{"id":257,"date":"2004-06-17T22:43:59","date_gmt":"2004-06-18T02:43:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.test.bradblog.com\/?p=257"},"modified":"2004-06-17T22:43:59","modified_gmt":"2004-06-18T02:43:59","slug":"the-reagan-legacy-a-country-of-jackasses-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bradblog.com\/?p=257","title":{"rendered":"The Reagan Legacy: A Country of Jackasses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Republicans are doing anything to get Ronald Reagan’s name anywhere they can. As if displaying the name or face of a Republican who wasn’t hated by everybody<\/i> might make them feel better about themselves<\/i>. Or something. Who can explain a jackass like Grover Norquist, head of The Reagan Lunacy<\/strike> Legacy Foundation<\/a> and his life quest to build a monument to Reagan in every county in America?<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for the self-esteem of Mr. Norquist, the idea of a new Reagan Memorial in DC is out for now, since Ronald Reagan himself signed the law<\/b> that requires a person be dead for 25 years before such a non-military commemorative work can be built. Then there’s the other law<\/b> signed by George W. Bush recently that declared the Mall “complete”, and thus, no more memorials there period. Darn the luck.<\/p>\n

Then there’s the idea of, ironically, putting Reagan’s mug on money!<\/p>\n

Perhaps a new $3 bill to commemorate all of Reagan’s fine work in battling AIDS?<\/p>\n

No, Norquist, with an assist from Senator Mitch McConnell, is working to replace Alexandar Hamilton<\/a> on the $10 bill. That lame Revolutionary War hero, Founding Father, signer of the US Constitution, author of the Federalist Papers, founder of the US Marines, the US Navy and the US Naval Academy and — still more irony — the first Secretary of the Treasury (among many other contributions).<\/p>\n

On Norquist’s very own website to promote this “most honorable cause”, you’ll find this<\/a> in the archives:<\/p>\n

What Mr. Norquist really looks forward to is embarrassing his opposite numbers. “Can you imagine,” Mr. Norquist asked, “how petty those little partisan Democrats would look opposing a bill” honoring Reagan?<\/div>\n

Oh, yes, they<\/i> will look petty, Mr. Norquist.<\/p>\n

Though not nearly as petty and stupid as you<\/i> looked last night when The Daily Show<\/i> showed a clip of him of you on CNN<\/i> informing us that “Hamilton was a nice guy and all, but he’s the only non-President featured on US currency.”<\/p>\n

To which The Daily’s<\/i> Lewis Black set the record straight:<\/p>\n

Really, Mr. Norquist? Hamilton’s the only<\/i> non-President featured on US currency?! Wanna bet a hundred bucks?!!!<\/b><\/i><\/p>\n

<\/div>\n

This too shall pass.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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