We should pay attention to what's published in Salon. Their stock value doubled earlier this year and they could really have something to contribute to political discourse. < /sarcasm >
Obligatory Salon Stock Deathwatch:
Posted on 06/14/2004 10:44:20 PM PDT by RWR8189
Not all Reagans share political beliefs and I remember Ron Junior's old tv show. Who cares what he thinks about President Bush?
Fortunately or maybe unfortunately from the Reagan family members point of view, they do not get to assign his mantel. The American people will look and see another president unpopular with the American and European left who is said to shoot from the hip, be a cowboy, support tax cuts that harm to poor and cause terrible deficits etc and they will draw the conclusions they choose to draw.
Mrs. Reagan nor her children get to determine the conclusion the American people draw. I am betting that a significant number of people will get it and see that George W. Bush is being treated quite similarly to Reagan and Reagan was shown to be right by history.
And of course I would think that Michael Reagan would have some input too?
We should pay attention to what's published in Salon. Their stock value doubled earlier this year and they could really have something to contribute to political discourse. < /sarcasm >
Obligatory Salon Stock Deathwatch:
Iraq ain't Grenada, that much is for certain...
Mrs. Kennedy said a lot of things about Jack after his death that we knew were not true. "Camelot" was a myth.
Who cares what this self-absorbed little ballerina says?
The only thing that matters is how Nancy feels about supporting Bush/Cheney. Michael may have something to say about it on his radio show later on down the road.
The rest of this article is gibberish. Quotith the legendary NY Times "unnamed strategist":
"I thought his speech was deliberately biographical in nature about Reagan, to try to show people that his biography is close to Bush's."
I got ten bucks that says the "unnamed strategist" is named Sheryl Gay Stolberg. I could be wrong though, it could be Greg Packer.
Funny how the left tried painting those 12 years as "Reagan-Bush" and then tried to say that the election of George W. Bush and his administration choices would be even more "Reagan-Bush".
Now that they learn that people still LIKE Reagan, we hear how it isn't "Reagan-Bush" after all. Also, these same leftists HATED Reagan's America. I am supposed to believe that they begrudgingly admit to liking it? John Kerry didn't get the memo when he addressed the DNC last October.
"Ron Reagan delivered a eulogy that castigated politicians who use religion "to gain political advantage," a comment that was being interpreted in Washington as a not-so-subtle slap at Mr. Bush."
Of -course- it was. Now, it -could- just as easily apply to politicians who cynically claim to be Catholic when they are ideologically completely the opposite, but there is little doubt of how such comments would be interpreted in Washington.
BTW, I'm not denying that what Ron Reagan -meant- was interpreted correctly... but only because I know his politics. Subtract foreknowledge of -that-, and the comment could just as easily apply to the other candidate. But hey... as we all know... 'fair and balanced' the Times ain't.
Qwinn
Funny the NYT is taking this remark so seriously now. I don't have any articles in front of me, but I'd bet this wasn't the tune they were singing 20 years ago.
There's a helluva lot more important things going on than what Nancy Reagan thinks. Maybe Bush/Cheney can consult Joan Quigley...
If you follow the play by play FR thread, the slam at President Bush was not missed among this audience.
Yeah, GHWB was no Reagan.
Please FReepmail me if you want on or off my infrequent ‘miscellaneous’ ping list.
Now then, there is a man who wears his political service and medals on his arm even though his disrespected those awards, the men who served with him, and contributed to the defeat by diminishing morale at home and abroad with LIES. We won't talk about Kerry at this time though. It is all about "Reagan-Bush".
Actually some dunderheads on said thread denied it was a slap.
Baffling, I thought FReepers were more astute.
I knew it was a slap the second I saw it spoken.
The only ones trying to make Bush into Reagan 2 are his enemies. Bush is NOT trying to claim the Reagan mantle. He has hardly mentioned Reagan in 4 years.
Oh, I'm sure it was. Like I said, given Ron Jr.'s politics, it follows. BUT, it's still true that the particular complaint would be just as valid against Kerry for being a faux Catholic in order to get votes.
We can be sure that if any charge were levied against Kerry, and it was in -any- way stretchable to apply to Bush as well, the Times wouldn't mention it at all unless they -did- make the stretch.
Qwinn
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