The Other Reagan Legacy: Outspoken Son Ron (washingtonpost.com): "'Dad was also a deeply, unabashedly religious man,' Ron Reagan told mourners. 'But he never made the fatal mistake of so many politicians -- wearing his faith on his sleeve to gain political advantage.'
Since then, in a series of nationally televised interviews, his comments about Bush have become less oblique and much harsher.
Appearing on CNN's 'Larry King Live' Wednesday evening, Reagan denounced Bush's opposition to broadening embryonic stem cell research, calling it 'shameful.' He called Bush's decision to invade Iraq a 'terrible mistake' and said, 'We lied our way into the war.' Then he said he was eager to see Bush defeated in November.
Two nights earlier, he appeared on MSNBC's 'Hardball With Chris Matthews' and scoffed at the new Republican rallying cry that Bush is positively Reaganesque.
'My father never felt the need to wrap himself in anybody's mantle. He never felt the need to pretend to be anybody else,' Reagan said. 'This is their administration. This is their war. If they can't stand on their own two feet, well, they're no Ronald Reagans, that's for sure.' "
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