I have never met, heard of or from or even imagined that there exists a conservative who gives a rat’s patoot what Ron Reagan Jr. has to say. I turn the volume off when I hear him do color commentary for dog shows on Animal Planet (my daughter and I like to watch the doggies together). I’m with Tim, it’s not embarrassing (except perhaps for the Reagan family) to hear RR Jr. bad-mouth his dad’s party, it’s annoying. And it’s annoying mostly because it comes across as a lame insult, like when someone thinks they’re really zinging you good by mocking your shoe-laces. Ron Jr. is entirely a creation of the anti-Reagan, anti-conservative media to zing Republicans who don’t care — and have never cared — what the guy has to say. It was embarrassing when Barry Goldwater started beating up on Reagan. It’s annoying when Barbara Walter’s trots out this yutz as if he’s got some moral authority.