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You may denigrate the source all you want, I don't care. Here it is for ya.


Exclusive: Nancy Reagan Strongly Endorses President Bush
Phil Brennan, NewsMax.com
Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004
In a statement made Monday to NewsMax.com, Nancy Reagan said she was strongly endorsing President Bush's re-election and rejected a published Internet report that she was not backing his run for a second term.


Joanne Drake, the chief of staff for former President Ronald Reagan’s office in Los Angeles, said in a statement on behalf of the former first lady, “Mrs. Reagan supports President Bush’s re-election 150 percent.”

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/8/2/161745.shtml

Why is this news?

Doesn't this full under "And your point?"

But was it really Nancy endorsing GW? Or was it her psychic?

Newsmax makes me want to vomit...

Why is this news?

Doesn't this full under "And your point?"
Because liberals and their Ilk have been screaming for days about Ron Reagan Jr. speaking at the DNC convention. If I really have to explain this to you, you should go hang out in a thread about legos or something.

Is anyone suprised? Nancy was wife to one of the greatest Republican presidents, why wouldn't she endorse another Republican?

Because liberals and their Ilk have been screaming for days about Ron Reagan Jr. speaking at the DNC convention. If I really have to explain this to you, you should go hang out in a thread about legos or something.

:)

Conservatives have such thin skins.

Reagan Jr. speaking at the DNC must piss you off to no end.

Zepp made a point. Did she endorse him or did her psychic?

:)

Conservatives have such thin skins.

Reagan Jr. speaking at the DNC must piss you off to no end.

Zepp made a point. Did she endorse him or did her psychic?
I could care less where Ron Reagan Jr. Speaks, he is and always has been a liberal.

Zepp never makes a point. Did the prostitutes endorse Kerry for Clinton?

I'm not going to say much here, yes, it an obvious right-wing site. I think I'll believe the truth of this if and when it hits the main stream media, if it doesn't, then we know it's not true. I don't trust this site one bit. I'm waiting to see if this hits main stream media. I remain unconvinced until such time.

Zepp never makes a point.

That's odd, because every time there is a poll on who is the best debater on NS, Zep seems to win, even his detractors respect him and he's my husband, so back off!

Because liberals and their Ilk have been screaming for days about Ron Reagan Jr. speaking at the DNC convention. If I really have to explain this to you, you should go hang out in a thread about legos or something.
...so now we're supposed to assume mothers make political decisions based on which convention their son speaks at?

I could care less where Ron Reagan Jr. Speaks, he is and always has been a liberal.

Zepp never makes a point. Did the prostitutes endorse Kerry for Clinton?



Awww.... you know that you strike nerves when people go out of their way to insult you!

Thank you. That's probably the best compliment I've received from anyone here on NS all week!

:D

I could care less where Ron Reagan Jr. Speaks, he is and always has been a liberal.

Zepp never makes a point. Did the prostitutes endorse Kerry for Clinton?

:)

I don't know what did Savage report?

Like Steph has said you need a credible news source.

Even if it is true. A big whoop. A Republican first lady endorsing a Republican President :eek: Who would have thought it possible. :rolleyes:

For the record: I do have a few respect points for her on her Stem Cell stance. It takes something to go against party dogma. Also, her kaboshing Reagan on the dime as well.....

That's odd, because every time there is a poll on who is the best debater on NS, Zep seems to win, even his detractors respect him and he's my husband, so back off!
Now i see why he is the best debater.

Now i see why he is the best debater.
Are you just asking to get banned?

Now i see why he is the best debater.

Whats' that suppose to mean?

Whats' that suppose to mean?
Steph I have to agree with you. I don't know what he means either and I too am waiting for a credible news source. All I've found is from the 2000 election. Nothing about Nancy endorsing him this time around yet.

Steph I have to agree with you. I don't know what he means either and I too am waiting for a credible news source. All I've found is from the 2000 election. Nothing about Nancy endorsing him this time around yet.
Nevermind..

Because his wife is a mod...

That has nothing to do with his ability to debate.... so his assertion defies any rational logic! I told him to back off cause he came close to flaming my husband, trust me, my husband can more then out debate Mr. Bill any day of the week, I'd put money on it.

That has nothing to do with his ability to debate.... so his assertion defies any rational logic! I told him to back off cause he came close to flaming my husband, trust me, my husband can more then out debate Mr. Bill any day of the week, I'd put money on it.
It doesn't, thats just how I read it. It's a very cheap shot, and isn't even true at that.

That has nothing to do with his ability to debate.... so his assertion defies any rational logic! I told him to back off cause he came close to flaming my husband, trust me, my husband can more then out debate Mr. Bill any day of the week, I'd put money on it.
On what planet was that even remotely close to flaming?

On what planet was that even remotely close to flaming?

Because I am a moderator, I will resist my urge and be civil to you. "Zep never makes a point" was your comment. If that's not an insult.. then what is it? Did I warn you? No! I said it came close. You want to take my husband to task on any issue, go for it, he will eat you alive, but don't stoop to petty insults.

this report argues otherwise

Saturday 31st July 2004 :
Nancy Reagan to Bush: 'We Don't Support Your Re-Election'

By TERESA HAMPTON & WILLIAM D. McTAVISH

The widow of former President, and Republican icon, Ronald Reagan has told the GOP she wants nothing to do with their upcoming national convention or the re-election campaign of President George W. Bush.

Nancy Reagan turned down numerous invitations to appear at the Republican National Convention and has warned the Bush campaign she will not tolerate any use of her or her late husbands words or images in the President's re-election effort.

"Mrs. Reagan does not support President Bush's re-election and neither to most members of the President's family," says a spokesman for the former First Lady.

Reagan's son, Ron, spoke at the just-concluded Democratic National Convention and writes in next month's Esquire magazine that "George W. Bush and his administration have taken normal mendacity to a startling new level far beyond lies of convenience. They traffic in big lies."

Ron Reagan is joined by his sister Patty in opposing Bush's re-election effort. Only brother Michael Reagan, a conservative talk show host, supports the President and claims Ron is manipulating his mother.

Unlike the other Reagan children, Michael is not Reagan's biological child. He was adopted by Reagan during the actor's first marriage to actress Jane Wyman and often complains that his stepmother, Nancy, likes Ron best.

"He is her favorite," Michael Reagan told Fox News. "Ron can do no wrong. I mean, basically that's it, Ron can do no wrong."

Ron, however, claims George W. Bush has destroyed the Republican Party his father helped build.

"My father, acting roles excepted, never pretended to be anyone but himself," Reagan writes in Esquire. "His Republican Party, furthermore, seems a far cry from the current model, with its cringing obeisance to the religious right."

The Reagans' split with Bush and the party centers around stem cell research which many believe can help find a cure for Alzheimer's, the disease that crippled President Reagan in his final years. Bush and the ultra-conservative wing of the Republican Party oppose use of new stem cells. The Reagans, with the exception of Michael, support such use.

There's more to the feud than that, however. Nancy Reagan has told close followers she believes Bush and the current Republican leadership have divided America with their extreme views. She has told Republican leaders she wants nothing to do with the party or Bush.

During the week of Reagan's funeral, the former First Lady "went ballistic" when she learned the Bush campaign was test marketing new ads that used Reagan's photos and speeches in an effort to show he supported Bush and his re-election. She personally called Republican Party Chief Ed Gillespie to demand the ads be destroyed.

Republican strategists admit the ads were produced but never ran. They were pulled after scoring poorly with focus groups where viewers found them in "poor taste."

"Mrs. Reagan doesn't care why the ads were pulled. She just wanted to make sure they never went on the air," says a spokesman for the First Lady. "She does care about whether or not the memory of President Reagan is used for political purposes."

Irondin , can you please source that for us? Link please

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_4935.shtml

here you go

Hey did you hear? Bill Clinton is endorsing John Kerry too!

Now, let's move on to news of the less obivous...

this report argues otherwise

Saturday 31st July 2004 :
Nancy Reagan to Bush: 'We Don't Support Your Re-Election'

By TERESA HAMPTON & WILLIAM D. McTAVISH

...snip...



Given that this is from CapitalHillBlue, it seems we have partisan web-rags posting opposite realities.


Hope y'all don't mind if I wait for the AP report......

Well this is the best I can provide I can find a more credable site reporting on this

Frankly, given Nancy's view on stem cell research but her loyalty to her husband and the party he led - I think that she will probably just stay silent this time around.

Frankly, given Nancy's view on stem cell research but her loyalty to her husband and the party he led - I think that she will probably just stay silent this time around.

I hope that's the case but I don't think the Republican Party will stop pressuring her until she publicly endorses the Bush Campaign....not that it will matter much. Who cares that Nancy endorses him?

Well thats just it when she was with ronald when he was falling farth and farther away from relatry. The only thing that might have helped bush said was inmoral and stoped it dead in its tracks. I think thats enufe to brake away from party loatry

Because I am a moderator, I will resist my urge and be civil to you. "Zep never makes a point" was your comment. If that's not an insult.. then what is it? Did I warn you? No! I said it came close. You want to take my husband to task on any issue, go for it, he will eat you alive, but don't stoop to petty insults.
Hmhmhmhmhm, whatever.

Hmhmhmhmhm, whatever.

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But was it really Nancy endorsing GW? Or was it her psychic?
Omar's been dead for 2 or 3 years now...

I'm waiting for Reuters and other sources I track! So Far Nothing! We now have TWO reports that state something different. So we're back to square one.

Steph, Zep is a good debater. I will not deny that he isn't and I do think he'll run circles around Friends of Bill! :D