Excellent points, Mr. Reagan!
Posted on 03/28/2008 9:25:31 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I'm indebted to Hillary Clinton for the revelation that my global wanderings when my dad was president qualify me to run for the presidency myself.
Mrs. Clinton has been insisting that her global junkets as first lady, and her meetings with foreign leaders, qualify her to be president of these United States.
I never thought of it that way, but if she is correct then I am eminently qualified to follow my father's footsteps and take up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., not merely as a member of the president's family, but as president in my own right.
Hillary, who even the media now admit will say or do anything to win election, is using her past as first lady to attempt to sell the American people on her expertise in foreign policy, a claim largely based on her travels during her husband's administration and the fact that she met with world leaders while junketing abroad.
Well I'll match my global travels and meetings with world leaders against hers any time, and I'll come out on top.
As a member of the president's immediate family I traveled far and wide, accompanied by an entourage of Secret Service agents, as are all members of a president's family. And because I was the son of a sitting president, my presence in their country -- no matter what the reason for my visit -- was treated by their leaders as an official visit and I was accorded the treatment given to such official guests.
Moreover, I was present during times of crisis when momentous decisions were made affecting foreign policy. For example, I was in a suite in the Century Plaza Hotel when my father gave Attorney General Ed Meese the authority to order our military to shoot down Moammar Gadhafi's aircraft in the Gulf of Sidra.
Following Hillary's reasoning, that experience qualifies me as an expert of military matters relating to foreign affairs capable of knowing what to do in a moment of crisis.
Hillary has made much of her alleged exposure to danger during a visit to Bosnia, claiming falsely that she came under sniper fire and is thus qualified to act facing personal threats.
When my father ordered air strikes against two of Gadhafi's homes, which killed his adopted child who was in one of them, Gadhafi swore to get revenge by killing Ronald Reagan's adopted son -- me. My life was threatened by a world leader, not merely threatened by imaginary sniper fire.
On one occasion during my dad's administration, when I went to Taiwan on private business (I was in the yacht business in those days), the government went all-out to greet me even though I came as a private citizen. Before I could check out the yachts there, I had to perform the official duty of laying a wreath on the tomb of Chiang Kai-shek, not as a yacht broker but as an official visitor representing the president of the United States.
Does that experience qualify me as an expert on Far Eastern affairs?
On the same trip my family and I were greeted in the Philippines by Ferdinand and Imelda Marcos, and invited to visit them in the presidential palace for cocktails and conversation. That was another meeting with a world leader.
Hillary's widely-touted experience is not at all unique. Any member of any presidential family has had similar experiences but not one of them ever even suggested that their travel and meetings with foreign leaders qualified them to be president of the United States.
Nancy Reagan, for example, had far more experience than Hillary, but she was content to be the loving wife of a president instead of crowing about the famous world leaders she met in her eight years as first lady and claiming it qualified her to be president. Unlike Hillary, Nancy tells the truth.
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Michael Reagan, the eldest son of Ronald Reagan, is heard daily by over 5 million listeners via his nationally syndicated talk radio program, “The Michael Reagan Show.”
The big difference between Nancy Reagan and Hillary Clinton is class. Nancy has more class in one hair follicle than Hillary has in her entire body.
And the media was unforgiving to Nancy while Ronaldus Magnus was President, as I recall, while giving the White House Harpy a free reign during the 90’s.
Nancy was pure class....Hillary is pure crass.
And, Nancy Reagan will be viewed through the lens of history as having superior character, wisdom, and yes, honesty to that of Hillary Rodham.
Humor always triumphs to get a point across
(I notice the media gave short shrift to Nancy's very detailed - vs perfunctory = endorsement of McCain
Hillary Didn’t Lie: Secret Bosnian Footage Unveiled
You’ll recall Hillary Clinton’s recent speech in which she attempted to play up her foreign policy experience by recounting her “harrowing” 1996 trip to Bosnia.
“I remember landing under sniper fire. There was supposed to be some kind of a greeting ceremony at the airport, but instead we just ran with our heads down to get into the vehicles to get to our base.”
Well, mainstream media has discounted that account, and such luminaries as comedian Sinbad have chimed in as well.
It appears, however, that Clinton caved in too soon when she admitted overstating the dangers, as Barely Political has uncovered secret footage of that dangerous landing.
Watch and judge for yourself:
http://snafu-ed.blogspot.com/2008/03/hillary-didnt-lie-secret-bosnian.html
That first line is priceless! Michael Reagan has an impeccable wit.
If Hildy believes that simply being shot at (had it occurred) confers foreign policy bona fides and the credentials to be Commander in Chief, what does she think that says about John McCain’s experience compared to hers?
Hmmmm?
Oh, what a tangled web we weave . . .
ping
I stayed in a Holiday Inn Express.
editor's note---crass minus the cr!
bump
Tipper, Lynne, Barbra. Hillary’s short list of VP candidates. They all have as much experience as VP as Hillary has as president.
Priceless!
Rhymes with...
I guess that qualifies me for that job:
Get me to Washington so that the clear-cutting and spotted owl hunting can commence at once!
“(I notice the media gave short shrift to Nancy’s very detailed - vs perfunctory = endorsement of McCain”
it wasn’t news. They are both for killing and grinding up unborn babies to further “science.” If she had NOT endorsed McBackstabber, THAT would have been news.
Funny!
Excellent points, Mr. Reagan!
Cantinflas for VP?
LOL...Mui buen idea!!
From TIME magazine, August 26, 1940...
Cantinflas is now popularizing a new verb in the Mexican language. The verb is "cantinflear," which means to talk much, say little, indulge in wild non sequiturs. Cantinflas constantly rebuffs German propagandists eager to use the popular theatre in Mexico to get the Führer's message across .
Somewhat like Hitlery's 'cantinflear' schtick of 2008...
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