CBS Nixed 'Reagans' Following Letter from Rock Hudson's Ex-Lover

NewsMax ^ | 11/4/03 | Limbacher

[jackbill]

I'm glad to see Tammy involved in this. She's a powerful lady. Just too bad that she's lesbian (speaking from a personal point of view).

[LearnsFromMistakes]

Don't tell the Talibornagain of FR, they won't know how to respond to a conservative who didn't want homosexuals rounded up for "treatment".

We had a thread going, good news for the good guys. Thanks for dragging it down. I guess when a liberal comes out with some truth, someone has to fill the hatred gap...

[Floratina]

I appreciate that Christian sent that letter. Very cool.

[Tribune7]

Most conservatives are compassionate.

Most leftist are in it for themselves.

[Lancey Howard]

bump

[bonesmccoy]

"conservative commentator Tammy Bruce"????

Isn't this "Tammy Bruce" the same Tammy Bruce who was on KCAL 9 saying that she was a former Nat'l Org for Women President and a lesbian?

[aculeus]

Isn't this "Tammy Bruce" the same Tammy Bruce who was on KCAL 9 saying that she was a former Nat'l Org for Women President and a lesbian?

Er, yes. What's your next question ... or comment.

[Saundra Duffy]

Powerful statement. CBS is disgusting! Mr. Barbra Streisand is disgusting for letting himself be p-whipped into this hideous exercise. I'll bet Barbra and her pals were yucking it up, getting a big thrill out of how they were going to do a number on Reagan and Nancy. THIS IS DISGUSTING!!! I saw Michael Reagan on TV this morning talking about it. He's pissed and I don't blame him. I can't believe this. WHAT WAS CBS THINKING?!!

[aculeus]

More:

Here's the crux of the letter as posted on Front Page Magazine's Tammy Blog by Tammy Bruce:

My good friend Marc Christian was Rock Hudson’s last partner. Marc, like most other Americans, is appalled at the reported portrayal of the President, not only because he believes it to be an untrue portrait, but because he knows.

Marc wrote a letter to CBS entertainment head Les Moonves making clear his disgust at the portrayal of the President, especially the assertion that Reagan was a cruel homophobe. While Marc did not write his letter for public consumption, I found it important and asked it I could share it with you. He graciously agreed.

Here is the education Marc Christian gave Les Moonves:

"The notion that President Reagan was a homophobe strikes me as silly beyond belief. Not only did he have several gay men on his staff when he was Governor of California, he called my lover, Rock Hudson when he was on his deathbed just weeks before he died of AIDS and wished him well and voiced his and Nancy's concern and prayers.

"…The Reagans had known Rock for years and knew he was gay (as did most in Hollywood). The point is Reagan could have ignored Rock's illness and didn't. He could have just issued a public statement concerning his "official sorrow" but made a personal phone call instead.

"CBS used to be the network of class, now its the official arm of the Democrat party and its sources for information regarding truth below that of The National Enquirer. I bet President Reagan's phone call to Rock Hudson isn't in the screenplay or should I say smearplay, is it?"

Marc Christian. Hollywood, CA

This note from Marc to Moonves is important for several reasons, mostly for the injection of the truth into a world ruled by vacant, malevolent leftists. Their elite actively work to destroy any idea, or any individual, who challenge the dead, cold heart of their glorious leftist establishment. The CBS depiction of the Reagans epitomizes this callous agenda.

Marc’s letter, and the e-mails, letters and calls all of you made to CBS to register your protest and to support a great and decent man and his wife, obviously do make a difference. Even if it’s just a reminder to the media elite that their cloistered, decrepit little world has been invaded—by truth, reality, and fairness.

Tammy Bruce is a Fox News Channel Contributor and author of The Death of Right and Wrong.

[McGavin999]

Thank you Tammy Bruce.

[Savage Beast]

"he called...Rock Hudson...on his deathbed...and wished him well and voiced his and Nancy's concern and prayers."

President and Mrs. Reagan's kindness to Rock Hudson is honorable and commendable, but it is the only course of action available to any decent person.

Similarly, Marc Christian's coming forth with the truth about this is honorable and commendable, but it is the only course of action for any decent person.

[bonesmccoy]

I don't get it.

How does a lesbian activist who is the former President of NOW become labelled as a "conservative"?

[aculeus]

How does a lesbian activist who is the former President of NOW become labelled as a "conservative"?

To the liberals if she disagrees with their agenda she must be a bad conservative.

BTW I think she was merely the head of a local NOW group.

[bonesmccoy]

Her role in NOW isn't as important as what her opinions are and how the media is characterizing it.

If the media mischaracterizes Ms. Bruce as a "conservative", how does that square with the work that people like Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter compare?

The reality is that the best example of conservative thought is Peggy Noonan and not Malkin/Coulter/Bruce/etc.

Noonan is a terrific and well-spoken individual.

Her choice vocabulary is a matter of tremendous power and she uses it effectively without sounding as shrill as Coulter.

Still, I enjoyed watching Coulter go cat fight with Katie Couric on NBC.

But, Tammy Bruce?

She is NO conservative... unless she now disavows her prior stances. Has she?

[smith288]

Did we do the right thing.....censoring CBS?

We didnt "censor" anyone. Babs get to you?

[smith288]

There is no FR in europe.

If there isnt, then its based on governmental filters which is anti-freedom.

[laotzu]

"Babs get to you?"

Try reading the thread. Or, get somebody that can read to do it for you.

Babs? I've done her.

[smith288]

You make no sense. But Ill give you the benefit of the doubt.

[laotzu]

Read post #29, or #48, or #49...or get someone that can read to do it for you.