Politics: I'll Mount Reagan For Ya

The empty-headed wizards over at Grover Norquist's Ronald Reagan Legacy Project have struck again. This group, in case you haven't heard me make fun of them before, is committed to adding a monument to Ronald Reagan (who, FYI, isn't dead) in all 3,067 counties in America. They have amusing press releases calling for Reagan money, Reagan islands, Reagan highways, and more. In reference to a dispute over some out-of-date names for Oregon state park attractions, Norquist, who also runs about three dozen other evil interest groups, gave one of the best press release quotes I've ever read. "There is a simple way to resolve this matter of political correctness: name the mountain, creek or butte after a political hero: Ronald Reagan. Currently, Oregon does not have anything named after Ronald Reagan."

This time, Norquist and his Reaganistas have given a nasty bump to an American historical figure who has the memorial advantage of actually being dead and whose impact won't be measured in homeless families and empty missile silos. Liquid List reader AB reports that the New Hampshire House has changed the name of Mount Clay (as in Henry Clay) to Mount Reagan. (Scroll to the last item in Kamen's column.)