I'm Sure Glad He Wasn't My Father

Joel Surnow, co-creator of the television program "24", as quoted by Jane Mayer in The New Yorker (Feb 19 & 26 2007):

"I can hardly think of [Ronald Reagan] without breaking into tears. I just felt Ronald Reagan was the father that this country needed... He made me feel good that I was in his family."

Now, being a right-wing Republican is, you know, whatever. Promoting a fascist, pro-torture worldview through your well-made and highly entertaining television program is... "problematic". But thinking of Ronald Reagan as a surrogate father? That is pathetic.