i saw ron reagan at bartell's today.
i was picking up some balloons for the girl's birthday party. and some ice cream. and some snapple lemonade. i don't know what he was buying.
i walked up to the checkout as his items were being bagged. he looked up and gave me a little nod. i gave him the nod in return, thinking he looked familiar. i figured it out as he was heading out the door.
reagan hosts an afternoon program on air america radio. he broadcasts nationwide from a seattle studio. he's a liberal, so i like him. his delivery is not always great -- a little halting and uncertain at times -- but his views parallel mine very closely.
so it didn't seem out of place to see him at bartell's. even though it was.
reagan's dad has an aircraft carrier named after him. and an airport. the former president is an icon on the right, even though he was not a particularly good president. the people on the right take what they can get, you have to suppose. which of their presidents has done a good job, after all?
nixon? bush 41? bush 43? no, they have to hang their hat on reagan, or nobody.
ron jr. lives with the jarring contradictions every day. he manages to keep things together, in spite of it all.
the girl's birthday party was a big success. the build-a-bear workshop may have played a role.
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