Dan Quayle’s Son Loves Him Some Sweet Reagan Jelly Beans Of Freedom
I know this should really go under Snack Food but I really can’t help but front-page this vomit-inducing bit of editorial page wingnut autoerotica by Dan Quayle’s son, who is now a freshman in the House of Representatives:
When I was a child, President Ronald Reagan was the nice man who gave us jelly beans when we visited the White House. I didn’t know then, but I know it now: The jelly beans were much more than a sweet treat that he gave out as gifts. They represented the uniqueness and greatness of America — each one different and special in its own way, but collectively they blended in harmony.
The apple doesn’t often fall far from the tree, hmm?
h/t Dennis G.
Comments:
Lev:
2011-Feb-08 "I know this should really go under Snack Food" Especially considering the content, eh? Yeah, the Reagan worship is very strange in my opinion. Not so much the fact that people like Reagan (he was a likable guy) so much as the notion that his opinions (more often fake opinions attributed to him) should be permanently binding. I mean, I like FDR just fine but he made many mistakes, and just because Roosevelt did something doesn't mean it's a good idea. (Try telling that to the FDL types--I suspect telling them that FDR assiduously avoided bank nationalization would be the left-wing equivalent of telling Republicans that Reagan raised taxes.) My theory is that America doesn't really have a lot of history, so we have a tendency to fetishize what we've got. Sometimes that's fine--WWII was a really huge deal, deserving of the hundreds of films and thousands of books on it--but I doubt Reagan's presidency was nearly as impactful as all that. I mean, if say Jack Kemp or George H.W. Bush had been in there instead it all probably would have turned out roughly the same, if not better.Rupert Psmith:
2011-Feb-08 Shame, all of that literary talent wasted on Congress when it should be used comparing women to jelly beans on "The Dirty Scottsdale."Schu:
2011-Feb-08 It seems to prove that if you are a Republican in the state of Indiana you can get elected to congress. All you need is to be connected to the right family. After all we managed to elect a lobbyist as a US senator!
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