Posted on 06/09/2004 8:04:49 AM PDT by lainie
I presume others are watching.
What is the ETA? I am setting up my VCR and don't want to miss the landing.
ditto ... I'm having network troubles at work and had to use the CNN feed this AM, anyway. I have VCR all set to go at home but don't want to miss anything. Suggestions?
I live in Camarillo which is about 8 miles from Pt. Mugu.....this area is mile upon mile of fruit/vegetable farming which is a significant industry in our area. It is refreshing to know this bucolic setting is there......only a few miles from the frantic 101 freeway. I am assuming these people are standing off Las Posas Rd........it is a Norman Rockwell photograph!!
While the plane flew to Washington, Chris Mathews interviewed Tom Selleck who considered himself good friends with the Reagans. Tom said he filmed some "Just Say No" spots for Nancy, and he and his wife had dinner with them. One most poignant thing: Tom Selleck said he wished the Hollywood community had acknowledged President Reagan's death in some way, he wished he had been honored at the Tony Ceremony on Sunday evening.
A bit later, Mathews interviewed Tim Russert and Tom Brokaw. Brokaw said Reagan was always proud of his acting career, always loved Hollywood, and all his friends there. Brokaw said if Reagan had one regret it was that Hollywood had never acknowledged him for his accomplishments after he gave up acting.
That sort of jolted me...I hadn't thought of it on my own. A Hollywood actor was Governor of California twice, and won in landslides both times. He then became President twice, winning in landslides, and the Hollywood community, so fond of awards, honors, and cermonies has never honored President Reagan. I shouldnt' be shocked, but I am.
Those Hollywood FOBs are such small people!
'k, me too
That's awesome. I've been out Santa Paula way.. must be similar. I thought I knew what oranges tasted like, but I discovered upon moving west that they are a whole different fruit than what you buy back east.
Thank you...all of you...for this thread. It was a gift to office hostages.
Chris Matthews and Cuomo are embarrassing. How inappropriate they are behaving.
It is quite striking how unfit so many of these people are even to speak about Reagan. They look so small--smaller than they usually do, and that's saying something.
If so...I can picture, in my heart, Nancy with her arms draped over it, holding close to the man she so loved and protected. The pics of her stopping to look back in the casket as it is taken to the hearse for the drive to the airport is very tender.
Chris Mathews asked Selleck if Reagan ever talked about anything but politics. Selleck said..."we never talked politics", we talked about everything but politics.
Last night Bette Midler (whom I love, no matter how idiotic her politics are), said she's going to be working to have a President "elected" this year, not assigned to us like a homeroom teacher so she's going to be doing benefits for Kerry. She said this on Letterman last night.
My husband and I watched the snippets this morning of Bo Derek and Morgan Fairchild coming to pay respects at the Reagan Library. My husband said, "that's it? No other Hollywood types could be bothered??" Imagine if it was Clinton. It would be wall-to-wall limos and fancy clothes. The "little people" wouldn't be able to get a shoulder in edgewise.
This world is such a weird place sometimes.
Chris Mathews is interviewing Mario Cuomo and he refuses to give Reagan any credit for anything tangible, just his persona.
Bette Midler is a combination Ethel Merman-Bea Arthur without the class.
Red
"STATEMENT OF SAG PRESIDENT MELISSA GILBERT ON THE PASSING OF FORMER SAG, U.S. PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN
Los Angeles, CA (June 5, 2004) – Screen Actors Guild (SAG) President Melissa Gilbert issued the following statement on the death of former President Ronald Reagan, who served as president of SAG from 1947 to 1952 and again from 1959 to 1960:
"Ronald Reagan presided over Screen Actors Guild at one of the most challenging moments in our union's history, as the rise of television significantly impacted the compensation and working conditions for the nation's screen actors. Under his tenure, SAG grew significantly in size and influence as the Guild tackled issues ranging from runaway production, to fair compensation, to unity in an increasingly complex industry – all issues that remain timely to working actors today.
"It can be said that Ronald Reagan got his start in politics at Screen Actors Guild. He served as president of the union twice, from 1947 to 1952 and again from 1959 to 1960. While President Reagan's politics grew conservative over the years and, at times, at odds with the nation's labor movement, there can be no question that he devoted years of his life to advancing the wages, benefits and working conditions of his fellow actors. He leaves behind an enduring legacy to this industry, as he does to the country as a whole. Our thoughts and prayers are with his family today."
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.