Ronnie

Hi, my name is Troy McClure. Most of you know me from such political rants "Even Dick Cheney's hair is evil" and "Dubya is a few monkeys short of a Shakespeare play." However, I'm here tonight to talk about The Gipper...

The nice thing about being a kid is that you don't have to worry about too much about politics, unless for some odd reason the President decided to give a national address during Saturday morning cartoons. Unlikely. As a kid, you are allowed to view the world in simplistic terms, and it's a while before you concern yourself with things that happen beyond the street you live on.

I was a young and innocent kid when he was President, and I think I may just view him relative to that innocence rather than with the cynicism I view most politicians now. Looking back, instead of viewing him through the eyes of a liberal cynic, I'll view him as I did when I was eight: as a reassuring presence.

I'm sure in a few days, I'll be just as cynical as ever as well as sick from the endless droning of conservatives who thought he was the greatest thing since sliced bread. See, the cynicism is starting already.

Think young thoughts.