yuck
Posted on 03/07/2016 5:54:49 AM PST by MarvinStinson
There's a point at which any decent person puts aside partisan rhetoric.
That point would be death. Especially the death of a First Lady.
Even if you didn't like Reagan, taking shots at Nancy Reagan in 2016, after her death, is really despicable.
Post writer Lois Romano decided to write a ridiculously nasty smear of Ronald Reagan and his wife as the obit. About half the content seems to be about how much money Nancy Reagan spent on things. By paragraph 3, Lois Romano starts attacking Nancy Reagan.
"As first lady from 1981 to 1989, Mrs. Reagan had a knack for inviting controversy — from her spending habits to her request that the White House abide by an astrologer when planning the president’s schedule."
That's less than 100 words in and Lois Romano is already doing the fully Kitty Kelley workup. Then she pivots to smears of Ronald Reagan and attacks on contemporary Republicans. Because that is how the left operates now.
"Always working behind the scenes, she was involved in the hiring, and firing, of senior staff at pivotal junctures. She insisted, over the objections of some senior advisers, that her husband publicly apologize for the government’s secret arms sales to Iran, a scandal that rocked his presidency. It proved to be the right call. She also bucked the administration’s right-leaning ideologues in pushing for improved relations with the Soviet Union, conspiring with the secretary of state to do it.
"His illness prompted Mrs. Reagan to openly challenge the George W. Bush administration and other conservatives who sought to limit embryonic stem cell research, which scientists believe could hold the cure for Alzheimer’s..."
This pivots to praise for Obama. Because again, propaganda trumps any concept of basic decency.
Then Lois Romano pivots back to attacking Nancy Reagan.
"Mrs. Reagan’s most-prominent initiative as first lady was the “Just Say No” drug-awareness campaign, aimed at preventing and reducing recreational drug use among young people. But time after time, her efforts at developing a substantive role for herself were overshadowed by parallel revelations about her pricey clothes and rich friends and about accusations that she meddled in her husband’s official business."
Remember this is an obituary for a First Lady who just died. Not an editorial. Not a biography. And this is what the left thinks is appropriate. It's what the Washington Post thinks is appropriate. Which means it's what Jeff Bezos of Amazon must think is appropriate. So Lois Romano continues to attack Nancy Reagan as a bad feminist. More whining about her clothes.
"she swept into town with a larger-than-life cadre of wealthy California friends and celebrities who wore sable coats, knotted traffic with their shiny white limousines and threw lavish parties the likes of which were unprecedented at inaugural festivities"
As opposed to the modest and humble Obamas. And Michelle Obama who is known to avoid lavish dresses and celebrity appearances. But that's okay. She's on the left.
Bollinger makes cheap champagne as well as the good stuff. This came in handy when Bollinger became trendy due to its appearance in James Bond movies. Likely a glass of the good stuff would have been labeled more specifically. It’s very possible it was a $12 bottle sold for $44.
yuck
Excellent comment.
Records are made to be broken and Liberals keep setting new lows when it comes to lack of any class.
They are filth.
And Proud of it.
Oh, I’m sure she had internal influence. But at least she didn’t go around pretending that she was the “co-president” and that people had really voted for her.
I notice they’ve sort of silenced Michelle these days. So I guess they found that she wasn’t going over well even with their base.
Agreed. If you haven't already, check out Nancy's memoir "My Turn." It's a fun read.
:: No, Michelle Obola is “beautiful” and “wonderous” ::
"Have you seen her upper arms? So well-toned, both biceps and triceps! She MUST BE the most wonderous First Lady...like...EVER!"
Some people think that she is really "Michael" Obama.
yeah, like this
Michelle Obama is a man! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7B418vtkQsY
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