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Politics : Did Slick Boink Monica? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (14452)	4/22/1998 4:12:00 PM
From: Janice Shell	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20981

No problem at all with his devotion to Nancy. But they were people who should never have had kids. (Of course, if she hadn't got herself knocked up, he probably wouldn't have married her.) Michael? No joke, read his own biography. Gruesome. When he lived with them they made him sleep in the living room. Finally they started to build an extra bedroom. He was all excited, thought it was for him. Uh-uh. For the nanny of their "real" children. Michael is a pathetic person. His book is full of pretty dreadful revelations about Dad, but he keeps coming back for more. Woulda done ANYTHING for Ron's approval. But abused kids are like taht. And before you jump on me: no physical abuse, but emotional, plenty.

To: MulhollandDrive who wrote (14452)	4/24/1998 12:18:00 AM
From: Grainne	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20981

Betty, I think actually the only Reagan child devoted to her father is Maureen. Michael was treated as an absolute outcast, and so were his children. Patty has come around for reasons of closure, and because she realizes she should have tried to influence her father's opinions behind the scenes, instead of at peace demonstrations. Ron obviously loves his father on some level, as all children do, but made several comments in the PBS documentary which were really pretty unflattering. He is subtle and gracious, however, not strident like Patty used to be, so I am not sure you would have noticed all of them. I agree with Janice that those two should not have had children. It is really wonderful when two people are that devoted to each other, but children need more attention than that to develop really well. And Reagan found it very hard to express his emotions with his children. I wonder why we have to focus on this area, however. It doesn't have that much to do with being President. Certainly, no one has ever written anything critical of Billy's fathering skills, and yet there still seem to be problems with his presidency.