[doodad]

I loved how he closed his little bromide yesterday with " we mourn his presidency..(pause) and death"; no lie, my eyes got steely at that one.

[martin_fierro]

At the end, Rather appeared to be overcome with emotion.

Courage, Dan.

You old drama queen.

[Straight Vermonter]

Like many liberals, Rather was a steadfast critic of Reagan's budgetary priorities. During his very first broadcast of March 9, 1981, Rather and his associates stressed how much the president wanted to "CUT" government programs. After airing two soundbites critical of Reagan's 1982 budget, reporter Phil Jones declined to air any in support of it.

Rather was on one of the late night shows (I think Letterman) saying how he was not a liberal because he believed in "tight money". (Roll eyes)

[teeman8r]

rather's appraisal of reagan's death was disheartening... every praise was accompanied by a disclaimer... reagan was for smaller gov't but spent the most causing the biggest deficit ever... like that... some will say he was responsible for the fall of the ussr but his star wars scheme was never built...

it was sad...

i cannot wait until rather's eulogy airs...

teeman

[CyberAnt]

I've heard several people on FOX comparing Reagan with some of Bush's traits .. punctuality, a diverse cabinet (giving the Presidents a variety of opinions), conviction, stood his ground, optimism .. and then this morning Bill Bennett was the second person I've seen on FOX who said he believed the attacks upon Reagan by his adversaries are not unlike the attacks and comments made about Bush .. dunce, cowboy, reckless .. and Bridget agreed with him.