Ron Reagan

[[File:Ron Reagan, 2006.jpg|thumb|165px|Ron Reagan in 2006.]]{{pundits}}
'''Ronald Prescott "Ron" Reagan''' {{lived|1958|}} is an [[United States|American]] former [[talk radio]] host and MSNBC news commentator. He is most well known for being the son of [[Bullshit|Saint]] [[Ronald Reagan]], despite his [[liberal]] views and position as an [[Atheism|atheist]].

==Politics==
Ron Reagan's approach to politics comes from [[Left-wing|the other side of the fence]] than that of [[Ronald Reagan|his father]]. 

Ron is a critic of [[George W. Bush|Dubya]]. He has criticized Bush's opposition to [[stem-cell research]] using embryonic cells, which Ron believes could be used to find a treatment for Alzheimer's disease (which his father suffered from and eventually died from). Ron has also accused the Bush of "[[2000 U.S. presidential election|cheating to get into the White House]]" and "[[Antichrist|hijacking]]" his father's [[Reaganism|legacy]].<ref>Johnston, Jenifer. [http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0926-02.htm ''Reagan Junior Warns Bush: 'Stop Hijacking My Father's Reputation'&#8288;'']. ''Sunday Herald''. September 26, 2004.</ref> Ron ultimately roasted Dubya in an article he wrote for ''Esquire'', titled "The Case Against George W. Bush".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://web.archive.org/web/20040810032603/http://www.esquire.com/cgi-bin/printtool/print.cgi?pages=5&filename=%2Ffeatures%2Farticles%2F2004%2F040729_mfe_reagan.html&x=38&y=16 |title=The Case Against George W. Bush |first=Ron |last=Reagan |work=Esquire |year=2004 |accessdate=April 25, 2015}}</ref>

Reagan was a supporter of [[Democratic Party]] candidates John Kerry and [[Barack Obama]],<ref>Reagan, Ron. [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ron-reagan/making-it-official-i-endo_b_139932.html ''Making It Official: I Endorse Barack Obama''] [[Huffington Post]]. October 31, 2008.</ref> and later endorsed [[Bernie Sanders]] in the 2016 Democratic Primary.<ref>Ralph, Elizabeth. [https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2015/09/reagan-sons-interview-donald-trump-213149] [[Politico]]. September 16, 2015.</ref>

==Atheism==
Unlike his father, who was a [[Presbyterian]], Ron Reagan identifies as an atheist. He has stated that he would never run for any political office because of this, as "polls say that people won't elect an atheist."<ref>{{cite web|title=Interview With Ron Reagan Jr.|work=Larry King Live (transcript)|publisher=CNN.com|date=June 23, 2004|url=http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0406/23/lkl.00.html|accessdate=2013-11-27}}</ref> Ron has said that he likes [[Buddhism]],<ref name="SolomonInterview">{{cite news|first=Deborah|last=Solomon|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/27/magazine/27QUESTIONS.html?ex=1205812800&en=2cf65449d478f3c3&ei=5070|title=The Son Also Rises|work=[[New York Times]]|date=June 27, 2004|accessdate=August 30, 2014}}</ref> though he does not affiliate with any organized religion.

Ron is a member of the [[Freedom from Religion Foundation]], and in 2010 he was named to the organization's honorary board of distinguished achievers.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://ffrf.org/news/releases/honorary-ffrf-board-announced/ |title= Honorary FFRF Board Announced |accessdate=2008-08-20|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20101217052917/http://ffrf.org/news/releases/honorary-ffrf-board-announced/|archivedate=2010-12-17}}</ref> In May 2014, Ron Reagan appeared on a commercial hosted by the Freedom from Religion Foundation, in which he 
smugly
 proudly declared himself "an unabashed atheist" who was in fact "not afraid of burning in [[Hell]]."<ref name=FFRF052014>{{cite web|title=First 'atheist ad' on ‘Daily Show’, ‘Colbert Report’ features Ron Reagan|url=http://ffrf.org/news/news-releases/item/20732-first-%E2%80%98atheist-ad%E2%80%99-on-%E2%80%98daily-show%E2%80%99-%E2%80%98colbert-report%E2%80%99-features-ron-reagan|publisher=Freedom From Religion Foundation|date=May 20, 2014|accessdate=August 30, 2014}}</ref>

==Relationship with his brother==
It can be assumed that Ron and his adopted big brother, Michael Reagan, may not get along quite well. They differ in views on religion, politics, their father's reputation, and, well, basically everything. As a matter of fact, Michael called Ron "an embarrassment" for making the claim that their Pa may have suffered from early onsets of Alzheimer's during his presidency in his memoir ''My Father at 100''.<ref name=Politico011511>{{cite news
  |first=James
  |last=Hohmann
  |url=http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0111/47655.html#ixzz3G8adOUO6
  |title=Mike Reagan calls brother, Ron Reagan, an 'embarrassment'
  |work=Politico
  |date=Jan 15, 2011
  |accessdate=Oct 15, 2014
}}</ref> Because we can't have honest observations about a loved one's health if they cast doubt on our political agenda, can we?

==External links==
*{{wpa|Ron Reagan}}

==References==
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