The Mount Rushmore Debacle

[Ninurta]

Oh, you all are gonna hate me for this, but I think Obama would be a terrific addition to Mt. Rushmore! I hope nobody’s head explodes when they see this post. If they do, I apologize in advance. 

Hey, I’m a democrat. So call me crazy, but there it is. I’ve always wanted to visit Mt. Rushmore, and I still do.

Nah, I don't hate you. I wonder WHY folks think Obama should be up there, but I don't hate 'em for it. I make allowances.

Most of the presidents up there had some accomplishment in favor of the nation under their belt, but Obama has no such accomplishment. To be entirely honest, I question why in the world Teddy Roosevelt is there - he never did anything important for the nation that I know of that was unique to him, and not shared by a few hundred thousand others.

For a while I thought Reagan should be up there, because we appeared to have defeated communism under Reagan, but now I see we did not defeat it, we just drove it underground where it could fester and re-erupt later, right here at home. So I don't even think Reagan has a place there. 

I don't think Lincoln belongs there, either, but I'm in the minority opinion on that it seems. His side says "well he preserved a nation", but from my perspective he did no such thing - he forcibly annexed a foreign nation and then set the stage for draconian rule of the new nation he forged from the annexation. If he belongs there, then so does Attila the Hun and Geghis Khan, because they did the same things Lincoln did.

So my stance in the matter is: leave it alone. Neither add anyone in that some folks think "ought" to be there, nor erase anyone from it who some folks think ought NOT to be there. Just let it stand as it is. If anyone needs more memorials, just make them - don't change the ones we already have.

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