Welcome Back, Dad [Michael Reagan]

real clear politics ^ | 9/4/08 | Michael Reagan

[mathprof]

A smile is on my face :)

[BlessedBeGod]

Wow! I’m speechless!

[cripplecreek]

I like her but we still have to see how she does in an unscripted confrontation with the enemy.

[samtheman]

If John McCain does nothing else in this campaign, he’ll go down in history as the person who catapulted Palin on to the national stage.

[Blogger]

very well, I suspect

[colorcountry]

Sarah Ronald Reagan Palin.

[goldstategop]

The Left hates Sarah for the same reason they hated Reagan: the connection with the American people!

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[brytlea]

I have admit, she makes me feel the way Reagan did the first time I heard him speak, back when he ran against Ford for the Republican primary (if memory serves, he paid for a half hour and just talked to us—I was enthralled—it was in maybe August or Sept of 1976).

susie

[Islander7]

WOW! What an endorsement!

[Kimmers]

I cannot imagine any greater of an honor to be called Ronald Regan by his own son....wow just wow.....and I am not disagreeing

[Chet 99]

Like her too, but this kind of praise is a lil much based on one speech. Get back to me when she destroys the Soviet Empire.

[good old days]

I was wondering what he thought of her. That’s wonderful to read!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Wednesday night I watched the Republican National Convention on television and there, before my very eyes, I saw my Dad reborn; only this time he's a she.

I respect Michael Reagan, but he's premature in his assessment. Palin has a debate and a campaign to win. While I've been outraged by the vile, hypocritical treatment she's gotten from the MSM and rated her speech an A last night, I still want to hear this woman's views on foreign policy, taxes, government spending and the WoT before I start calling her Reagan reborn.

[brytlea]

I think most of us who remember Reagan knew from the moment we first heard him that he was Great in the real sense of the word. We didn’t have to wait for him to finish anything.
susie

[SAJ]

Can we get back to you when she chews up and spits out ''Say It Ain't So'' Joe Biden?

Gonna be the highest-rated VP debate in history, no close second. Should be highly amusing, too.

[not2worry]

Thanks for the commentary Michael.

Your father also had a lot of “family” issues that he over came and I am sure the pressure you had on you as a child can make you especially sympathetic to the media’ cruel invasion and rumor mongering of Bristol Palin.

God Bless You and your Family and keep up the good work in memory of the Gipper.

[Truthsearcher]

Agreed. Let her be Sarah Palin, instead of trying to be the next Ronald Reagan.

Ronald Reagan was one of a kind, so is Sarah Palin.

That’s what’s great about great men, they are all unique. It’s the evil tyrants like Hitler and Stalin that are always boring cliched copies of each other.

[nickcarraway]

BUMP

[HowlinglyMind-BendingAbsurdity]

"Welcome back, Dad, even if you’re wearing a dress..."

"Devil in a Blue Dress" for liberals. They must be squirming and ready to scream.

[COBOL2Java]

I like her but we still have to see how she does in an unscripted confrontation with the enemy.

Me too, but I am optimistic and hopeful... :-)