http://www.presidentsrus.com Remembering history the way they wished it had been Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:42:48 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Reagan Inflation The echos of Tim [who?] Pawlenty's heartfelt tribute to Ulysses S. Grant had barely faded when eager young Republican cubs sprang forth to re-seal Grant's Tomb. Small but perfectly formed North Carolina Representative Patrick McHenry  has introduced  legislation to banish Grant from his perch on the $50 bill, replacing ... http://www.presidentsrus.com/2010/03/04/republicans-eat-their-own/ Bush Alumni Gather                   George W. Bush has shown his sensitive side to gathering of the faithful, while interested observers puzzled over an exciting new Bush mystery: Where did they hide the papers this time? The former President repeated claims he'll stay above the political fray, while saying former ... http://www.presidentsrus.com/2010/02/27/out-of-the-past-2/ Beck Banishes    Awakened from their slumbers by patriot/seer Glen Beck, conservatives across America rush to join the antic showman in tossing Teddy Roosevelt over the side. Until now, who knew that TR's hysterically masculine crackpot vision of a white man's world had some problems?  Evidently not Jonah Goldberg. Wonkette peers ... http://www.presidentsrus.com/2010/02/24/we-dont-like-you-and-your-friend-too/   Bringing Back Barack        Driven from the streets of Jakarta, the boy-statue of Barack Obama has found a home at Obama's childhood school, or as Fox viewers know, his madrassa.     The Awesome Power Of Social Media® mobilized Indonesian citizen or some kind of outrage at public space being used ... http://www.presidentsrus.com/2010/02/22/barry-far-away/ Grant Me This  It was a gathering of the conservative faithful at CPAC this past weekend, and the search for novel political analogies reached strange new heights. Among the oddities was Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty, whose doomed Presidential campaign took its first tentative steps off the cliff by reminding the assembled ... http://www.presidentsrus.com/2010/02/21/tim-pawlenty-buried-in-grants-tomb/ Behold These Goofs  Unable to stage signing the "Mount Vernon Statement" at, um, Mount Vernon, massed conservatives held their event instead at the swanky Collingwood Library & Museum, a former dinner theatre venue  on property   once owned by George Washington and now available for wedding rentals. Mount Vernon wouldn't ... http://www.presidentsrus.com/2010/02/18/fakes-frauds-founders/  The State of Georgia offers this rib-tickler: Union soldiers died from friendly fire while capturing Jefferson Davis! "An ironic tale from the Civil War is told at Jefferson Davis Memorial Historic Site in Fitzgerald. A month after the war’s end, Confederate President Davis and a few remaining men were camped ... http://www.presidentsrus.com/2010/02/15/special-humor-in-uniform-its-funny-because-its-true-presidents-day-edition/ It's Confederates, For Kids!  Spirited efforts continue to normalize Confederate President Jefferson Davis and graft him onto real Presidents Day, but now cracker apologists have raised their sights: they are going after Black History Month. Rickey Pittman has cranked out two soft-core black/Confederate books, and has managed to get into school Black ... http://www.presidentsrus.com/2010/02/15/black-history-month-becoming-a-grey-area/  Like The Power   Lame rhyming: it's not just for brown people anymore! From the frozen wastes of New Hampshire come fresh new voices of reaction-with a beat! Yes, Dartmouth has yet again spawned new conservatives, but this time the youngsters are lifting their voices in song, turning that rap music into a ... http://www.presidentsrus.com/2010/02/15/this-presidents-day-still-more-to-blame-ronald-reagan-for/ Bart Speaks For The Nation  var s_pageName</span> = "<span>Photoshop</span>.com: Share: View Shared Asset: Photo"; </span> Ford's Theatre reopened this year after a vast fundraising and re-do, and they are going all out to mark Presidents Day Week: Ladies & Gentlemen, Mr. Mark Russell!  Yes, the "comic" songster so lame that even ... http://www.presidentsrus.com/2010/02/12/lincoln-dies-again/