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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums"Conservative columnist wants to rename Washington’s football team after Ronald Reagan"
Per Salon:
Rather than dwell on the negativity, though, at least one conservative pundit wants to put forward a more positive, forward-looking solution. Dont fight a losing battle to preserve the teams offensive name, writes Michael Taube. Just rename the team after Ronald Reagan instead!
If people keep getting their knickers in a knot about the Redskins trademarks every 10 or 15 years, Traube writes, why not change the teams name to the Reagans? Yeah, why not?!
As far as Taube sees it, the reasons to name a football team after the conservative movements patron saint are multiple and obvious. For one thing, Taube notes, it would be the ultimate tribute to Ronald Reagan. This is obviously desirable, Taube says, because the 40th president was a great man, a great patriot and a great president.
Oh, and another "reason" would be it would scare Democratic presidents. Or something.
Hail to the Reagans!
hobbit709
(41,694 posts)Scuba
(53,475 posts)riqster
(13,986 posts)Lochloosa
(16,068 posts)B Calm
(28,762 posts)rock
(13,218 posts)Go figure.
lame54
(35,321 posts)He operated as a man with multiple concussions
CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)as the new name?
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,505 posts)rurallib
(62,448 posts)Most people I know think of old Ronnie as the big fuck up.
Gemini Cat
(2,820 posts)Naming everything after Reagan, would include that pile of dog shit I stepped in this morning.
packman
(16,296 posts)for another. I'm a Redskin fan, but I swear I will NEVER watch them play again if they name the team after him - Well, maybe the RAYGUNS (No, won't work).
Hey, why not rename ALL the NFL teams after the Presidents - The Cleveland Coolidges, The Houston Hoovers, The Tampa Bay Trumans, etc.
KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)3catwoman3
(24,045 posts)...kinda catchy.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)George Gipp, quarterback/halfback/punter for Notre Dame:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Gipp
underpants
(182,879 posts)Maybe the logo can be a dim bulb
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)The Washington Bitburgers?
The Washington October Surprises?
bobduca
(1,763 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(101,361 posts)struggle4progress
(118,342 posts)I guess it would be nice to honor Reagan by calling the team the Washington Bad-Actors
But I bet many Americans would stand up and cheer if we instead honored Nixon by calling the team the Washington Crooks
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Ken Burch
(50,254 posts)That would name them in honor of Reagan's current condition.
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)Hmmm, doesn't quite have legs.