And here I thought that “Presidents Day” was one of the earliest manifestations of political correctness—gotta get rid of Washington’s and Lincoln’s Birthdays because of MLK Day and all.
I predict that sometime in the next four years, the CBC will try to get Barack Obama’s birthday made into a national holiday. I think the largely GOP congress will roll over and allow it to happen, so fearful are they of being portrayed as racist.
If Trump signs it (50/50 bet there), then we can say that Presidents Day acknowledges the birth of all presidents EXCEPT Barack Obama who has his own holiday. Therefore, we can change Presidents Day to White Presidents Day.
And, over time, the CBC would then come back to remove White Presidents Day as “racist” so that Obama’s birthday is the only presidential birthday that is a national holiday (and he and Martin Luther King would be the only people with national holidays celebrating their birth with the possible exception of Jesus).
Future calendars would treat the 3rd Monday in February as just any other day but Obama’s Birthday in August would become a national day off.
I think the only ones around here that celebrate Presidents Day are car dealers and furniture outlets...