cbsnews.com: Reagan Myth Doesn't Squre With Reality

[SteelCityDem]

About 10,000 people will gather this weekend at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California to honor what would have been the 100th birthday of former President Ronald Reagan -- among them Dick Cheney, the Beach Boys and Sarah Palin.

Reagan, who served as president from 1981 -1989 and died in 2004 at the age of 93, is widely considered the patron saint of conservatives; ask a prominent conservative their hero, and odds are they'll point to the Gipper. (The adulation is so widespread that candidates at a debate last month among the candidates to be RNC chairman were asked their hero - "aside from President Reagan.")

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20030729-503544.html?tag=pop

[abq e streeter]

1. Glad to have heard that Brian Wilson has declined to participate

[Sonoman]

5. Their pimp must be hard up for cash.

Bully for Brian.

The dumbasses will get The Band That Does Beach Boys Covers, fronted by a time-worn pickle named Mike Love.

"Since you put me down there's been owls pukin' in my bed"

Sonoman

[PSzymeczek]

7. I did see John Stamos

on the NBC News coverage.

[raccoon]

10. Where'd you hear that? Link? nt

[abq e streeter]

11. A facebook discussion about the Beachboys being a part of this

The person who confirmed it is a music writer/critic....I'll see if I can dig up that thread (from a few days ago) later today when I have some time ( heading off to work in a few minutes).......

[abq e streeter]

12. link, as well as who my facebook source, Jeff Tamarkin, is...

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Jeff Tamarkin: They're still billing this as a Beach Boys reunion even without Brian. http://www.examiner.com/beach-boys-in-national/al-jardine-to-reunite-with-the-beach-boys-for-reagan-tribute-concert

re: Jeff Tamrkin, from his website, jefftamarkin.com (i.e. , why I trust both him and his sources)


Jeff Tamarkin has been a professional music journalist for more than 25 years. Currently the associate editor of JazzTimes magazine, he was previously the editor of Goldmine, Global Rhythm, Relix and CMJ, and has written for dozens of other publications. He has also authored more than 25 liner notes for Jefferson Airplane-related CDs. He has been an advisor to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the Grammys.

[ixion]

2. Reagan was a war criminnal fascist thug, and one of the worst of all time.

There's my tribute. Less myth, more reality.

[Enthusiast]

6. I do not understand how

you can hold him in such high esteem. :rofl:

[muntrv]

3. Just look at the national debt in 1981 and what it was in 1989.

Fiscal conservative my ass.

[bulloney]

4. That's the result of 30 years of the "librul media" spewing the myths of Reagan.

[Prophet 451]

8. It never did

Not that it really matters, the myth of Saint Reagan has long since outgrown the man. And I use "man" in it's broadest possible sense.

[Kablooie]

9. I visited the RR library a few months ago.

I had to go out in the area so I thought I'd stop by.
It had a beautiful view of the valley, I'd have to say.

His grave is covered by a large flat slab of cement surrounded by a semicircle of walls.
It looked like a perfect spot for dancing.
I was tempted.