mark: don reagan wrote about her
in negative ways in the tell-all
book and that contributed to
some of the negative perception
that people had.
do you think those issues were
related to have tough she was,
she was very tough lady.
al: she was not a good mother.
patty davis was moving.
she was devoted to ronald reagan
and anything that got in the way
was a distraction.
she had lavish tastes that were
embarrassing for the white
house.
she was not perfect.
where she was underrated, when
we hear about influential first
ladies, we hear about eleanor
roosevelt and hillary clinton,
she is in that league mark: we
talk sometimes about president
and thinking about their post
presidencies and how they are
after they leave office.
it seemed she was an exemplary
post first lady.
also in terms of building up
that library and center in simi
valley.
al: also the issues she cared
about.
stem cell research, all summer's
research, even gun control.
she was bothered by the right
word drift of the...