# Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 20, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766 "2010-02-20T15:05:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CWN](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/bc79bd/32.png) [@CWN](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CWN)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/1 "2010-02-20T15:05:34Z")
Story here- [Former Secretary of State Alexander Haig dies](http://www.cnn.com/2010/POLITICS/02/20/alexander.haig.dead/?hpt=Sbin) ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/2 "2010-02-20T16:16:14Z")
So he’s no longer in charge, I guess. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/3 "2010-02-20T16:25:57Z")
A friend and I were staying in a dorm-_cum_-hostel in Stockholm when Reagan was President. There was a little ‘nightclub’ style of thing downstairs. (Probably a small cafeteria when school is in.) We saw a drunken man who bore a passing resemblance to Al Haig. My friend said, ‘He does look like Haig, vaguely.’ I said, ‘He’s a vague Al Haig.’ ---
**Author:** ![MsWhatsit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/eb8c5e/32.png) [@MsWhatsit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MsWhatsit)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/4 "2010-02-20T16:35:35Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So he’s no longer in charge, I guess. Someone had to say it, and I thank you for taking one for the team. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/5 "2010-02-20T16:48:14Z")
From _Archie Bunker’s Place_: Archie) Alexander Haig is a great man who’s sometimes president 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![davey77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/90ced4/32.png) [@davey77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/davey77)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/6 "2010-02-20T17:32:45Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > So he’s no longer in charge, I guess. “You better read the Constitution, buddy!” – paraphrase of Haig ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2010, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/7 "2010-02-20T18:08:46Z")
Good riddance, the bastard. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 5:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/8 "2010-02-21T05:47:40Z")
BBC is actually reporting that Haig was credited with preventing the collapse of the presidency in the wake of the Reagan assassination atempt. WTF?? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/9 "2010-02-21T05:50:58Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > BBC is actually reporting that Haig was credited with preventing the collapse of the presidency in the wake of the Reagan assassination atempt. WTF?? 😕 I know very little about the guy, so I can’t really comment. However, the New York Times obituary is interesting. [They don’t give him any credit for his actions after Reagan was shot, but they say he held the Nixon administration together for the last few months of Nixon’s term.](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/us/politics/21haig.html?hp) ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 5:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/10 "2010-02-21T05:58:15Z")
> [@Marley23](#): > > I know very little about the guy, so I can’t really comment. However, the New York Times obituary is interesting. [They don’t give him any credit for his actions after Reagan was shot, but they say he held the Nixon administration together for the last few months of Nixon’s term.](http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/21/us/politics/21haig.html?hp) Okay, possibly the BBC is referring to that. I was only half-listening and thought they said it was after the Reagan assassination bid. ---
**Author:** ![Chicagojeff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b19c9b/32.png) [@Chicagojeff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicagojeff)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/11 "2010-02-21T06:54:54Z")
Well when Reagan was shot Bush was on a plane. so thats when Alexander went all “I’m in charge” … Whats funny is he gave Woodward and Bernstein all the info on the last days of Nixon in their second book… when you read it you realize that Haig comes out looking like a champ… hmmmmmmmmmm ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/12 "2010-02-21T13:58:47Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > BBC is actually reporting that Haig was credited with preventing the collapse of the presidency in the wake of the Reagan assassination atempt. WTF?? 😕 It’s just that our General Haig looks pretty good compared to theirs. ---
**Author:** ![Estilicon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/848f3c/32.png) [@Estilicon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Estilicon)\ **Post date:** [February 21, 2010, 3:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/former-secretary-of-state-alexander-haig-dies/529766/13 "2010-02-21T15:35:10Z")
Terrible news… I left my dancing shoes at my parent`s house.