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A British auction company claims to have a vial of blood from President Ronald Regan's.
The Uxbridge Gazette reports:
The five-inch vial, said to contain a sample of the president's blood taken at the George Washington University Hospital after an assassination attempt in 1981, is being sold on an online auction site.
With just a little under two days left in the auction, bids are already over $14,000.
John Heubusch, executive director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation in California, issued a statement condemning the auction house.
"If indeed this story is true, it's a craven act and we will use every legal means to stop its sale or purchase," the statement said.
"We've spoken to GW Hospital and are assured an investigation as to how something like this could possibly happen is under way. Any individual, including a president of the United States, should feel confident that once they enter into the care of a medical system their privacy and rights are held inviolable."
A letter with the vial says the vial has been in the seller's family since 1981. The seller's mother worked at Bio Science Laboratories, which handled blood testing for George Washington Hospital. Reagan was shot by John Hinckly Jr on March 30, 1981, outside of the Washington Hilton Hotel.
The auction house also has a piece of President George Washington's coat and six strands of his hair up for grabs.
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what in the hell would anyone do with a small tube of blood??? Oh yea, I guess you could always take it to a party! Maybe hang it on the living room wall!!!
How Absolutely and Totally Ridiculous !!!! Shouldn't That Vile be Destroyed for Health Issues - Who Knows What Kind Of Disease's are Within That Capsule !!!??? Wouldn't That Money Go Much Better Toward Paying TAXES !!!!!
one of the repub/baggers here must want that vial.
rusty? 2ez? stormguy? six? thoughtful? anyone?
This is way to creepy, Why aren't his kids upset about this. Why on earth do they still have it ? The big question is what will a person do with this ? This is property of Regan family and this should be destroyed by them. Is this the big Secret of the GOP to clone Regan ? See what I mean by creepy?
I'm with you Pam, yuke, and his birth date is wrong........
SICK!
I already have a whole case of V8! Who would ever buy Rayguz deserves a kick in the head!
How bizarre!
WTF Is it St. Ronnie now? I found out that is where the term RELIC comes from, or that left behind.
People are amazing, I wonder if you had a vile of blood from Elvis's, or Jimmy's [Hendrix or Morrison] held for auction along with Ronnie's who's would fetch the most money.
Elvis. Easily.
How much will a whole body fetch? Someone will dig him up! Will someone clone him? Its worth more than Facebook stock! Ha hahahahahahaha!
This is just plain creepy! Who'd want it? Creeps me out...
There are some sick people out there. I hope someone gets prosecuted for this.
Funny how they claim to love a guy that they would call a rino today. If you look up the word republican today the definition would be contradiction.
Reagan had blood? Gee and all this time I thought Reagan was just a robot that had a prerecording message on a loop, there they go again, I didn't say that, welfare queens, evil liberals, I know nothing, the buck stops here, its the democrats fault.
Young man, when will you learn anything about history ? Reagan never blamed anyone, and he nver attached anyone. You have been sold a bill of goods about Reagan. Liberals have obscured and lied about him ever since the '80s because Reagan proved that the liberals have always been wrong about the need for a top-heavy welfare state.
Big deal, red cross, and hospitals sell blood all the time.
I like his statement. Reagan would love that I am making money, capitalism at it's best.
Heck Bill Clinton was selling tainted blood to africa. Why waste perfectly bad blood when you can sell it to a bunch of obamas friends.