tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180498216869726946.post-37723575725336480542007-10-22T11:31:00.000-07:002007-10-22T11:58:04.396-07:00<div><div><div><a href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_oW-tNsb0CZ0/RxzxCx-rqjI/AAAAAAAAAC0/65HUmRXXnRE/s1600-h/gop3.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124235506119060018" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_oW-tNsb0CZ0/RxzxCx-rqjI/AAAAAAAAAC0/65HUmRXXnRE/s320/gop3.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-size:130%;">It was riveting theater last night in Orlando as the Republican presidential hopefuls traded jabs in a spirited competition to see who could mention former president <strong>Ronald Reagan</strong>'s name the most. Former Massachusetts Gov. <strong>Mitt Romney </strong>(whose last name in French means <em>Kerry</em>) walked away with the honors, invoking the late president's name on five separate occasions. Former Arkansas Gov. <strong>Mike Huckabee </strong>was second, mentioning Reagan's name three times, while <strong>John McCain </strong>and <strong>Rudy Guiliani </strong>each mentioned his name twice. <strong>Ron Paul</strong>, the maverick candidate running on an anti-war platform, was the lone candidate not to mention Reagan's name at all - but he did pay homage to the late <strong>Ray Walston, </strong>former star of TV's <em>My Favorite Martian...</em></span><br /></div><div><em><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></em></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://bp2.blogger.com/_oW-tNsb0CZ0/RxzxrR-rqmI/AAAAAAAAADM/yYkYqVYXxaY/s1600-h/ray.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5124236201903762018" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://bp2.blogger.com/_oW-tNsb0CZ0/RxzxrR-rqmI/AAAAAAAAADM/yYkYqVYXxaY/s320/ray.jpg" border="0" /></a></div><div> </div><div>Back to <a href="http://seespanrun.com/">See Span Run</a></div></div></div></div>Sue D. Nimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04184967982088304683noreply@blogger.com