Nancy Reagan 'Very Impressed' by Obama

[FrenchieCat]

After what that Failin' and Ghoulie said, I'll take it.

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

Source: ABC News

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.”
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http://blogs.abcnews.com/liveblogging/2008/09/nancy-reagan-ve.html

[Unsane]

1. I love Ron.

[Colobo]

2. Cool.

[scheming daemons]

3. Ron Jr. is one of the few good things Reagan ever produced...

[Cha]

4. That totally counteracts AP's lies about mentioning

a similiarity between reagun and palin!

I love this. And so does palin support stem cell research now?

[FKA MNChimpH8R]

5. It's a pretty open secret that Nancy Reagan despises Grampy on a

personal level. Her family was friendly with Carol McCain's family and Nancy did not approve in the slightest of Carol getting kicked to the curb for the Beeress. That she spit in Chimpo's eye about stem cell research also gets a few points from me. I would not be surprised in the slightest if Nancy, Ron and Patti all vote O, along with David and Julie Eisenhower ($ maxed to Obama) and David's sister Susan.

[curious one]

6. Nancy has class and recognizes excellence when she sees one.

[Undercurrent]

7. Bless Nancy's heart!

Ron is a good guy too.

[avaistheone1]

8. Is melanoma above the neck more serious than other melanomas?

Is Ron giving us a message here that McCain may not be long for this world.

[d_b]

9. proximity to the brain

like alaska to russia :-)

[Chan790]

10. In the sense...

that if you get it on a limb and treatment doesn't go well, they can amputate the limb before metastasis occurs? Yes.

Most people need their head...possibly not McCain but he might want the storage space.

[Glimmer of Hope]

12. This is a good question.

[Golden Raisin]

11. Yeah but she'll vote Republican.

[eshfemme]

13. LOL, I wonder if this is laying the groundwork for an endorsement for Obama?

[catgirl]

14. Big kick for Ron!