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The "earlobe" story was all wrong for the setting and the occasion. It kind of made you go, "WHA?" I mean, why is Ron Jr. talking about Dad stroking William Holden's earlobe at his father's funeral? Was it supposed to be funny? It wasn't. And just mentioning Holden's name was a tacky, name-dropping type of thing. The "finger gesture" story was only marginally better.

Ron Jr. has none of his father's grace and none of his smarts, but he thinks he's much smarter, much more graceful and way more sophisticated.

The guy's a dweeb.

Ron Jr.'s remarks were the worst made the entire week. The moment he opened his mouth he affected a pose that said, "I'm here to explain it all for you." He was condescending, pompous and self-conscious. The "earlobe" story was all wrong for the setting and the occasion. It kind of made you go, "WHA?" I mean, why is Ron Jr. talking about Dad stroking William Holden's earlobe at his father's funeral? Was it supposed to be funny? It wasn't. And just mentioning Holden's name was a tacky, name-dropping type of thing. The "finger gesture" story was only marginally better. Ron Jr. has none of his father's grace and none of his smarts, but he thinks he's much smarter, much more graceful and way more sophisticated. The guy's a dweeb.

If what we saw this week was a movie, written and scripted and acted four our entertainment, perhaps your review would be fair. But it isn't. It is not a movie, it is not for us, it is what it is. It belongs to the Reagan family.

How would your own family fair under that kind of situation? Would everyone be equally beautiful and eloquent? Would all spout the right political mantra with perfect grace, humor, and heart?

Or would they look like a mix of people that is a family. All doing what they can do. Shame on anyone who thinks they didn't fit your agenda or should have been something else.

thanks for posts 67 and 68 on ron reagan. I mostly agree with you. It still does not mean that Ron was not very effective and ....funny, the lind of funny relief at a funeral that goes to the edge, provides needed relief and.....is OK. The ear-lobe story was definitely not OK, it was slanted to try to appear homoerotic or at least hint at it. This was a terrible to deliberately do to your father at his grave.

I agree with all your remarks about Ron Jr. That earlobe story was beyond stupid. And of course that was a dig about President Bush. It was a slap in the face to all Bush supporters. As soon as I heard that remark, I thought, that creep couldn't let even his father's funeral go by without taking a political shot. Ron is another Al Franken-he masks his vicious barbs with humor and everyone gives him a pass. He is a Bush-hating liberal, I don't care how much Chris Matthews gushes over him. His sister probably is too, but to her credit, she showed a lot of class this week.