Ron Reagan Jr. Steps Up to Bat with Left Chat

On Monday, July 28, Ron Reagan started a week-long run as guest co-host on MSNBC’s Buchanan & Press, with the son of the former President sitting decidedly to the left of Pat Buchanan. But Mr. Reagan was doing more than just filling the seat of vacationing co-host Bill Press; he told The Observer that he hopes to anchor his own liberal-leaning talk show. And what better place to test his talking head than against Old Man Crossfire himself, the squinty-eyed hatchet man who, after all, worked for his father back in the day. Having spent the past three years hosting dog shows on the cable network Animal Planet, Mr. Reagan relishes the idea of going up against the bark and bite of the right wing.

"I’d love to do another talk show, and I’m talking to some other people about that," he said following his Buchanan & Press appearance. "I’m still in the planning stages, and I think there’s a lot of room for this. Despite this supposed ‘liberal bias’ in the media, I can hardly find any on TV."

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Mr. Reagan said he knew liberals aren’t known for being great TV.

"I think the bar is set higher for liberals," he said. "It’s easy to be Ann Coulter."

Regarding Ms. Coulter’s recent comment about Joseph McCarthy being an American patriot, for instance, Mr. Reagan said that "to dignify those remarks by refuting them takes time. Conservatives have it easy: They just blurt out some nonsense."

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Mr. Reagan was smooth enough, but he didn’t leap off the screen. He did get in a slightly school-marmish jab at conservative guest Michael Long when he said: "Hey, Mike, I can’t help but notice that anything involving gay people gets you conservatives’ panties in a real twist. Why is that?" Then he cocked his head and looked quizzical for effect—a little too quizzical, maybe, but it seemed like a workable riff.

In any case, Mr. Long used volume to bark Mr. Reagan down. "Don’t play that kind of game with me, Ron!"

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"I think the bar is set higher for liberals," he said. "It’s easy to be Ann Coulter."

How funny and true is that?!?! :bounce:

way to go Reagan!