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  • 2004-07-27 (xsd:date)
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  • John Kerry Insults Ronald Reagan's Memory (en)
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  • After the passing of former president Ronald Reagan in June 2004, John Kerry — then a Democratic candidate for president — cancelled scheduled campaign events and suspended his campaign activities for a week as a display of respect for the former president. Senator Kerry also made a visit to the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, to pay his respects as President Reagan's body lay in repose at the presidential library, and the Senator attended the state funeral held for the former president a few days later at Washington's National Cathedral. The words quoted above were never spoken by Senator Kerry; they're an e-mailed excerpt taken from a spoof news article (Kerry Endures Heat and Low-Life Scum to Make Sure Reagan is Really Dead) published on kerrycore.com, a John Kerry parody site. What the press reported Senator Kerry actually said at the time he visited the Reagan Library was: (en)
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