If Obama had issued an order to rename the highest peak in North America after Ronald Reagan...?

[kentuck]

...the Republicans would be commending him for his decision.

The truth of the matter is that it was re-named after a worthless Republican President from the state of Ohio. McKinley had done nothing to be rewarded such a high honor. He never discovered the mountain. He never climbed the mountain. He never even visited the mountain. But he was a Republican and Republicans like to re-name stuff, after Ronald Reagan when possible.

In my most humble opinion, there has not been a Republican President worth a damn, except for Dwight D. Eisenhower, since as far back as anyone can remember.

But that's just my opinion.

[Erich Bloodaxe BSN]

1. As a person who was born in Ohio and lived my entire life barring one year in Ohio, I could not

care less about having a mountain named after McKinley, especially a mountain at the far end of the country. Ohio wants to name things after McKinley, they can start renaming things in Ohio.

[randys1]

2. If Obama named something after Reagan, the right would SCREAM that he didnt name enough stuff

"what took you so long?"

etc

Ronald Reagan is the single most destructive american in history, BTW

[Snobblevitch]

3. What is your opinion of Lincoln?

[kentuck]

4. As far back as anyone can remember...

would probably not go back to Lincoln. However, Lincoln was from Kentucky, Indiana, and Illinois and he was a different type of Republican, also. If he were alive today, he might feel more comfortable in the Democratic Party, in my opinion.

[KamaAina]

7. T.R., maybe?

Pretty far back, though.

[kentuck]

12. T.R. would probably be a Democratic Socialist...

...if he were alive today.

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/mount-mckinley-rob-portman-history

[Maedhros]

5. Well, McKinley was assassinated, so I guess honoring his memory by naming a mountain after him

was not the craziest thing that could have happened.

Everyone in Alaska has been calling it "Denali" for a long, long time, though. Not something to get upset over.

[JI7]

8. it was named after him before he became president

[hughee99]

9. It was named after McKinley in 1896, when he was still a presidential candidate,

but the name wasn't formally recognized by the US government until 1917 when Wilson made it a national park.

[JI7]

6. they would not commend him. They would say he was using it as a cover

To destroy reagans greatness

[Glassunion]

10. They would find everything they possibly could wrong with the mountain

and state that there are many more suitable mountains, however failing to define any or come up with a list. Just simply that'd we need to pick a better mountain.

[Shandris]

11. There isn't a Republican in Central Indiana who cares one whit about this...

...who isn't a paid operative. This is a bunk 'outrage' that doesn't exist (or doesn't exist in Central Indiana, take your pick).

This is just more intentionally divisive stuff. The story, not the post, obviously.

[Blue_In_AK]

13. Hear, hear!

To us here in Alaska, Denali it was and Denali it will always be. This was a wonderful decision.