The Problem of Reagan

[cbertsch]

Before our current leader, no one inspired more loathing in me than Ronald Reagan. But there seems to be something inhumane about regarding the impending demise of a sad, old man as a cause for something other than mourning. So I pose my loyal readers a question:

How should haters of Reagan-as-Governor and Reagan-as-President mark his passing, when it comes?

Comments

[elizabeg.livejournal.com]

I wish the devotees hadn't marked his passing with street closures and 5 or 6 police and news helicopters circling the chapel 5 blocks from my apartment for god knows how long.

There was this crazy moment in the afternoon when my roommate and I turned the TV on to figure out what the F was going on with all the helicopter's circling like airborn sharks. The coverage of this "news" went on and on. Here we see the corner of a casket, here we see a mob of loons trying to peek at the corner of a casket, here we see an old woman walking dressed like a flag. Craziest part was noisy helicoptered news footage of a helicopter circling a street corner I could have pointed at from the roof of my bedroom--trees in the way from my window but the noise still coming in. I felt quite interpolated, quite post-modern.

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