Below is a CNN photo op of Kerry visiting the Reagan wake at the Reagan Library, while all Kerry did was basically spit on Ronald Reagan with his political rhetoric.
Dems are such hypcorites.
Posted on 09/08/2006 3:34:54 PM PDT by Dane
Stung by Webb ties to Gipper, Allen rallies Reagan's lieutenants
RICHMOND, Va. Nancy Reagan has ordered Democratic Senate candidate Jim Webb -- a former Reagan White House military aide -- not to use video of her husband praising Webb in an upcoming campaign ad. A three-paragraph letter from the former first lady's office says the use of footage of President Reagan is ... quote ... "neither authorized nor appropriate."
An ad Webb intends to begin televising Monday features Reagan praising Webb -- then an assistant secretary of defense -- during the 1985 U-S Naval Academy commencement ceremony.
Hey, didn't you all hear that Democrats LOVE Reagan now? Why, they all think he was a swell guy and anybody who thinks they didn't really love him deep down just doesn't understand the Democrat soul.
Oh wait, most of them don't have one of those.
Never mind.
just goes to show how liberals always hide who they are.
can you ever see a conservative using Clinton to get elected?
There is a simple antedote to this. Someone needs to ask gadfly Ron Reagan, jr who he supports, then put that in a Allen tv ad.
Below is a CNN photo op of Kerry visiting the Reagan wake at the Reagan Library, while all Kerry did was basically spit on Ronald Reagan with his political rhetoric.
Dems are such hypcorites.
Also remember when VP Cheney was disinvited from the Wellstone pep rally.
Unless rebroadcasting of that footage is actually illegal which I kinda doubt, I don't really see the problem with the ad. As much respect as I have for her, Nancy doesn't own everything with her husband's image on it.
Shouldn't a widow's wishes be respected.
>>Someone needs to ask gadfly Ron Reagan, jr who he supports, then put that in a Allen tv ad.
Could be risky unless you know for sure. You never know exactly what the unpredictable Ron, Jr. might say. Ask Michael Reagan, the most sensible of the Gipper's kids.
"Does he think Democrats will vote for a man showing pictures of Reagan?"
Ever heard of "Reagan Democrats?"
I would be on Nancy's side if the ad was in anyway disrespectful to Reagan, or if it distorted what Reagan said. I agree that the ad is slightly misleading because Webb was a Republican at the time Reagan said all that, but it's just a smart move on the part of Webb. Allen should find a way to express that Reagan would have supported him, now, in 2006.
You are correct, most of the Reagan democrats have switched to voting for the Pubbies in the General election.
The person who knew Ronald Reagan best(Nancy Reagan), thinks Webb's crass ad is distorted, shouldn't her opinion count most.
BUMP!
Good on her!
Kerry looks extremly Lurchy in that pic. Must be his "I'm sad" face.
I agree if that is what you meant.
Nevermind, I see you were talking about support for Allen in the last sentence.
Sorry, but Ronald Reagan was a public figure, and his speeches as President of the United States are in the public domain. Nancy Reagan has no authority to prevent their use, just because she is politically opposed to the person using the footage.
This sounds like a perfectly legitimate TV ad. It accurately portrays the fact that Reagan praised Webb when Webb was a member of his administration.
Reagan was elected President in large part due to the "Reagan Democrats" who crossed party lines because they found themselves more in tune with his political philosophy. Webb is going after those same "Reagan Democrats" (as well as independents and Republicans), and this ad is his way of telling the voters that he is not an extreme partisan liberal Democrat.
I suspect that the ad will be very effective, especially after Republicans give it so much free publicity with all their whinging.
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