Ronald Reagan Raised from the Tomb!

In a last minute RNC effort to squeeze a few more Hoffman votes for the 23 New York Congressional race ex-President Ronald Reagan was exhumed, dressed in a cowboy outfit, mounted on a stuffed pony secured to a flatbed trailer and paraded across the highways and byways of rural New York. A wire waved his lifeless arm while a audio loop of “Mr. Gorbachav, TEAR DOWN THIS WALL,” blasted endlessly across the countyside. The roads were lined with stunned crowds in reverential silence.

Response from the GOP leadership was mixed. Ex-Presidential contender John McCain said, “It’s great to have the gipper back. I will gladly donate my daily injection of formaldehyde to keep the old boy fresh.”

Sarah Palin, when asked her opinion of the Reagan's new role in GOP leadership said, “Who?”

In his weekly radio address Rush Limbaugh’s jowls flushed, turned scarlet, then purple before quivering uncontrollably. Glen Beck wept.

Comments: 16

Bert B. Nov 2, 2009, 11:01pm EST

I have quite a different view of the "Gipper." He was governor of my state, California, before he became President. He did the same thing here that he did as President, so I knew what was coming long before he ran those huge deficits, all the while complaining about "big government." I knew, because you see, he did EXACTLY THE SAME DAMN THING IN CALIFORNIA!
I guess that was when I first realized that you needed to pay attention NOT to what a politician SAYS...but what he DOES.

EM JAY (Gather Director of Chaos & Uprisings) W. Nov 3, 2009, 9:42am EST

That's sort of a tradition of California governors, isn't it? And after seeing the photo of Arnold's breakfast last night, you all may want to start checking his mental health.

Nippy Katz (not his real name) Patriotic Troll of Gather Freedom Nov 3, 2009, 6:48pm EST

Unfortunately I remember him well as governor.

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APE 131313 Nov 3, 2009, 3:48am EST

Nothing missing except having BONZO aboard.................... flingin' poo at the Libs!

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Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. Nov 3, 2009, 9:04am EST

OMG!!!!~ =D this is priceless~ I haven't laughed this hard since 4am when i first discovered the new gather STAFF CHOICES page~

oh how excellent!!~ *jumps up and down clapping hands in snickerly deligth*

Purrrrrrrrrrr~Genki dashite~Nantoka naru-yo! S. Nov 3, 2009, 9:05am EST

DELIGHT!!!~ hahha I'm so enamored I can't spell~

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EM JAY (Gather Director of Chaos & Uprisings) W. Nov 3, 2009, 9:42am EST

Don't tell John Hinkley!

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Sam C. Nov 3, 2009, 10:56am EST

According to local upper NY State news feeds all is not well with the procession. Apparently there is a massing of Democratic, left wing, and unemployed former KGB pigeons in continous bombing runs. Squads of them are stacked to 10,000 ft. About the perimeter have gathered buzzards of various types and coyotes, thought vanished from the region, are howling and nipping at the fast dwindling crowds. Michael Steele said, "If this works we'll bronze the old boy! Yessir, Ronnie and with him GOP leadership is BACK!"

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Vicente Duque Nov 3, 2009, 2:57pm EST

Ronald Reagan was not so conservative or bigoted as Today's Republicans.

I posted this, here in Gather.com :

How Ronald Reagan was Immensely Superior to Today's Republicans - Without the Bigotry, Hate, Intolerance - Without the Dogmatism and Jingoism of Today's Republicans - Robert Schrum in TheWeek.com

Vicente Duque

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Prima Donna Nov 3, 2009, 3:08pm EST

The conservatives who parade him about would be wise to remember that Reagan followed his huge 1981 tax cut with two large tax increases. In fact, no peacetime president has raised taxes so much on so many people.

We have short memories when it comes to our presidents.

I am so tired of hearing how Reagan presided over an unmatched economic boom. It's simply not true -- the economy grew slightly faster under President Clinton, and, according to Congressional Budget Office estimates, the after-tax income of a typical family, adjusted for inflation, rose more than twice as much from 1992 to 2000 as it did from 1980 to 1988.

Prima Donna Nov 3, 2009, 3:10pm EST

Now the rich, that's another story. Under Reagan's watch, the disparity between the rich middle class widened considerably. I posted the specifics in an early post -- will try and track it down.

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Nippy Katz (not his real name) Patriotic Troll of Gather Freedom Nov 3, 2009, 3:15pm EST

Was he mounted on Trigger?

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Sam C. Nov 3, 2009, 3:26pm EST

I wouldn't put anything past the RNC to scare up some votes. Reagan is THEIR myth, not the reality of events.

Bert B. Nov 4, 2009, 1:45am EST

The whole Republican shtik is based on myth...the biggest one being that if you cut taxes for the rich business owners, they will make SO MUCH MONEY that they will voluntarily let it "trickle down" to the working folks, and then EVERYBODY will be rich! Meanwhile, since it takes money to run government, you will have to sneak some tax increases in for those working folks, but they will be so GRATEFUL to their obscenely rich bosses that they won't mind. And anyway, if you can't raise taxes, just run deficits and let somebody worry about it in the future.