[sweetliberty]

"One thing I wish the darn media would stop doing is repeating that he is the adopted son of Ronald Reagan. As an adoptee myself that is a remark that is actually rather hurtful..it is as if to say..an adoptee is not really a member of the family."

I totally agree, CG. It is like the media looks for any way they can to get theri digs in, no matter who it hurts. It was one of the ways they were able to distract from the events. RATs! All of them! An adoptee is every bit as much a part of the family...sometimes more. I have seen an awful lot of kids that have natural parents that aren't worth a damn. I wonder if the issue with the family is more that he was the son of the first marriage. I thought it was pretty tacky that his first wife chose not to attend.

[celtic gal]

I thought his wife was there...he mentioned her at the sunset service and she was there in DC too...are you sure she didn't go and where did you read this?

[restornu]

She might have been asked not to attend and she could be very ill?

[restornu]

I saw Michael cross himself so I wonder if RWR was ever Catholic?

[Conservababe]

I thought it was pretty tacky that his first wife chose not to attend.

President Reagan's first wife? Jane Wyman was there. She is crippled and nearly blind, but she was there.

[celtic gal]

I just watched FOXNews and the anchor there gave a little blurb on the sunset service for President Reagan. She said that the President was finally home where he will be laid to rest at the Presidential Library and that his two children Patty and Ron spoke and there was a little bit of what Ron said. All 3 gave tribute and they were all wonderful. But for FOX to leave out Michael is an insult to him and if he is not hurt and offended I am for him.