Ronnie Jr. Good!

Looks like there's another Reagan for me to like. Patty Davis for basically doing whatever she could just to piss off her dad, and Ron Jr. Of course, the author of this piece takes being a Bonk Job to new heights of lunacy.

I don't have any quarrel with Reagan Jr.'s right to believe that there is no god. I just think it is absurd for him to preach about the misuse of religion in the political process of America and fail to postulate his comments with a statement that he is an atheist.

What difference does it make whether or not he comes out and says he's an atheist before he presents his views on religion in politics? The author sounds a lot like the kind of person who only votes based on party affiliation, without investing a moment's thought into what each candidate actually stands for. Isn't it more important to learn about a person through their stances, rather than through labels we apply? What difference does it make, regarding what Jr. is all about, whether he labels himself an atheist or a theist; a Democrat or Republican?

The media has an obligation to let America know that the atheism of Ron Reagan Jr. underlies his opposition to religion in the American body politic.

I wonder if it would it make the author more comfortable to know that a Christian opposed religion in American politics? Isn't the end result the same? Jr. doesn't want religion mixed with politics. And neither do a lot of Christians. But, I suppose, their opinions matter more, simply because they're Christian.

It is calloused beyond comprehension that the opinions of an atheist could be embraced by the American media without such a disclaimer.

Whatever...ya friggin' Bonk Job. Would it be "calloused beyond comprehension" that the opinions of a Christian -- regarding, say, the "Christian foundation" of America -- could be embraced in the American media without a disclaimer? I'd guess that the problem the author has isn't that the media "embraced" the views of an atheist without stating that said views came from an atheist, but that the views of an atheist were allowed to be expressed at all!

Further...no one, not Ron Reagan Jr., nor the American media has the right to deny any American's right to embrace, cherish, or emulate President Ronald Reagan and the principles he believed in, including his faith in God, if they wish to do so.

Wow. How terrible it must be to hold a world view so fragile that anyone speaking an opposing voice is a threat so fearsome as to be loathed and quelled. Neither Jr. nor the American media is trying to deny American rights and freedoms. They're simply exercising those rights. A real denial of freedom is insisting that disclaimers must accompany the views of atheists.