Ohio Rep. wants Reagan on Rushmore

[rawstory]

Found on the Raw Story, the liberal alternative to Drudge, http://www.rawstory.com

NBC: COLUMBUS, Ohio -- An Ohio state representative wants to see President Ronald Reagan's image added to Mount Rushmore.

Rep. Ron Young, R-Painesville, introduced a resolution Monday requesting Congress to add the former president's image to the South Dakota landmark.

Reagan died Saturday at the age of 93. He was the nation's 40th president, and is credited with putting an end to the Cold War with the Soviet Union.

"During the years of President Reagan, America laid to rest an era of division and self-doubt. Because of his leadership, the world laid to rest an era of fear and tyranny," Young said. "I conceived this idea some time ago, and had this resolution drafted and ready to introduce because I can think of no better way to honor the Great Communicator than to have his image added to Mount Rushmore."

Full story: http://www.nbc4columbus.com/news/3391422/detail.html

[The Sushi Bandit]

1. Jimmy Carter deserves more credit than RR

and he would add dignity and character to the group!

[AP]

2. FDR goes up there before Reagan.

[David__77]

3. I would be truly shocked if that were to happen.

There will be no national consensus on "great presidents" from Kennedy on out. The partisan gap is too broad. Reagan will not earn such a legacy.

[Don_G]

4. It's Physically Impossible

Mt Rushmore is unstable rock and would only collapse.

He really needs to erect a statue of "Saint Ronnie" with an oversize phallus and jump backwards.

[DebJ]

7. perhaps that would be appropriate symbolism, if they added

him and then it crashed.

[Catt03]

8. Might be but

the money that flows from corporations and Rangers, Pioneers and that club Reagan started in Ca will build a new mountain

[aquart]

25. So the jackass was just braying to his constituents?

Who are so proud they elected him to do such important work.

[Gore1FL]

50. Plaster of Paris maybe?

n/t

[hyphenate]

5. What an ass

Raygun wasn't the "great" president these morons think he was. He was as corrupt as most any other GOP prez since 1968. These guys really are showing how deluded they are. Yikes.

[CBHagman]

6. Same old silliness.

For starters...

*Who has the money for this sort of project?

*It would be an artistic travesty. No one should interfere with the current Mount Rushmore.

*It's a waste of time. Congress has bigger fish to fry.

*It's a historical travesty. Wait a few decades and then see how Reagan is regarded by historians. They didn't put up the Lincoln Memorial in 1866, for crying out loud.

[Boat Guy]

16. But That's The Whole Point

Deep in the darkest recesses of their greedy, corrupt, three-sizes-too-small hearts, these pinheads KNOW history is going to pass very harsh judgement on "The Great Obfuscator", so they figure if they can get these idiotic ideas implemented BEFORE that happens, then it'll be all that much harder to reverse the damage they've done.

So far as I'm concerned the only appropriate monument to the late Mr. Reagan should be a giant statue in the shape of a jar of jellybeans, with some of his more colorful aphorisms (ie "Trees Cause Pollution", "Katsup is a vegetable") radiating outward from it's base. I'm sure some patriotic Amurkins would be willing to cough up a (non-Reaganized) $10 or $20 bill to assist in the effort...

[saigon68]

23. How about that great President Warren Harding!!!!

He'd look good on the $10.00 bill

[comsymp]

27. I like the way you think- and write

Tho I've always referred to him as The Great Prevaricator, TGO is pretty darn catchy~

And your idea for a memorial is far more fitting than any others I've seen floating around...

Welcome to DU!

[salin]

9. Surprise... another Republican wanting to spend more tax payer

dollars.

[tom_paine]

10. Laid to rest an era of fear and tyranny (The Soviets)

Sowed the seeds of the next Era of Tyranny (The Imperial Family Bush) at the same time.

I begin to think that Tyranny is humanity's natural condition.

[tabasco]

14. The law of the jungle will always be the path of least resistance.

Creating and maintaining democracy is hard work. We better get busy. In America, not Iraq.

[tom_paine]

20. Yes. Much work to be done. Step #1: KERRY IN NOVEMBER!

[struggle4progress]

11. Hey! Let's rename DC's Blue Plains ...

sewage treatment facility the "Ronald Reagan Memorial Fountain"

[crossroads]

19. LOL! (nt)

:dem:

[AspenRose]

12. *sigh* here we go....

get ready to put the smackdown on these stupid ideas. You're right, FDR...JFK even....deserve to go up there before Reagan.

[Paradise]

13. Mount Rushmore will take on a whole new meaning and aura! :) nt

[Parche]

15. well

He already has an airport named after him, which I always
still call National airport

[Boat Guy]

18. Oh, The Irony...

...That they chose to name an airport after the man who destroyed the Air Traffic Controller's union...

[struggle4progress]

21. I call it Ronald McDonald airport.

[crossroads]

17. Give us a break!

My God! Put his mug in the post office for murder!
:eyes:

[amber dog democrat]

22. Lets re name a constellation after him.

The Big Gipper and the Little Gipper.
or maybe re name ronnie NGC 1749 after an obsucre galaxy.... and wasn't his fiscal policy something like a black hole?

[Emboldened Chimp]

24. These people are fucking crazy!

Reagan SUCKED as president, okay? Why the FUCK do you nutjobs want to immortalize him? Christ on the cross!

[Just Me]

26. Okey dokey. This has gone too far. I'm going to go puke, now. n/t

[Manix]

28. ...excuse me while I BARF!!

[Beaker]

29. Since it will NEVER happen at Mt. Rushmore-

maybe they should consider buying out the nearby, and as yet unfinished Crazy Horse Monument, and converting it to the Crazy Ronnie on His Horse Monument...

[jdj]

34. Thanks for that one.

Still laughing.

Seriously, Reagan was the jackass they rode in on, these neo-cons. That is why they love him SO much. They are like Dr. Frankenstein and he is the monster, the puppet president that they pulled the strings for. No wonder they love him so much, he's like a stock car that won the neo-con 500, he was their great experiment that worked, and now it's the formula, and with Bush's loss to Clinton they know for sure they need a stupid president they can mold like Gumby and a smart and sneaky VP and cabinent to call all the shots.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

30. I have a better place for him...

Carved into one of the Appalachian mountains that was clear cut and strip mined during his tenure.

[Just Me]

39. NO. Don't you f'ing dare strip the poor Appalachian people of,...

,...what's left of their pride and dignity.

NO! NO! NO!!!

These people have suffered enough abuse of their trust and loyalty, already!!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

47. It'd look better than this:

It used to be a mountain before Reagan.

Give the locals the first crack at defacing his image.

[playahata1]

42. Better yet, why don't they carve him into STONE MOUNTAIN

alongside Lee, Jeff Davis, Stonewall Jackson and others who fought a war and divided a nation, in order to keep black people in "their place."

[GoddessOfGuinness]

48. He certainly had no qualms about dividing...

...and stone is what his heart must've been made of, to ignore the suffering of his own countrymen.

[jeanmarc]

31. Smokey Mountain, Phillipines is more appropriate

He was in bed with Marcos, and he blatantly relaxed pollution laws. Reagan on Smokey Mountain in the Phillipines is a fitting tribute to his contribution to the American landscape.

[jpgray]

32. This can't be done and they very well know it--this is rah rah bullshit

It's still disgusting, even in its disingenuousness.

[David Zephyr]

33. Don't Worry. The Petty, Jealous Bush Family Won't Allow It.

"It wouldn't be prudent."

[Dying Eagle]

35. the EPA might strike that down

I watched a special on the History Channel about Rushmore. It said that the EPA would never allow a project like Rushmore to take place again.

but on the other hand the Pigs seam to get about whatever they want these days.

[dsc]

36. I live around 20 miles from Painesville

and Young is a piece of work. He is a Christian Reconstructionist who is constantly finding something anti gay to try to pass. Of course he is against just about all government spending. He is out of the House in Jan 05 though due to term limits and is running for treasurer of Lake Co Ohio (just east of Cuyahoga on Lake Erie). The man is just horrible.

[PartyPooper]

37. I reckon they'll want to re-do Hitchcock's "North By Northwest".

After all, this is the best film to showcase Mt. Rushmore. Can you just picture the bad guy falling off of Ronnie's chin?

:eyes:

[pinniped]

44. Definitely one of the greatest Hitchcock movies.

I have the DVD and must have seen it > 25 times.

[kskiska]

38. Rushmore's impossible

and can barely sustain the carvings up there already.

How about putting his face up near the Hollywood sign in L.A. Another possibility is in New Hampshire where the Old Man of the Mountain crashed.

[koopie57]

41. I would like to see someone

make a a dribble-glass shaped like his head and with his face on it and it could be called "Trickle Down Ronnie". Perfect gift for all those republican brothers-in-law for Christmas.

[TheFarseer]

40. when i saw Ohio rep

I though sure you were talking about Kuscinich

[pinniped]

43. Why? His likeness is already on Mars.

:crazy:

[Peregrine]

45. Let's see, 1 Federalist, 1 Democrat, and 2 Republicans

I think to be fair, there needs to be one more Democrat. Or the Republicans concede that Lincoln is really a Democrat by today's standard.

[Logansquare]

46. You know, you have to admire their moxie

Why can't we have frothing-at-the-mouth liberals in Congress? I'd like to see a a Dem congressman demand that Jackson be removed from the 20 for forcing the displacement and deaths of thousands of native Americans.

[fortyfeetunder]

49. Cooler minds should prevail

Gosh darn, they want to name everything after Reagan, and his body barely cold.

IIRC, Reagan brought forth that despiccable James Watt, secretary of the Interior, that was a catalyst for decimating our national parks. I don't think so.