Transcript of Ron Reagan on Dateline

[IkeWarnedUs]

Snip about Ron's eulogy:

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At the burial in California, it was Ron's turn to speak, and the son showed some of the rhetorical gifts of the father.

Ron Reagan: "He is home now, he is free. The idea that all people are created equal was more than mere words on a page, it was how he lived his life. Dad was also a deeply, unabashedly religious man, but he never made the fatal mistake of so many politicians, wearing his faith on his sleeve to gain political advantage. True, after he was shot, and nearly killed early in his presidency, he came to believe that God has spared him in order that he might do good. But he accepted that as a responsibility, not a mandate. And there is a profound difference."

Matthews: "That was in many ways the most remarked upon moment in a very dramatic week."

Reagan: "Well, what I find interesting about it is that everybody assumes that I must be talking about George W. Bush, which I find fascinating and somewhat telling. If the shoe fits—"

Matthews: "Were you?"

Reagan: "Well, I said many politicians. If he's lumped in that group then fine, fine. That's all right. There's a lot of-- I think there's a lot of false piety floating around Washington."

Matthews: "Ron, do you feel deeply that the President has used religion to make his case for the war with Iraq?"

Reagan: "I think he's used religion to make his case for a lot of things, you know."



Link: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5239314/

[iconoclastic cat]

1. Ron does a great job of making it crytal clear that Bush is a turd.

I asked this earlier: in what twisted reality am I living where Bush was the son to succeed he father in the WH? What is wrong with the citizens of this country that we tolerate these little pieces of crap?

[northofdenali]

2. If we ever have another Ron Reagan as President -

I sure hope it's this one! I'd love to see him come out for Kerry. Thanks for the link.

[Skip Intro]

3. And this - Damn!

Matthews: "Many of the people in this administration who are most hawkish claim a Reagan mantle here in fighting this war. Should they?"


Reagan: "No. With all due respect, I don't think they knew my father as well as I did. And another thing I would observe is that my father never felt the need to wrap himself in anybody else's mantle. He never felt the need to pretend to be anybody else. This is their administration. This is their war. If they can't stand on their own two feet, well they're no Ronald Reagan’s, that's for sure."

[mzmolly]

4. Yep, I loved that statement.

:toast: to RR Jr. His very existence makes me tolerate his father.

[tandot]

5. This was just too good...I was clapping my hands when he said that...

Hate him or love him...Ronald Reagan was his own man. He didn't have to pretend to be anybody else.

Bush is a NOTHING. No plan, no intelligence, no competence, and receiving NO respect from anyone...a little turd who got to be leader of the greatest nation...for 4 years...good-bye, Chimpy...YOU ARE TOAST

[DeepModem Mom]

6. kick

[Justice]

7. Driving Home From Work Last Night, I Listened to

Laura Ingraham.

She was railing against Ron Reagan (while praising Michael Reagan). Said who was Ron Reagan to speak for his father, he didn't know what his father stood for, blah blah blah.

I will say this - Ron is sort of looking at his father with rose colored glasses, thinking that his father was a better man than he was -- but then again, Ron is comparing his father against these clowns, so I appreciate that he may believe that relatively to GWB, Ronald Reagan is a good guy.