Nancy Reagan 'Very Impressed' by Obama, Ron jr Says

ABC News Blogs ^ | September 3, 2008

[Pinkbell]

Former First Lady Nancy Reagan is not attending this week’s Republican convention but her son, Ron, is. Newsweek.com’s Tammy Haddad and her TamCam caught up with the son of the Republican icon. You can watch it HERE and hear Reagan describe his mother’s fondness for the current Democratic nominee.

“John McCain and my mother have known each for years and years. Her parents, and Cindy McCain’s parents go way back in Phoenix, Arizona. She’s grateful to John McCain for standing with her on the issue of stem cells and, of course, has officially endorsed him. She’s fine with John McCain, as I said, they’ve been friends for a long time."

“I can tell you though that she’s also very impressed with Barack Obama...she’s just impressed by his demeanor, is not just that he’s an eloquent guy and a guy who gives a good speech, a lot of people said that about my father too. But she sees through that. She’s been around a long time and she looks at Barack Obama and she sees the words, hears the words and she perceives character there. She thinks this is a good guy, a guy who means well and is a strong character,” Reagan said.

And Ron, who has rarely shared the political perspective of his parents, had this to say about Sarah Palin, “Sarah Palin is in no way qualified to be vice president or certainly president. John McCain is a 72 year old cancer survivor, not just any cancer, melanoma. Not just any melanoma, melanoma above the neck. It was his obligation to choose somebody who could realistically step into the big chair and Sarah Palin is not that person.”

[krb]

Ron P. Reagan is an ass, and is hardly worthy of the name and legacy he was given as a birthright.

[jokyfo]

Maybe we should call elderly abuse out there in CA.

[Blogger]

Ronnie would not be proud of either one of them with this story.

[Harry Wurzbach]

Ron Jr continues to crap on his father’s legacy.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Michael is the real heir to President Reagan, not this metrosexual goofball.

[1035rep]

She thinks this is a good guy, a guy who means well and is a strong character,” Reagan said.

Certainly not an endorsement of his politics.

[Pinkbell]

This is a topic of discussion at the DUmp. I can't resist posting this comment, very ironically from a poster with the user name, Sick of Lies:

Ronald Reagan would endorse Obama

So would Barry Goldwater.. Heck I hear Bush Sr wants his son impeached and Obama elected

I think this person is nuts.

[1035rep]

So what do you think Pinkbell?

[CaptainK]

I see MSNBC threw the no talent overboard after they used him to trash Bush at his father's funeral, in the hopes of embarrassing GW.

BOO-HOO.

[PhiKapMom]

All we have is the son’s version not what Nancy actually said. His son is a disgrace to Pres Reagan but he has been for a long time.

[NonValueAdded]

I question the timing of this

[Kellykoop]

Yet she endorsed McCain. Methinks there's some wishful thinking on Ron P's part about his mother.

We definitely know who his father would be supporting.

[annelizly]

WOW! What an obvious lie! I’ll bet dollars to donuts that nancy reagan said no such thing!

[Coldwater Creek]

Your right about Ron being an ass, and he’s right about the seriousness of malignant melanoma above the neck.

McCain will be a one term president.

[conservative cat]

Michael is the real heir to President Reagan, not this metrosexual goofball.

Here, fixed it for you:

Michael is the real heir to President Reagan, not this homosexual goofball.

[mimaw]

Freak Ballerina.

[Pinkbell]

I disagree with her opinion on Obama and stem cells and his opinion on Palin.

[1035rep]

Is FR real slow to load again, or is it just me?

[RichInOC]

Uh, Skipper...most of us weren’t exactly seeking your opinion on Sarah Palin’s qualifications, okay?

[VOA]

Michael is the real heir to President Reagan, not this metrosexual goofball.

You've said what I told relatives in "flyover country" about
Michael Reagan when I'd listen to him on Southern California radio.

I'd just tell them that adopted son Michael Reagan was MUCH, MUCH,
MUCH, more the true son of Ronald Reagan...than Ron Jr. will ever be.

So much for those that claim that biology/genetics always
trumps human devotion and spitituality.

[KansasGirl]

I don’t believe a word out of Ron’s mouth.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

It’s been slow again for most of the day for me.

[keepitreal]

Nancy probably saw Obama and said “He seems like a nice young man” and Ron Jr. has turned it into practically an endorsement.

[FlipWilson]

So in other words Ron, you are trying to say that your Mom really endorses Obama, right. Ummkay. Back to doing whatever it is you do gollum and please stop putting words into your elderly Mom’s mouth, thanks.

[Bernard]

It was his obligation to choose somebody who could realistically step into the big chair and Sarah Palin is not that person.”

Only a small person would refer to it as "the big chair". Maybe it was just Ron Jr's persepective.

[1035rep]

Thank you.

[Pinkbell]

I’m not having trouble, but there may be an increase in traffic due to the RNC Convention. Do you have dial up? When I had dial up, FR was sometimes quite slow.

[Clemenza]

Fairy tales can come true...Ron it happened to you...

[Dustbunny]

Nancy Reagan 'Very Impressed' by Obama, Ron jr Says

Yea, right!

Is there something in the drinking water in Calif. that causes so many residents to make mind numbed statements.

Maybe it is something in the air.

Whatever it is, I want them to keep it on the left coast.

/sarc

[DakotaRed]

I hope the mic was held for Ron. Jr. I’m sure his limp wrists couldn’t support the weight.

Nancy saying she is impressed with someone is not an endorsement, in spite of what Jr. wants people to think.

If she recalls, the same media that are trashing Sarah and her daughter now, trashed her own daughter in the ‘80s.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patti_Davis

[JennysCool]

I’d wager Mrs. Reagan was clapping profusely tonight for Sarah and Rudy. Just because her son says she thinks Obama is a good man doesn’t mean she supports him for President.

Geez. Whatta non-story.

[1035rep]

Thank you, I thought maybe it was just me. When I hit post it takes me to a blank page and stalls there.

[Kiss Me Hardy]

I lost all respect for Ron Jr. when he had an old girlfriend of mine evicted from her Lower East Side apartment. No apologies, no consideration, just “Get out!” on the grounds that his personal security required that he and his pretend wife needed a big space!

True story

[1035rep]

No, I’m on cable.

[hsrazorback1]

“But she sees through that. She’s been around a long time and she looks at Barack Obama and she sees the words, hears the words and she perceives character there.”

I couldn’t agree more. It would take quite a creative imagination.

[Kiss Me Hardy]

The only “wishful thinking” re. his mom on Ron Jr.’s part is the sad ralization that he is too big to fit into any of her cute outfits.

The tu-tu boy is a prize jerk.

[KittyKares]

I'd just tell them that adopted son Michael Reagan was MUCH, MUCH, MUCH, more the true son of Ronald Reagan...than Ron Jr. will ever be.

I wish we would see more of Michael than that loser Ron.

[papertyger]

No doubt Ron would prefer to be impenetrated by Obama...

[celtic gal]

Amen and I was hoping maybe we would see Michael Reagan at the Convention.

[perfect_rovian_storm]

Same problem here.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

“I can tell you though that she’s also very impressed with Barack Obama...she’s just impressed by his demeanor, is not just that he’s an eloquent guy and a guy who gives a good speech, a lot of people said that about my father too. But she sees through that. She’s been around a long time and she looks at Barack Obama and she sees the words, hears the words and she perceives character there. She thinks this is a good guy, a guy who means well and is a strong character,” Reagan said.

I've heard and read how much Ronald Reagan loved his wife and how much she meant to him, and I'm glad that this great president had such a relationship in his life. But Nancy Reagan has always struck me as a rather odd woman, and her opinion isn't important to me. Nor, for that matter, are those of her two children, who seem to share her odd physical appearance and apparently have spent their entire lives rebelling against their famous father's political views.

[maine-iac7]

John McCain is a 72 year old cancer survivor, not just any cancer, melanoma...

and Biden has had an aneurysm - they have a habit of reoccurring...he could just drop dead at any time.

As to "Ron" - I always felt sorry for Reagan that he had such a puny excuse for a son.

[ikka]

Yes, it is “seared, seared” in his memory ... OOPS! sorry, wrong Democrat gaylord ...

[Theophilus]

                              Maverick                   Barracuda

                                  Ron Jr

Have you heard the latest vicious rumor? Back in 1964, a woman was so impressed with "A Time For Choosing" that Ronald Reagan had an little known affair and a daughter was conceived. She was hustled of to some remote corner of the country and no one has ever heard what became of her.

[dennisw]

Arghhhh..... I am so sick of these kool aid drinkers who were once conservative. Cave ins and dopes. Peggy Noonan among them

[Salvation]

I can’t imagine Nancy Reagan saying that. Fake story”

[Kellykoop]

I agree. I think that Mrs. Reagan said something completely innocent and Tinkerbell decided to blow it up into something it wasn’t. She’s already endorsed McCain, so it’s a non-issue.

[Dick Vomer]

[lonestar]

Ron Jr. is not qualified to judge. His record is another blank. What has he ever done?