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Date:
Thu, 21 Sept 2006 11:46 WesternIndonesiaTime
Subject:
Nancy Reagan's Objection on Jim Webb Campaign
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| Painting design
of Paris Hilton inside a car with me, the work
began in August 22, 2006, to commemorate the
August 31, 1997 car accident of Lady Diana in
Paris.
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Nancy Reagan objects to campaign ad
By BOB LEWIS, Associated Press Writer Sat Sep 9,
5:47 AM ET
RICHMOND, Va. - Democratic Senate candidate Jim
Webb has a television ad ready to air featuring praise from his late
boss
Ronald Reagan — and Nancy Reagan called on him
Friday to cancel it.
Webb, who was Reagan's Navy secretary before Webb
switched to the Democratic Party, uses the ultimate GOP icon to send
a sentimental message to conservatives and moderates courted by his
Republican opponent, Sen. George Allen (news, bio, voting record).
The ad is scheduled to begin airing next week.
But a three-paragraph letter from the former
first lady's office said the use of footage of Reagan, who died in
2004, is "neither authorized nor appropriate."
The 30-second ad opens with video of Reagan
praising Webb during a commencement address at the U.S. Naval
Academy in 1985, when Reagan was president and Webb, a Navy grad,
was an assistant secretary of defense.
"James' gallantry as a Marine in Vietnam won him
the Navy Cross and other decorations," Reagan says on the video.
Webb was campaigning in southwestern Virginia on
Friday and was not immediately available for comment on the
criticism. His campaign spokeswoman, Kristian Denny Todd, said the
ad was fair.
"At this time, we are not changing our plans,"
Denny Todd said.
The first lady's letter, sent from the Ronald
Reagan Presidential Foundation in Simi Valley, Calif., said use of
his name and image implies endorsement of the candidate.
"At the direction of Mrs. Reagan, please refrain
from the use of her husband's name, video footage, photograph,
likeness, and/or quotes in any further campaign materials, including
television advertisements," it concluded.
In a telephone interview, Edwin Meese, attorney
general under Reagan, called use of the footage "improper, unethical
and very possibly illegal. ... For him to use video of Ronald Reagan
to appear in a campaign ad to favor him is fraud."
The ad debuts days after Allen mailed campaign
brochures that include a photo of a boyish looking Allen standing
beside Reagan. The same photo and a Reagan quote appear on Allen's
campaign Web site.
"So, I guess this means George Allen is going to
take down all the images he has on his Web site of him with Ronald
Reagan?" Denny Todd said. "Where's the cease-and-desist order
there?"
Webb became Navy secretary in 1987 but resigned
the following year, refusing to reduce the Navy fleet after
congressional budget cuts. More recently, he left the GOP over
President Bush's decision to invade
Iraq and other issues. He won a contentious
Senate primary in June.
Allen's campaign manager, Dick Wadhams, called
the ads "disingenuous and terribly hypocritical" and cited Webb's
1988 resignation, saying he "quit on Ronald Reagan after he did not
get his way as Navy secretary."
Allen, seeking a second term, began airing his
own biographical ads last month while Webb scrambled to raise money.
Allen's campaign had more than $6.6 million on hand at the start of
July compared with $424,245 for Webb.
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When I began to work the painting of Paris
Hilton inside a Rolls Royce, I was not meant to connect it with the fact
that rolls Royce has the initial of "RR" just like the initial of the
late president Ronald Reagan, who was also previously a movie star like
Paris Hilton. My reason to produce it was about my consent to meet the
end, like I explain in my previous letter
Second Chance of August 31, In Paris in remembrance with Lady Di's
car accident in Paris on August 31, 1997.
On the other hand I also could not deny the
possibility that there would be some notions that Paris Hilton would
someday follow the steps of Ronald Reagan. Especially since this is the
painting of Rolls Royce Phantom, and the title would be "Paris RR
Phantom", of course there could be some notion that Paris Hilton would
take the path of the "phantom" of the late Ronald Reagan.
Since Paris Hilton previously attended the
campaign of democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in 2004, while
Ronald Reagan was a republican, so there could be some objections from
the republicans.
And on early September 2006, a few days
after I began that painting on August 22, 2006, there was the news about
Nancy Reagan objection to the campaign of Jim Webb.
Webb, who was Reagan's Navy secretary before
Webb switched to the Democratic Party, uses the ultimate GOP icon
Ronald Reagan to send a sentimental message on his campaign ad.
The 30-second ad opens with video of Reagan
praising Webb during a commencement address at the U.S. Naval
Academy in 1985, when Reagan was president and Webb, a Navy grad,
was an assistant secretary of defense.
"James' gallantry as a Marine in Vietnam won him
the Navy Cross and other decorations," Reagan says on the video.
Webb was campaigning in southwestern Virginia on
Friday and was not immediately available for comment on the
criticism. His campaign spokeswoman, Kristian Denny Todd, said the
ad was fair.
Of course I hope it has nothing to do with
my producing the above painting, and I have also wrote to Paris about my
having no capacity to determine who would become a leader, in my letter
RR the 40. And most of all, my position is still
the same, I made the painting related to my consent to meet the end,
symbolizing my second chance, if there could be, to be in the car that
would take my life away in remembrance of Lady Di's car accident in
Paris on August 31, 1997.
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