Second-Best Reagan Tribute Idea Ever



I was tempted to lay low this week and let the big wave of Reaganite BS (white)wash over the 'net. But then I realized the really intense Reagan worship is going to last all summer, culminating in the Republican convention (and if you think I'm being disrespectful, you can bet there are some GOP convention-planners who are absolutely thrilled the Gipper's dead, as they now have a convention theme to replace 9/11). Maybe Dee will post goodies from her copy of The Clothes Have no Emperor to set the record a little straighter. And I do hope that those who complained that Paul Wellstone's funeral was too political exercise similar vigilance on Friday.



A diarist over on DailyKos posts this idea:

We should immediately introduce the "Honor Ronald Reagan" Bill, instructing the Treasury to put Ronnie's face on all T-bills, US Bonds, etc...



After all, it was Ronnie that instructed the country that massive debt and fiscal irresponsibility was good. Ergo, a truly appropriate memorial would to place his face on each and every instrument of US Debt there is.



That's pretty good. That is his true legacy, after all, something for our great-great-great grandkids to treasure.

But no, the best Reagan tribute idea came from his widow, and is the first bit of wisdom I've seen attributed to her since...ever:



In a rare appearance last month, former first lady Nancy Reagan spoke at an event to raise money for embryo stem cell research. She hoped, she said, that others would benefit from research on such diseases as Alzheimer's, which had afflicted her husband, Ronald.

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Reagan's recent public support of stem cell research, however, has put her at odds with other Republicans, including President George W. Bush, who opposes the research.