A president worthy of Mount Rushmore

The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | 06/07/04 | Leader

[Atchafalaya]

A Gary Larson scenario, but alas, the subjects are human. I am still hoping for a return. How long must we suffer?

[jonascord]

No, I don't. FDR has a special place in Hell with Uncle Joe, where he can explain why, altho he knew about the SS trains rolling to Poland, never bothered to bomb them or the tracks.

[Denver Ditdat]

I loved Gary Larson and Bill Watterson. Both are sorely missed, and it doesn't look as if they ever intend to return. At least they left at the top of their game. It's always a pity to think "You know, so-and-so should have retired years ago. I remember when he used to be funny."

[montag813]

Reagan never really received his due in this country, both for substantive and for stylistic reasons

But Clinton did, despite a complete absence of legislative achievement (substantive), and despite his oral servicings by am ugly fat chick in the Oval Office (stylistic).

[TOUGH STOUGH]

Reagan is indeed worthy of Mount Rushmore!

Whether or not it would ruin the artistic integrity of the original is a different issue.

[BigSkyFreeper]

I say we find Reagan his own mountain. If it'll bring the Dems in on the deal, we can put FDR up there too--the American Presidents who defeated the great homicidal ideologies of the 20th Century.

I like that idea Scott.

Thanks for the ping Mo1. A Very good read.

[BigSkyFreeper]

The left of the 30's was as rabid then as it is now

There existed the Communist Party back then too.

[RinaseaofDs]

I think you are on to something.

The Reagan Monument at the Capitol.

A tribute to his resolve, his skills as a communicator, his personal relationship with God.

A celebration of his triumph over communism, and the subsequent collapse of the Soviet Union, and the freedom of tens of millions of central Europeans.

It would be something.

[My2Cents]

to, say, paint Linda Vester into the Mona Lisa.

I'd support that!

(In all seriousness, your points are well-made, and I tend to agree.)

[BJungNan]

[Condor51]

Screw FDR!

DITTO!!

[mathluv]

'The presidents were selected on the basis of what each symbolized. George Washington represents the struggle for independence, Thomas Jefferson the idea of government by the people. Abraham Lincoln for his ideas on equality and the permanent union of the states, and Theodore Roosevelt for the 20th century role of the United States in world affairs. '< p>I found this in a search. I thought that I had been told by a guide there that each President was there for what they added to the country. Washington for the founding of the country, Jefferson for the Louisiana Purchase, Lincoln for maintaining the country, and Teddy for the Panama Canal.

[MeekOneGOP]

[jmc813]

Put FDR & Reagan up on Rushmore.

You big government people are amusing.

[TXBSAFH]

Sadly they can not put anymore faces on Mt. Rushmore, there is not anymore suitable rock on the mountain for a scupture of this size.

[VaBthang4]

[jmc813]

Yes. The New Deal does make us conservatives a bit bitter.

[Petronski]

I think putting Reagan on Rushmore should be an automatic, no-doubt kind of decision.

On the other hand, I understand there is not enough stable rock remaining. I hope that's not true.

[Petronski]

HERBAL RIGHTS NOW!

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