Budapest May Erect Bust of Reagan in Park

[meganmonkey]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - The city council will vote this month on a plan to erect a bust of former President Ronald Reagan in a park, officials said Monday.

A small center-right party, the Hungarian Democratic Forum, proposed the idea for putting a bust of Reagan near an existing statue of George Washington in City Park, a popular recreation site in the capital.

Council members are to vote June 30 on the plan, which was supported by the mayor and his administration.

``Although he never visited Hungary, Ronald Reagan was the American president who most contributed to the democratic changes in this country,'' said Democratic Forum councilman Laszlo Szoke. ``He was one of the most meaningful conservative politicians who helped end communism.''

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-5071695,00.html

[RPM]

1. good - cant wait for the pigeons to shit on it...

perhaps I'll erect a birdfeeder nearby.

btw - Erect & Reagan in the same sentence = funny

[ClintonTyree]

5. Hey, we had the exact same thoughts....

I'm a little slower I guess. ;)

[bkcc]

16. I can't wait to shit on it.

I know where my next vacation will be.

[RPM]

18. Nice!

really - good work!

[sakabatou]

2. Ew

[ClintonTyree]

3. "Erect" and "Reagan" in the same sentence....

they didn't have Viagra back then. Reagan was an old "softy".

Just another place for the pigeons to shit.

[MisterP]

4. another tyrant's statue to pull down?

[Robeson]

6. Just lost my appetite for lunch....

...:puke:

[Emops]

7. When are they going to erect his statue in Bitburg?

[Straight Shooter]

8. Will his eyes be open, or will they be closed and his head nodding off?

Will there be a jelly-belly bean sticking out of his mouth, or stuck to his chin?

Personally, I'm rooting for the pigeons.

[KansDem]

9. Will he be depicted holding Bonzo?

Reagan's on the right...

[TahitiNut]

10. Does Budapest have pissoirs? That'd be the perfect setting.

I envision a bust of Reagan immediately below and to the front of Manneken Pis in Brussels.

[meganmonkey]

11. Well, it will be in City Park, and I am guessing in Heroes Square

although I am not sure - the article says it will be near the George Washington statue and I don't remember seeing on there, but I didn't spend much time there. Heroes Square was built pretty recently (in the last 10 years or so?) IIRC, and it was quite clearly a tourist place. Budapest has all sorts of beautiful old stuff around and Heroes Square was not in that category!

[uppityperson]

12. A bust has 2 boobs. They will be papa bush and whom?

[Deja Q]

13. Cool. Now the homeless can sleep in front of it and think they're getting

some shade and protection during the night.

See my sig line for a link that will take you to Reagan's TRUE legacy.

[meganmonkey]

14. Thanks to the Jackson verdict (I assume)

I can't see your sig line! Level 2. For Jacko? :puke: !

[GoddessOfGuinness]

17. sig line?

?

[Julius Civitatus]

15. Is Grover Norquist behind this travesty?

Ugh!!!!

:puke:

[cliss]

19. Why Reagan?

What did he ever do to Budapest? Or did Reagan's family come from there?

If not, what an idiotic thing to do. They should erect a statue of me, instead. (I'm better looking).