The Reagan romanticism from the right continues, even though Reagan, by today's GOP standards, wouldn't be welcome.  They like to beseech him, but they wouldn't like him.

But no matter.  In the outrage-fueled war to keep Americans excitable and hostile to anything the GOP opposes, facts have no place in such a discourse.  They're pesky, and the more facts you have, the more arrogant and wrong you are.  That's where we are today.

Also where we are today is in a place where Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) is proposing to dump Ulysses S. Grant -- our 18th president and decorated civil war hero -- from the $50 bill in favor of Ronald Reagan.  McHenry's rationale:

President Reagan was a modern day statesman, whose presidency transformed our nation's political and economic thinking. Through both his domestic and international policies he renewed America's self confidence, defeated the Soviets and taught us that each generation must provide opportunity for the next.

Let's keep in mind that McHenry is a guy who used to say he doesn't have enough evidence one way or the other to know if Obama is an American citizen.  After a fairly heavy amount of blowback, he softened his position.

Oh, and one last set of pesky facts, before I forget.  Bill Clinton left office with slightly higher approval ratings than Reagan as well as a balanced budget.  But, you know, details.

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Here's your winner, from Ann Sensenbrenner:

One night after a long day of campaigning, when the haters had made my spirits reach a nadir, I looked into Todd's eyes, which were as blue as the stripes on Old Glory, and too representing truth and loyalty, and he looked back at me with a twinkle of determination which I hadn't seen since I told him my goal of having another baby in my fifties and naming it Tron, then did I know for sure that I could carry on, like he, and we, have done together all of these years on this long, Iron Dog race of a marriage that is at once grueling and celestial, onerous and majestic.

Although I have to say I still find this runner up funnier.

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From Colombus, OH:

On November 20, 2009, at a Borders bookstore in Columbus, Ohio, Sarah Palin held a book signing event in support of "Going Rogue". Palin's supporters wanted her to run for the presidency, but they weren't exactly sure what she'd do as president. Short on specifics, most of them were uncertain what her policy positions are. They just felt that they liked her. She's "real". And that the solution to all of our country's problems—health care, energy, the deficit, unemployment, and the economy—was to cut taxes and lower spending, and Palin, they said, would solve them by doing just that.

From Grand Rapids, MI:

Today is one of those days when I truly feel we're trending towards Idiocracy.

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Insane FOX news contributor James P. Pinkerton apparently lapsed on his meds and was compelled to write a op-ed blog post about how Star Trek, the movie, might be a gift from god. He is serious. This is not a joke. This man actually put some modicum of thought into this long, rambling post. To wit:

And speaking of works, what if we could apply “Star Trek” technology to practical issues in front of us, such as growing the economy, improving health, and, perhaps most profoundly and urgently of all, defending the U.S. and its allies, including Israel? The new “Star Trek” film shows Captain Kirk’s Starship Enterprise making good use of photon torpedoes and force fields. So the question comes to mind: Would Israel be safer if it could shoot down enemy missiles and rockets with such photon torpedoes, or block them altogether with a force field? Of course it would.

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