Geez, Let the Body Cool, At Least

Well before Reagan's death over the weekend, his acolytes had been on a holy mission to place his name and / or visage on anything they could. His death would only intensify their zeal, I was sure, but I figured they would have the good taste to actually let the Gipper get into the ground first. The current push is to place Reagan's face on the $10 bill, a spot currently reserved for Alexander Hamilton.

The zeal of these folks is matched only by their ignorance (or chutzpah, I'm not sure which), as evidenced by this quote from Grover Nordquist, the head of the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project: "Hamilton was a nice guy and everything, but he wasn't president." No, he wasn't president. He was only a Revolutionary War hero, chief of staff to George Washington, and an influential Treasury Secretary. He also co-wrote a little volume called The Federalist Papers, one of the most influential works of the Founding Fathers. At this point, to replace him with someone whose most enduring quality seems to be his quips, good humor, and optimism is shortsighted, at best.