Say nice things about Nancy Reagan

[cooolandrew]

WAIT WAIT, Please watch this clip first to understand my motivation for this thread.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08Rx7jmO4T4

[cooolandrew]

1. Nancy's just say no campaign was a good thing.

[Skittles]

2. mmmmmmm

I thought it was way too simplistic and did not address the reason why people take drugs

[civildisoBDence]

53. It could've been more polite, too, as in:

Just say "No, Thank You" to drugs. (Please.)

Newsprism

[Viking12]

24. Yeah, it helped me to pay for college

because it drove prices sky high :smoke:

[Warren DeMontague]

30. So I take it you've never ingested alcohol, nicotine, or caffeine?

Those are all drugs, Jack.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. She loved her husband!

[MadBadger]

4. I like her position on stem cell research

[stillrockin]

5. Ummm . . . she was a loving wife . . . ?

[Mojambo]

6. She put up with that evil fuck, Ronald Reagan. n/t

[tularetom]

7. Her two kids have their shit together

[NCarolinawoman]

20. Yep, I like her kids. n/t

[CyberPieHole]

8. She had a nice box...

at the opera.:evilgrin:

[dflprincess]

9. She doesn't seem to like the Bush family

n/t

[boston bean]

36. ditto, that is my answer too!

[Auntie Bush]

10. She always maintained good weight control.

I always admired her for that.

[JVS]

11. I hear that she was able to suck the chrome off a trailer hitch, which is a praiseworthy skill.

:evilgrin:

[cooolandrew]

31. Any new traffic due to the plug don't get the wrong idea most folk are of good intention on the site

[dchill]

46. Even "folk ... of good intention"

can be hard pressed.

[civildisoBDence]

54. Nastiness can drive away good folks, but good folks just make fun fodder

for nastiness.

Just compare DU a few years back to DU today...

Newsprism

[dchill]

58. That is true, and you are correct...

but I still can't come up with anything "nice" to say about Ms. Reagan. IMO, DU is the wrong place to run a post asking for that - especially at this time.

[Hepburn]

48. Yep....

....according to the bio done by Kitty Kelly, in her day Nancy was known as the blow job queen of Hollywood.

[rug]

12. No.

[JVS]

13. Oh, c'mon. I was able to say something nice.

[rug]

14. Oh, ok,ok.

JVS admires her oral skills.

[Beacool]

15. Nancy Reagan is my least favorite First Lady,

but she's now a frail old lady and I have nothing negative to say about her.

My favorite first ladies were those who stood up and refused to fit the traditional mold of their era: Abigail Adams, Dolly Madison, Eleanor Roosevelt and Hillary Clinton.

[Crunchy Frog]

23. Wow, even more than Babs? n/t

[Rageneau]

16. According to Peter Lawford in Kitty Kelly's book, Nancy was known for the best...

... the best... uh, I better not say.

There are some things that can be said about Hillary Clinton and Brittney Spears, but about no one else, no matter how true -- especially now that Ron and Nancy have been canonized by the MSM.

But here's a hint. According to Lawford, when Nancy was a young starlet, she was very popular with virile young actors because of her beautiful knees.

That she spent lots of time on.

[From The Left]

35. Mommy made a mean Monkey Salad

[Raine]

17. She dealt with Ronnie's Alzheimers

with dedication and committment. I commend her for that because I know firsthand how hard it is when someone you love is suffering with dementia.

[Coexist]

18. she spoke out beautifully on stem cell research

[avrdream]

19. She supports stem-cell research.

Remember that issue? Nobody mentions it anymore for some reason.

Must be the gays that will be the wedge issue in the GE.

[NashVegas]

21. You Know, I Almost Started To

But then I watched the video.

We at Democratic Underground don't owe Bill O, and the rest of the RW noise machine, jack doodoo.

Their complaint is about the exercise of free speech and they only care about free speech when it's their own. When Bill is ready to lay the smack down on LGF on a regular basis, come talk to me then and ask me to say something nice.

[cooolandrew]

28. I think he was trying to demonise the site, just trying to prove we are better than that really.

[NashVegas]

43. No Need to Prove Anything

..

[bridgit]

22. For someone her height, she has really big eyes...

[cooolandrew]

27. Big beautiful eyes I feel you meant to say. =)

[cooolandrew]

33. Let's prove the critics wrong it'll be worth the effort.

[bridgit]

60. It's too late for that, they've been watching all along...

:cry:

[NEDem]

25. I think I'll just say no

to saying something nice

[Jamastiene]

26. She came out in favor of stem cell research despite all those

other Republicans around her being old fuddy duddies who wouldn't give cures to diseases a chance.

[cooolandrew]

29. I really like when she asked the cast of the uk show grange hill to join her campaign.

[donheld]

32. nice things about Nancy Reagan

Ok I said it :D

[From The Left]

34. She Never Outed Merv Griffin for Being Gay

[terrya]

37. She wasn't Barbara Bush

[From The Left]

38. She Loved Tarot Cards

[rox63]

39. She was very devoted to her husband, in sickness and in health n/t

[Tropics_Dude83]

52. Yes!

The love that those two shared was very moving and touched my soul. I am not old enough to remember the Reagan presidency or some of the bad policies that I'm sure that he enacted, but I am old enough to remember Ronald Reagan's funeral and how she collapsed in tears over his coffin at the burial service completely devastated. How could you not feel for her after that? Also, she has been a tireless advocate for stem cell research and her son, ROnald Reagan, even spoke at the DNC in 2004. Lastly, she supported John Mccain in 2000 against Bush but didn't want to break her neutrality by publically making it known. That's another good thing. Also, I'm sure that RR wouldn't have launched a cowboy adventure war in Iraq either. That decision is unique to Bush/Cheney.

[Recursion]

40. Promoting stem cell research. And a better actress than Ron

I loved her in Donovan's Brain and Hellcats of the Navy

[From The Left]

41. She Spent $250,000 on New WH China

[LiberalAndProud]

42. Nancy Reagan is gracious, brave, and lovely.

She has demonstrated strength in adversity. And she is still a beautiful woman. Her devotion to her husband through very difficult times, even while she watched that horrific disease take him from her, is awe inspiring. She has never been anything except an asset for America.

I say these things despite the fact that I thought her "Just Say No" campaign was naive, patronizing and uninformed, much like the abstinence program her party has been touting.

Edit to say that I don't think BillO will mention this post on his program.

[Kahuna]

44. She has a large head. Isn't that a good thing?

:shrug:

[Exilednight]

45. She was really a liberal ... God Bless Her Soul

[Faygo Kid]

47. I was much younger then. Thanks, Nancy.

I was a robust and randy 30-something when she was First Lady. Thin, in good shape, top of my game.

Now I am a broken-down late 50s something - fat and curmudgeonly.

I like that curmudgeonly part, though.

[geiger]

49. NO.

[stillcool]

50. she looked good in red..

I had a red dress I used to call my 'Nancy Reagan dress'. I guess I like her style. And I like her son and daughter.

[From The Left]

51. She thought Barbara Bush was tacky

[BeyondGeography]

55. She thinks Dubya is a vacuous loon

and she's Ronald Reagan, Jr.'s mother.

[tokenlib]

57. Ron Reagan Jr. for W.H, press sec'y in January!

I think he'd be cool in the position.

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

56. She took pity on, and married, an obvious nincompoop?

[DesEtoiles]

59. She seems to have mellowed of late