Lyn Nofziger - RIP

Lyn Nofziger who served Ronald Reagan as press secretary and political adviser, died of cancer Monday. He was 81. Nofziger was an exception to the rule among political bigwigs. He took the issues seriously but never took himself too seriously.

National Review Online has a round up of some of his commentary. Here is one.

I keep thinking about the liberal effort to canonize Sandra Day O'Connor as one of the Supreme Court greats. What a joke. She was appointed by President Reagan at the urging of Barry Goldwater as a political sop to feminists. She was not a great legal mind and was not one of Reagan’s better appointments, mainly because she was ruled by her emotions rather than by logic or any particular knowledge of the Constitution. The best thing she has done is resign. For this she deserves our praise.

Lyn Nofziger was a modern enough guy that you can also visit his website for more. You can get a sense of the man's humor from the intro to his blog:

I'm Lyn Nofziger and this is my website.

If you're looking for a female exhibitionist with a digital camera you've come to the wrong place.

On the other hand, if you want some conservative opinion laced with exasperation, an occasional limerick or other piece of doggerel, or are interested in the books I have written you're in the right place. All you have to do is click on "Musings."

The odds are you've never heard of me, which is all right because I've probably never heard of you either, so let me tell you a little bit about myself.