Chapter Nine: Reagan

Tenth installment of 'The Razzmatazz'

Did “The Man” cast B actor Ronald Reagan (shown above) in the role of a lifetime? (Production still from Bedtime for Bonzo)

By Todd Snider

the man was pleased to see

poor people smoking crack,

but was not yet satisfied

that his all-time, prison-time,

wartime economy

was safe for the ages to come.