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Ronald Reagan To Host DNC Party.
The Washington Times ^

Posted on 07/18/2004 5:50:34 PM PDT by ConservativeMan55

Ron Reagan to host DNC party Boston, MA, Jul. 12

(UPI) -- Former White House first son Ron Reagan is expected to be one of several big names hosting an exclusive party at the Democratic National Convention in Boston.

Reagan, son of former president and staunch conservative Ronald Reagan, is being joined by scores of celebrities including Ben Affleck, Janeane Garofalo, Bianca Jagger and Harvey Weinstein as hosts of a party on Wednesday, July 28.

Tickets for the party start at $1,000 and top out at $50,000. It is being organized by The Creative Coalition, a non-partisan non-profit group comprised of members of the entertainment community to educate and advocate on behalf of social and political issues.

Sens. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Evan Bayh, D-Ind., are two of the 13 senators sponsoring the event, along with 19 House members. The non-profit also has events planned at the Republican National Convention in New York in August.

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To: Howlin
I heard it on one of the cable news channels, but it was back in 2000, so I don't remember the details, nor do I have a link.

Barbara simply replied to Nancy by saying something along these lines: Nancy, it's okay. We cannot control what our kids say or do.

21 posted on 07/18/2004 6:03:29 PM PDT by Vision Thing (Hate is not a family value, it's a liberal democrat value.)
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To: ConservativeMan55
Your changed title had me thinking that Ron decided to use the full name now, perhaps hoping that the aura of his father would pass onto him.

-PJ

22 posted on 07/18/2004 6:05:34 PM PDT by Political Junkie Too (It's not safe yet to vote Democrat.)
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To: Hildy
Oh,but wee Ron P. is using the DNC!

As to how Nancy feels.........she was very pleased with Bill Buckley's rant,errrrrrrr letter to wee Ron,telling him off and refuting the lies he's been spewing.

23 posted on 07/18/2004 6:06:23 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: counterpunch

Michael Reagan has made something out of himself.
Ron Reagan (the kid) is reported by the media as
having "broken ranks". I think he and Patti both
have always sounded hostile to the Republican
Party. - Now, Nancy and the biological kids seem
to be united in favor of stem cell research, an
idea that I do not believe that President Reagan
would have endorsed. He was courageous enough not
to say, even when faced with the future of the
disease, "Oh, please anything, anything to spare me!"
He knew that even at 83, he had had a long, full life.


24 posted on 07/18/2004 6:07:10 PM PDT by Twinkie
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To: Vision Thing

Tom Clancy is an idiot.


25 posted on 07/18/2004 6:11:28 PM PDT by nopardons
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To: ConservativeMan55
Look for the lapel pin:


26 posted on 07/18/2004 6:14:05 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: COEXERJ145
"That large earthquake just recorded in California is President Reagan turning in his grave."

I don't think so. I believe that President Reagan is enjoying the peace that he earned. I believe that he knew the nature of his namesake long before Alzheimers overtook him and, being the gentleman that he was, chose to ignore it.

May he ever rest in peace.

27 posted on 07/18/2004 6:17:59 PM PDT by davisfh
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To: Hildy
Ronald Sr. would be so disappointed in his son.

This alone must make the dumbocrats happy as evil as some of them can be.

28 posted on 07/18/2004 6:20:01 PM PDT by ride the whirlwind
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To: Twinkie

Ron Reagan jr. has always been rebellious against his father. He's always been more interested in impressing his far-left friends by being defiant against his parents. He's never supported Rupublicans. There is no "breaking of ranks" here. He never even voted for his own father.


29 posted on 07/18/2004 6:22:19 PM PDT by counterpunch (The CouNTeRPuNcH Collection - www.counterpunch.us)
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To: Wiggins
I guess you can say that Ron Reagan is hosting another dog show.
Brilliant!
30 posted on 07/18/2004 6:23:06 PM PDT by counterpunch (The CouNTeRPuNcH Collection - www.counterpunch.us)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Michael Reagan is speaking at our church in October!! Ron Reagan is a discrace to the family name. MY heart and prayers go out to Nancy and the family.


31 posted on 07/18/2004 6:25:37 PM PDT by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: Vision Thing

I think NANCY needs to address the RNC!!!!! This could be a landslide for Bush if she does. The Nation is still dealing with the pain of losing a great leader.


32 posted on 07/18/2004 6:28:12 PM PDT by pollywog (Psalm 121;1 I Lift mine eyes to the hills from whence cometh my help.)
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To: ConservativeMan55
Schwartznegger had Ron Reagan in mind,when he coined the phrase " Girlie Man".
33 posted on 07/18/2004 6:28:52 PM PDT by gitmogrunt (God Bless Our Troops.Flame me now or flame me later.Free Milosevic.)
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To: ConservativeMan55

34 posted on 07/18/2004 6:32:12 PM PDT by Yosemitest
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To: Yosemitest

Thanks for posting this, especially since it is from Michael Reagan's heart.

It is very important to repeat in the media these words that Michael wrote so that truth would eventually settle in people's minds about stem cell research.


35 posted on 07/18/2004 6:53:03 PM PDT by AReaganGirl (President Reagan gave us back our confidence. Now, let's help Bush to carry on Reagan legacy!)
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To: ConservativeMan55

Girlie man Ron needs his 15 minutes of Andy Warhol fame, then like all whores, he will fade back into nothingness once used by the two Johns.


36 posted on 07/18/2004 7:12:12 PM PDT by Ursus arctos horribilis ("It is better to die on your feet than to live on your knees!" Emiliano Zapata 1879-1919)
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To: counterpunch
Has there ever been any credible speculation as to why, as devoted to RR as she was, Nancy raised such losers, and Jane turned out the "normal," ones? By Michael's own admission, he and "Mermie" were the neglected ones, as they were sent to boarding school at some hideously young age. Yet they turned out okay.

I know Michael has way too much class to ever even intimate an opinion publicly, but has anyone else ever offered a reason?

37 posted on 07/18/2004 7:20:40 PM PDT by oprahstheantichrist
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To: Hildy

Ron isn't being used. He knows exactly what he's doing. He's using his father's dead body as a stepping stone to further his leftist politics.

The two girls couldn't wait to use their father's death to denounce President Bush. For good measure, they used their mother amidst her grief, too.


38 posted on 07/18/2004 7:31:09 PM PDT by kenth
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To: oprahstheantichrist

There is a lot of deep psychology behind the Reagan children. They were Hollywood brats. They wanted to be actors and ballerinas.

Patty changed her last name, and Ron insists on going by Ron, not Ronald. They both have lived under the giant shadow of their parents. It makes a lot of sense that they would try in vain to find their own ways in life - supporting Democrats, posing naked, joining the ballet.

Michael on the otherhand is the opposite psychologically. He was the odd man out, the outsider looking in. He desperately sought his father's approval, always trying to prove his rightful place in the family that adopted him.

What disturbs me now is not Ron Jr's anti-Reagan liberalism as usual, but the fact that suddenly now, after decades of being ashamed to be a Reagan, and running away from any connection to his father, Ron Jr. is now using him and his death it to advance an agenda that Reagan would have never approved of. Ron jr. is attempting to use the father he despised as a weapon against his father's friends and allies.


39 posted on 07/18/2004 7:34:39 PM PDT by counterpunch (The CouNTeRPuNcH Collection - www.counterpunch.us)
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To: oprahstheantichrist

Since you asked.....My opinion is that Nancy was a very needy woman and required a vast amount of attention and love to the point of being in competition with her own children. The children learned very early that they could not win, therefore, if they were in direct opposition to their father, they could at least, gain attention and control of their lives. His father and mother have been back in the news recently and he has become more vocal, aggressive and public, which speaks to how he has learned to direct attention towards his own person. I think we would find that throughout Reagan's career, his son's actions coincided with major news coverage of his mother and father. Betcha!


40 posted on 07/18/2004 7:35:24 PM PDT by Toespi (,)
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