Long Article by Ron Reagan in South Africa Sunday Times

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It’s time we stopped beating about the Bush Bush’s regime is a cabal of liars and fanatics

President Ronald Reagan’s son, Ron Reagan, denounces the US administration as a cabal of liars and calls on American voters to restore decency to their government

IT MAY have been the guy in the hood teetering on the stool, electrodes clamped to his genitals. Or smirking Lynndie England and her leash. Maybe it was the smarmy memos tapped out by soft-fingered lawyers itching to justify such barbarism. The grudging, lunatic retreat of the neocons from their long-standing assertion that Saddam was in cahoots with Osama didn’t hurt.

Even the Enron audiotapes and their celebration of craven sociopathy played a part. As a result of all these displays and countless smaller ones, you could feel, a couple of months back, as summer spread across the US, the ground shifting beneath your feet.

Something was in the air, and people were inhaling deeply. I began to get calls from friends whose parents had always voted Republican, “but not this time”.

There was the staid Zbigniew Brzezinski, who was President Jimmy Carter’s National Security Adviser, sneering at the “Orwellian language” flowing out of the Pentagon. Word spread that old hands from the days of Bush the Elder were quietly (but not too quietly) appalled by his son’s misadventure in Iraq.

Suddenly, everywhere you went, a surprising number of folks seemed to have had just about enough of what the Bush administration was dishing out. A fresh age appeared on the horizon, accompanied by the sound of scales falling from people’s eyes.

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http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/articles/article.aspx?ID=ST6A76915

[bluestateguy]

1. Well written, intelligent and articulate

Sometimes I wonder why he doesn't run for office himself? He has all of his father's talents for speaking, AND he thinks the right way on the issues.

[miamimama]

2. An awesome piece.

Manages to say just about everything in a concise and logical manner. Wish he would publish it is this country. Also wish he would campaign for Kerry.

[HamstersFromHell]

3. Excellent article

Thanks so much for the link.

[Indie Media Magazine]

4. Ron Reagan is GREAT!

Too bad his father went Repukelicon.