Ron Reagan Jr Speaks for Americans who Lined Up to honor His Father

Larry King ^ | June 23,2004 | God'sgrrl

[Reagan Man]

>>>Ronaldus Magnus wouldn't sday that at all. He'd be telling St. Pete what high hopes he has that his son will see the light.

Sure he would. Reagan was a human being, not a saint. I don't doubt Reagan would tell St.Pete his hopes that little Ronnie would someday turn his life around. But I think he'd be more pointed when it came to his fellow members in the President's Club. From up there, its eyes wide open.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Well...it WAS more respect than the Clinton's gave.

[God'sgrrl]

Thanks!

[God'sgrrl]

REAGAN: It's hard to say. I mean, it says something awfully good about people, I think, that they would, you know, be willing to put up with that kind of thing. Waiting in the heat for hours and all that, really for just two minutes walking around a wooden box. But I think it speaks volumes of both his character, and how that was perceived by people. And again, what they have to compare it with now. I think people have -- just feel like something's not right here in this country right now. You know, I hate to keep going back to the pictures of Abu Ghraib, but they're just, you know, they're emblematic of this, there's something wrong. And that the people in there right now are not like this guy we had then. This was a standup guy. This was an honorable guy. This is not a guy who would put the end run of the Geneva Convention so he could dunk somebody in the water until they thought they were drowning. You know, that's just -- yuck. You know, you really you just want to wash yourself off when you think of that. You didn't get that feeling with him.

[Mo1]

He has basically endorsed John Kerry. Good Lord!

Little Ron has always been a flaming liberal and never agreed with his fathers politics

That he's supporting Kerry is no shocker

Just watch how he will use Nancy in the future to attack the Republican Party

[God'sgrrl]

Just watch how he will use Nancy in the future to attack the Republican Party
Read the transcript and his remarks about Nancy's position on embryonic stem cell research. Especially the exchange about Nancy speaking at the convention...

[lonevoice]

Ron is truly cementing himself as a pathetic individual whose lone accomplishment in life seems destined to be his underwear appearance on SNL.

Having never seen his underwear appearance, I wouldn't even give him that much credit. His only accomplishment really is that he had the good fortune to be the son of Ronald W Reagan.

[Toespi]

You are a good person. I have always felt that the Reagan family life was a little "off balance." Ronald Reagan's life was devoted to his wife and politics and it never seemed there was much left for his children.

[South40]

He's a queer and he's an atheiest. Who cares what Ron Jr. has to say?

[alnick]

I heard him say tonight that he was shocked to learn that some people thought his eulogy had anything to do with President Bush.

His schtick on that is that he finds it "interesting" that so many people assumed he was talking about Bush, followed by, "if the shoe fits..."

[Mo1]

We're not talking about fetuses, human beings being killed, we're talking about collections of cells in a petri dish that are never, ever going to be a human being. This could be the biggest revolution in medicine ever, well, ever really. Bigger than antibiotics. Bigger than anything.

Well little Ron needs to read the research .. the revolution isn't in embryonic stem cell .. it's in ADULT stem cell

And I don't think Nancy will speak at the convention ..

[ruthles]

"Sometimes it seems like he is trying to provoke a reaction."

That is my take on him. He sounds very rhetorical and plays on people's emotions. He also sounds like a college dropout. He's sophomoric in his level of discussion.

[Brad’s Gramma]

Wow.

Thanks for posting that.

[Scenic Sounds]

His schtick on that is that he finds it "interesting" that so many people assumed he was talking about Bush, followed by, "if the shoe fits..."

You're absolutely right. Here's exactly what he said:

KING: You said, dad was also a deeply unabashedly religious man, but he never made the mistake of wearing his faith on his sleeve to gain political advantage. Were you referring to the president?

REAGAN: You know, it's interesting.

KING: Everyone thought that.

REAGAN: I know. I wasn't watching TV much after I delivered the eulogy for a few days. But after a couple of days I started getting calls from people saying, boy you really stirred something up, didn't you? I thought, well, what? Well, you know, the stuff you said about Bush. I said, I didn't say anything about Bush, why would I mention George W. Bush in my father's eulogy?

No, no, no, no, the stuff about the religion. I thought, ha, funny, you then everybody thought I was talking about George W. Bush. And then I heard -- everybody thought I was talking about George -- but people connected with George W. Bush thought I was talking about George W. Bush. And then I began to think, maybe I was, I just didn't know it.

Now, be sure to notice that last part - "And then I began to think, maybe I was, I just didn't know it." It sounds like something a lawyer would tell him to say, doesn't it? Now, if he's ever placed under oath and questioned about it, he'll have an out. ;-)

[Republican Wildcat]

You're right... Ron P. should be in our prayers.

[BlueAngel]

I wonder if Larry King will invite Michael Reagan to appear on his show.

[alnick]

What jumps out at me from reading that transcript is the fact that if Ronald Reagan were president now, leftists would be saying the very things about him that Ron said about GWB -- comparing him to Osama Bin Laden, accusing him of lying to justify the war.

[Mears]

Thanks for posting that! I only caught a few minutes of the interview.

This guy is an ass!!!!!!

[God'sgrrl]

You're right... Ron P. should be in our prayers.

Most definitely...you know Michael is praying for him.