Old Republicans never die, they just fade away

[dougo]

Well, Ronald Reagan finally faded away. I don't have anything nice to say about him, so I'm just going to leave it at that. I just really hope the upcoming memorialization doesn't last too long, or get too revisionist. I'm not optimistic.

Update: I just thought of one good thing to say: Nancy Reagan supports stem cell research because it could help find a cure for Alzheimer's. I am surprised and impressed by her open-mindedness, and I hope she can coerce people who would otherwise never consider it because of their religious beliefs. But I'm still not optimistic.

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[jfb.livejournal.com]

When Nixon died, the obits remembered the good and the bad things about him. But today on the radio I didn't hear anything about, say, selling arms to terrorists to finance the overthrow of democratic governments. But then I didn't listen to the love-in for very long before I had to shut it off.

I tried to write something about Nancy Reagan and stem cell research--basically I'm glad she's working to support it, but I'm not happy that it takes a personal tragedy to get people to come around. Okay, I guess I just wrote it. Man, I'm tired.

[juliansinger.livejournal.com]

I heard about Iran-Contra yesterday -- on NPR. That was the only place.

[jfb.livejournal.com]

Even NPR didn't mention it while I was listening. Fortunately I had some good CDs with me.

[mshonle.livejournal.com]

What's your favorite Iran-Contra CD? I think I have them all.