[NittanyLion]

The liberals might be accusing Bush --- I don't know if Ron Jr was --- I just took his speech to be pointing out that his father's faith was genuine --- not the typical faith used by a typical politician.

I felt the same way. But evidently it's taken others on this board less than one day to go from celebrating the life of a man who didn't let politics get personal to taking just the opposite approach with the man's own son. It's as sickening as anything I've seen in quite a while.

[cwb]

"it's taken others on this board less than one day to go from celebrating the life of a man who didn't let politics get personal to taking just the opposite approach with the man's own son."

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That's OK...it only took Chris Matthews, Howard Fineman and Pat Buchanan a couple minutes from when the ceremony ended to point out that it was a rebuke of Bush. They made it political.

[cyncooper]

You are wrong. It didn't take me two seconds to comprehend Ron P. Reagan's message and note it. The only reason there is ongoing discussion (not bashing, mind you) is because some refuse to accept he was slamming President Bush and wish to pretend it was "generic".

I am not bashing or slamming Ron Reagan, I am noting he chose a eulogy to his father to insert a political insult to President Bush. That is a fact. I actually didn't say he was wrong to do it, though I have do have an opinion on the propriety of such a decision. But pretending he didn't do it is pretty silly.

Setting that issue aside, I think he comported himself admirably throughout the week, IMO.