Ron Reagan on Colbert

Ron Reagan, who supports stem cell research, put forth a really whacky idea on The Colbert Report:

Most scientists who are working this field will tell you that embryonic stem cell research is the way to go, and I tend to trust people who know what they’re talking about.

That’s never gonna fly in the modern Republican Party.

Reagan: President Bush does seem to like the idea of pretending to be someone else, and that somebody else seems to be my father.

Colbert: Isn’t the president, in some ways, all of our fathers? And he’s driving us to freedom, and we’re in the back seat, and he’s saying, “Shut up and let me drive!”

Democracy is for Iraqis. We’re just not ready for it here.