Presidential Slip-Up Is a Double Bogey
President Reagan stumbled over the same phrase not once but twice today in announcing his decision to make four Florida counties damaged by Hurricane Elena eligible for federal assistance.
“The entire nation watched with you as this disastrous storm made not one, but two passes at the Florida golf course,” Reagan said. “And I want to assure you that we in Washington--did I say--you know, Gulf Stream came out--or Gulf Coast came out like golf course.”
“Believe me, that was a Freudian slip,” he said amid laughter and applause.
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