by a man obsessed]] with [[Jodie Foster]], and [[Misaimed Fandom|who wanted to ape the "heroic" actions]] of [[Taxi Driver|Travis Bickle]]. Reagan wasn't actually aware he'd been shot for several minutes. He also was [[Casual Danger Dialogue|cracking jokes on his way to the hospital]]—one can only imagine the look on Nancy Reagan's face as he said, "Honey, I forgot to duck." His most notable line, however, was telling his surgeons, "I hope you're all Republicans!" (The chief surgeon, a liberal Democrat, is said to have answered "[[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|Today, Mr. President, we're all Republicans]]".)
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