Ronald Regan's son Michael says that Sanda D O'Connor's appt to SOCTUS was the result

[housewolf]

of a "deal" between Ronald Regan and his daughter, Maureen. She was a somen's rights, pro-choice Republican (who was the first one to convince her dad to become a Repub and prophetized that he would run for Pres years before he did), and she wanted to wear a pre-ERA button to the convention. Of course Reagan and the campaign went nuts about it, and Reagan made a deal with her that if she wouldn't wear the button to the convention, he'd name a woman as his first Supreme Court nominee. :wow:

Micheal claims that no one has ever talked about that before, and that it would come as a surprise to Sanda Day O'Conner if (when!) she finds out about it. :rofl:

I'm watching him on CSpan2's "After Words" - he has many other interesting things to say, too.


He's also talking about a lot of the far-out right organizations and web sites (like the birther sites, and such) as just being cash cows for the organizers - these things are not serious efforts and will never happen, they're just bilking Repubs out of money.


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[ingac70]

1. From what I've read....

Ol' Mikey was estranged from the Gipper during those years, and when he did show up, acted like an asshole.

[NYC Liberal]

2. Didn't the old man not recognize him at one of his

graduations and actually shake his hand and introduce himself?

[immoderate]

4. It's in his first book.

They treated Michael like shit.

--imm

[madrchsod]

3. unlike her brother, maureen was a -dare i say it?....

a liberal republican. she was nothing like her brother. maureen would be appalled to think their fathers name is being used by sarah and others.

she did`t tell her dad to be a republican,that was nancy`s dad told him....

[Terra Alta]

5. Michael is the dim-witted son of Raygun.

Ron Reagan is clearly the more intelligent of the two brothers.

[immoderate]

6. "Oh Maureen. If you just ditch that button, I'll put myself in the history books forever."

And it was all because of that button, eh? :shrug:

--imm