Posted on 06/14/2004 6:04:37 PM PDT by calmseas
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Sorry. Can't stand Larry Zeiger. He reminds me of an ancient owl perched on a limb. Every time he shrugs those boney, suspender-clad shoulders the owl squeezes out another dusty old turd.
Hmmmmmmmm......
Morley Safer stated that history will not be kind to Reagan.
It will be much less kind to Bubba.
Nancy Reagan Vetoes Clinton Eulogy
It was reported earlier this past week that former President Bill Clinton was furious that he had not been invited to speak at the Friday state funeral of former President Ronald Reagan.
Clinton, so the story went, felt that the Reagan rites were being 'politicized' and he preferred the Nixon funeral 10 years ago in which both former Democratic and Republican presidents spoke.
In fact, Newsmax.com's John LeBoutillier has learned, it indeed was Nancy Reagan's adamant wish that Bill Clinton not speak at her late husband's funeral.
LeBoutillier, a former U.S. congressman with friends close to the Reagan White House and Nancy, said Nancy feels that President Clinton stained the image of the Oval Office.
Both Ronald and Nancy Reagan revered the Oval Office.
As President, Ronald Reagan made it a policy always to wear a suit and tie in the Oval Office.
Before taking office in early 1981, Reagan told aides he was stunned to see photos of Jimmy Carter lounging in the Oval Office in blue jeans and no tie. The soon-to-be-inaugurated 40th president then vowed that "things are going to change."
Revelations during the Starr investigation disclosed that President Clinton conducted an illicit affair in the Oval Office with Monica Lewinsky.
A source close to Nancy told LeBoutillier that Mrs. Reagan would have loved to have had the popular Democrat president eulogize her husband - but she did not want the funeral service "sullied" by the man who desecrated one of Ronnie's favorite places: the Oval Office.
If you get a chance, see the PBS special on REAGAN on its American Experience series. I guess they've run it before, although I'm not too sure. There were parts that will make you want to scream, but all in all, it was fair, and it was honest, I think.
I know whatcha mean. I've already flipped over to C-Span to listen to a boring speech.
Heck, ESPN has Roger Clemens vs Mark Prior. Far more interesting than spending 2 seconds listening to whining democraps on useless King show.
I'm also wondering where Mondale was? Not that I missed him, but a couple of days after the funeral I realized that he was nowhere in sight.
Twenty years ago I coined the term by which I know Larry King.
Everytime I see him, this phrase runs through my mind: "A vile, loathsome little man."
In fact, they played a clip of Mike Wallace interviewing Reagan. Wallace asked him how he was able to handle the pressure of the office so well compared to others. Reagan replied that maybe the others didn't have Nancy!
Let these idiots and others attack the man. They'll only hurt themselves.
Well I thought it was more like 60/40 rather than 50/50. which is better than ussual. Still, I don't think it was "fair," but rather let the good guy have a little credit. @What was good about is you actual got to hear some great speechs and that alone drives out the editorializing. What was really odd was Walters program about Reagan with some of here past interviews. Reagan really got to her. I was surprised.
History will be kinder to Reagan than gravity has been to Safer.
I HOPE Rush agrees to be interviewed on LKL - he'd blow the suspenders off the enabler-in-chief of cnn.
Good theory - can we drop a tree on him and find out?
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