Saturday, June 12, 2004

Ron Reagan v. Bush 43?

Did Ron Reagan take aim at President George W. Bush during his Simi Valley eulogy? It sounded like it, at least to this viewer. Here's what Ron said:

"Dad was also a deeply, unabashedly religious man. But he never made the fatal mistake of so many politicians wearing his faith on his sleeve to gain political advantage. True, after he was shot and nearly killed early in his presidency, he came to believe that God had spared him in order that he might do good. But he accepted that as a responsibility, not a mandate. And there is a profound difference."

And how he said it, with Reaganesque firmness, as a matter of principle rather than personalities, almost as if he were channelling his father. Could Ron, Jr. be picking up the torch?