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Because he was stupid.

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Ronald_Reagan

http://www.anotherperspective.org/advoc201.html

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Why did Ronald Reagan say "Facts are stupid things"?

I am curious as to the context of this statement. It seems to me to be a curiously idiotic thing to say.

It was a verbal slip that Reagan immediately corrected. The full sentence is, "Facts are stupid things – stubborn things, should I say." Anti-Reagan people only give the first part of the quote or if it's a clip, they cut it before Reagan corrects himself. This was from a major speech delivered at the 1988 Republican Convention.

Reagan pulled a bushism by misquoting John Adams who said in 1770 that "Facts are stubborn things" to indicate that facts tell the honest truth.

Reagan said, "Facts are pesky things."

Facts are pesky things, all you have to do is look at the way a liberal reacts when you present them to him.

It was the blueprint for Rupert murdochs Fox News.

His Alzheimer must've been kicking in

Source? context? Or just your little statement with nothing to back it up?