Michael Reagan stepped right over the line in his latest hate collumn

[JohnnyRingo]

This is utterly ridiculous. Michael Reagan, who never served a day in uniform, let alone in Viet Nam, is attacking veteran John Murtha for demanding an investigation into the slaughter of 24 Iraqi civilians and for pointing out they were unarmed.

His predictable distraction is well orchestrated to draw attention away from the tragedy and onto those who express shock and remorse for crimes that may have been committed in our collective names against women and children in a war zone. It's a tactic currently shared by his radio cohorts from Limbaugh to Hannity.

In his criticism, Reagan takes opportunity to paint the Viet Nam war as a wildly popular conflict in which "victory" was just within our grasp...until the likewise "traitorous" Kerry and Fonda rendered the war futile and caused our embarrassing retreat. (Gotta feel sorry for Michael Reagan's great loss there.)

He seems to feel that America and the media should just get on with our shopping and not shed what he describes as "crocodile tears" for "just 24 deaths" in what may have been "heat of the battle".

Of course all witness accounts and common sense show that at least these women and children were unarmed and were apparently executed in the cold blood as was described by John Murtha. Facts however, would never stop Reagan from calling someone a "traitor" as long as they belong to the Democratic party.

It's obvious that's the only yardstick Michael Reagan uses to measure patriotism. Michael Reagan is a disgrace to his family and his country.

This really whizzes me off, I've had it with necktie and cufflink warhawks crying that their favorite war may have to come to an end:

http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=15296

[blm]

1. So, Reagan didn't read about Kissinger's deal with China that proved Kerry

was telling the truth about Vietnam then - that our POLITICAL LEADERS had already capitulated to China and were making deals to save face as much as possible for THEMSELVES while young American men were dying.

[LynneSin]

2. Michael Reagan was born far over the line

He'll he'd have to back track several thousand miles just to find the original line in the first place.

Ever wonder why the Bush brothers were targetted as potential presidential candidates back in 1992. Because Reagan didn't have any children even remotely possible to clean up for a run at governor and possibly president. Patty was nuts, Maureen could have been but she's a girl, Ron Jr was questionable about his sexual preference and well Michael was just a loop job

[The Deacon]

7. Maureen was a famous public drunk in Washington

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

3. He must have got the drooling idiot gene from his papa.

[bleedingheart]

8. Michael Reagan was adopted

his stupidity comes from hanging around Mr. Stupid for so long...

[blm]

9. he was adopted.... another aspect of his hatred for Ron Jr. - Ron Sr was a

.poor adoptive parent - he didn't pay attention to Michael and couldn't even pick him out of a crowd at his high school graduation.

[noonwitch]

11. Ron and Nancy were not the best parents

Their kids made their peace with him before he died, but I remember seeing an interview with Patty Davis where she said that she found out that her mother had cancer from watching tv, not from a phone call.

I do remember some kind of controversy about Michael when his dad was president, how he was the kid they all forgot about or something like that, and how his parents didn't keep in touch with him. It doesn't sound as if he was singled out because he was adopted, it sounds more like that's just the way Ron and Nancy were about kids.

Although it probably isn't fair to blame it on Nancy-did she adopt Michael with Ron or did Jane Wyman, Maureen's mom? I always liked Jane-she was so fun on "Falcon's Crest", and was always good about dealing with press questions about Ronnie when asked-she would say that she's an ex-wife and it wasn't fair to ask her opinion about him as a politician. I think that was a classy way to handle it.

[blm]

12. Jane Wyman was the adoptive mother. Nancy was a disinterested stepmom

to Michael that matched the disinterest of Ron Sr. Yet millions of Republicans place him as their top role model - - - DISGUSTING.

[Jack from Charlotte]

15. Anyone recall the scene at Ron Sr.'s funeral.....

with the whole family around Nancy and the casket? It was shocking to see the body language of Nancy toward Michael. It the most.... "Fu*k-off, don't touch me" deal I've ever seen.

[kskiska]

18. Patti has said she didn't know the the existence of Ronnie's first family

until she was quite old - 10 or so.

Michael was banished from the White House during his "father's" tenure because the Secret Service suspected him of stealing knick-knacks. Ron and Nancy didn't even see Michael's child till it was 3 years old. Meanwhile, Nancy was promoting her "Foster Grandparents" cause.

I remember how he was asked by his father to cease and desist using his father's name on self-promoting letters at that time. Michael was a speedboat racer back then.

[Selatius]

4. Maybe Michael Reagan should serve 2 years in Iraq on the front lines

Maybe the horror of war can erase his narrow-minded partisan outlook on life. Maybe he will know loss, pain, and suffering ordinary people suffer as a result of the brutal policies Michael Reagan supports. Maybe it's time for Michael to learn about the face of war.

[sinkingfeeling]

5. Hey, Mike, GET OVER IT. There was no victory in sight in Nam and if

we were still there, it would be the same.

[Jack from Charlotte]

16. It's the same, "Stab-in-the-back" deal the NAZIs used.....

sucessfully, to vilify The Jews as the reason they lost WWI. The current wingnuts use the press and them libruls as to why they (we) lost Viet Nam. They'll use the same excuse when someone decides to get us out of Iraq-nam.

[Missy M]

6. It amazes me how casually the likes of a Michael Reagan...

talk about death. As far as he is concerned he doesn't know why people should be so upset regarding Haditha, after all only 24 people were murdered. Why bother about that. I believe he was the right age to have gone off to the great Viet Nam war he talks about so glowingly. I wonder why he didn't go?

[The Deacon]

10. Ass Cysts

No, wait - that was Rush Limbaugh.
I know! He was in the Texas ANG, or Alabama ANG...no, wait - that was George W. Bush.
He got SEVEN straight student deferments - and still never graduated from college. Okay, that was Dick Cheney.
Worked in the Movie Industry & was exempted from service by Selective Service - no, that was Ronald Reagan.

Okay, I give up - because he was a blubbering coward?

[Orrex]

13. How about ass-cysted suicide?

If it would silence those two monsters, I'd certainly advocate it.

[Missy M]

14. I believe you have the right answer....

couldn't be anything else!!

[Jack from Charlotte]

17. Born in '45. Perfect age to get to Nam in time for Tet in 2/68. *

*

[Missy M]

20. Yes, 23 would have been a perfect age for him...

to be there for the Tet offensive. Better yet, he could have been there at least 5 years prior to Tet. He must have been too busy.

[allalone]

19. asshole then and now

he used to have a racing boat and would come to where I worked with his SS detail. he was a jerk then and apparently still is. Acted like he was a movie star instead of st. ronnie's relative.