Reply #11: But with GREAT respect to Sarah Brady, she's no Nancy Reagan.

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Nancy Reagan is the widow of the Great White Saint.

She will now be even further elevated in the minds of ALL America, not just the right wing (which now will be MOST hesitant to criticize her for her stem-cell stand - superficial assholes, MANY of them already realize it'll only make them look bad).

She DID indeed have "pillow talk power," and went up against many big guys, including the once-seemingly invincible egotistical blowhard Donald Regan. She was a teensy little lady in physical stature, but she packed a bigger punch than Mohammed Ali. She had an ameliorating effect on some of her husband's more radical opinions - for example, he never pressed all that hard for Roe V Wade to be overturned. Reason? She was pro-choice and probably reminded him in a very silky, subtle way. She was like the CIA. You crossed her, or her husband, at your peril. And now she's the Grieving Widow. A latter-day Jackie. And people can't help but embrace her. ESPECIALLY in OUR generation. How many of us baby-boomers now have to contend with an aging relative or parent who is also afflicted with Alzheimers, or some other really ICKY disease that takes 'em down long, slow, and hard? How many of us will be sitting by some elderly loved one's bedside, unable to do anything but watch them die? We can all relate.

I'm just about as liberal as they come, and I resented her "just say no" crap and her Marie Antoinette-Lite image. But I'm holding Nancy Reagan closely in my heart and in my prayers. She's earned it. Especially recently, with her increasing fearlessness against the ghouls who'd make a big PR splash and a lot of hay and probably also a lot of money off her husband's memory. All that crap about putting him on our money and Mt. Rushmore ad nauseam. More power to her! When her time comes, she will have gone out having done some REAL good, and perhaps, having atoned for some of her husband's sins of neglect. She's uniquely positioned to have an impact on this issue, and she should be applauded for her willingness to take a stand, politics be damned.

The knuckle-draggers and Bible-thumpers who would DARE to slam her now because she's taking a "pro-baby-killer" stand can just go fuck themselves.

I salute her. She's won me over.