Not ready for prime time
Alicia Robinson
Here’s one thing Rep. Chris Cox won’t be watching on television --
the CBS miniseries on President Ronald Reagan that the network
relegated to Showtime after complaints from conservatives that the
program was biased and inaccurate.
Cox worked as White House counsel under Reagan from 1986 to 1988.
“It strikes at a very beloved president in the twilight hours of
his fatal illness,” Cox said of the CBS miniseries. “Worse yet, it
strikes at Mrs. Reagan, who is very much aware of what’s going on
while she’s caring for him.”
Cox said he did legal work for the first AIDS commission, which
Reagan created, and he added that the TV movie’s portrayal of Reagan
as insensitive toward AIDS victims “is just preposterous. ... They’ve
just created a different person.”
Rep. Dana Rohrabacher was press secretary for Reagan’s 1976 and
1980 campaigns and worked as a presidential speechwriter from 1981 to
1988, but he chose not to comment to the Daily Pilot on the
miniseries.
“For some reason, he just doesn’t want to talk about it,”
Rohrabacher spokesman Aaron Lewis said.
Assembly candidate lands mayoral endorsement
If political endorsements were equal to campaign cash, 70th
Assembly District candidate Cristi Cristich’s war chest would be
filling up. Cristich, a Corona del Mar businesswoman, has sent out
press releases touting her supporters; on Tuesday, she added Newport
Beach Mayor Steve Bromberg to the list.
On Friday, Cristich announced she is endorsed by the Hispanic 100,
an Orange County group of Latino community leaders.
Cristich will face fellow Republicans Chuck DeVore, Chonchol D.
Gupta, Long K. Pham, Donald P. Wagner and Marianne Zippi in the March
2 primary. They are seeking to replace Assemblyman John Campbell, who
is running for state Senate against fellow Republican Assemblyman Ken
Maddox.
Reps. get TV face time
Newport Beach and Costa Mesa congressional representatives have
been getting some important face time in the past few weeks.
Cox spoke on Nov. 6 at the 20th anniversary celebration of the
National Endowment for Democracy. His remarks, which touched on
emerging democracy in Afghanistan and Iraq, preceded a foreign policy
address by President Bush.
And on Wednesday, Rohrabacher was scheduled to appear on MSNBC to
discuss how increasing numbers of casualties will affect the U.S.
occupation of Iraq, Lewis said.
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