Ron Reagan: Nancy Loves My Memoir
Politico reports:
Facing criticism from his half-brother over his new book suggesting President Reagan may have been suffering from Alzheimer’s disease while in office, Ron Reagan said Tuesday that his mother Nancy loves the memoir and it brought her to tears.
Ron Reagan said he asked his mother what he should tell people about her reaction to “My Father at 100, ” which includes the presidential son’s suspicions that his father showed tell-tale signs of the disease during his first term.
“She was worried about me. She said, ‘Are you all right?’ I said, ‘Yeah. I’m fine. But they’re going to ask me what you think of the book. So, what should I say to them?”
“She said, ‘You tell them that I’ve read it. I loved it. It made me cry. And I’m very proud of you,’” Ron Reagan said on ABC’s “Good Morning America.”
Soon after excerpts of the book were became public last week and Ron Reagan did an interview with ABC’s “20/20,” his half-brother Michael Reagan spoke out to challenge the memoir’s claims, saying Saturday that Ron “was an embarrassment to his father when he was alive and today he became an embarrassment to his mother.”
Michael Reagan, a conservative commentator, said on Monday night on Fox News’ “Hannity” that he couldn’t “think of any reason other than to sell a book” that would’ve prompted Ron Reagan to speak out.
He said that the two haven’t spoken since the reading of their father’s will in 2004.
Ron Reagan said his mother isn’t embarrassed by the book.
“The bit about embarrassment to your mother, that’s a little strange,” he said on “Good Morning America.” “I just spoke to my mother last night – she didn’t mention embarrassment.”
Nancy Reagan has yet to comment on the book herself.
