CBS Slurs My Dad

FrontPageMagazine.com ^ | 10/23/03 | Michael Reagan

[YaYa123]

I think this not so subtle CBS attack on President Reagan's legacy will be the final nail in the media elite's own coffin.

Years ago, before conservatives gained voice and ink, our complaints would have gone ignored or belittled. Not so anymore...thank you Lord.

[Rainmist]

I recall being 17 and unable to vote, but watching Reagan make his concession speech to Carter, I believe it was. I knew nothing about politics back then but I knew enough to say to myself, " they should have elected this man instead ". He remains one of my favorite Presidents. What a great man.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

Reagan make his concession speech to Carter,

When did Reagan ever lose to Carter? He ran against him once and won.

[OrioleFan]

"Republicans believe every day is the Fourth of July,
but Democrats believe every day is April 15." -- Ronald Wilson Reagan

[Marysecretary]

I agree, he's the best in my lifetime as well, someone you can respect and admire.

[Marysecretary]

Why is it that Republicans recognize the military as important and do what we can to make sure they have the finest equipment, better pay, etc. and the democrats try their best to decimate them. I will never understand that one.

[lepton]

How tall is he? I shook Bush Sr's hand once and he was ONE TALL man.

Well, when I met him, he was about twice my height. Of course, that was years before he became President.

[Rainmist]

No, I'm in GA and that hick Jimmy Carter won in '76. Reagan ran against him but lost. Right, Freepers ?

[Deport Billary]

He never forgot the suffering people behind the Iron Curtain, living in squalor and poverty, under the gun for all those many years. He did everything he could to free them.

Hollywood never forgave him for what he did to communism.

[Mr. C]

I'm 48 years old and have lived through 10 Presidents and I will say that Ronald Reagan was the best. Period. None of them even come close. I came of age during the Reagan years and will always have

W has potential but it will be hard for him to live up to the Gipper's image. I really don't see anyone on the political horizon, in any party, that has The Gipper's class style and courage. A truly unique individual.

[bethelgrad]

I am 29. My recollection of those years regarding Reagan is scant. But I do remember thinking he looked like he would make a nice grandpa. Of course, now that I'm older and have developed my own opinions and views of the world, my perception of him is more mature.

[EllaMinnow]

Carter beat Ford in 1976.

[Harris]

Only in the sense that Reagan lost to Ford for the Republican nomination. Thereafter Gerald Ford barely lost to Jimmy Carter in the general election. I'm not sure what speech you are referring to. Is this an attempt to parody how liberal rewrite history?

[RadioAstronomer]

Sad. I really wish I could have met him

I was lucky enough to meet hime once in San Antonio before he became president. I even got pictures. I feel very fortunate to have served under him in both SAC and Space Command. :-)

[asformeandformyhouse]

CBS? CBS? Now where have I heard that name before? Hum......

Nope, sorry. Nothing comes to mind.

[SerpentDove]

CBS is standing in their own grave, and still they keep digging.

[Hillary's Lovely Legs]

No, Gerald Ford run against Carter in 1976. Reagan never gave a concession speach to Carter because he only ran against him in 1980.

He ran once, he won once. That's the facts.

[Alissa]

Maybe there should be another movie on Reagan produced and directed by those without bias, and this one can be hyped as the REAL story of Ronald Reagan. People would see them as the lib's version vs. the true facts! Another opportunity to showcase what classless liars they are.

[cyclotic]

Thank you for the post.

Reagan was my first Presidential vote. I forgot to do an absentee ballot while at college, so I took the day off, invited a girl who I was trying to get to know better and headed home to vote. I'm proud to say that I drove 400 miles to vote for Ronald Reagan. Oh, and I got to know the girl real well. Married and 4 junior conservatives.

[Gargantua]

Dear Michael Reagan,

My father was born and grew up on the Rock River in Dixon, Illinois. He swam in the summer at a beach where Ronald Reagan, your father, was a lifeguard.

The entire Illinois side of my family grew up with him, and knew him well. He was a decent, caring, law-abiding, God-fearing man all of his life, and neither his public personae nor the Liberal Press will ever tell the whole story of what a kind and wonderful man he was.

Yours,
Gargantua