March 17, 2008
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If I were Georgia, I wouldn't be so proud of the fact that the only U.S. president born in the state happened to be wholly incompetent and useless. I certainly wouldn't go about naming lakes, boulevards, and convention centers after him.
Yet, while Ohio has been the mother of eight presidents (namely William Henry Harrison, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, McKinley, Taft, and Harding), we recognize that one died in office after one month, another after two years, one presided over an administration full of scandal, two were assassinated, one got stuck in the White House bathtub, and the others were rather unmemorable. Who, instead, do we choose to name a limited access highway after?
Why, Ronald Reagan, of course.
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Grant may not have had the best presidency, but he was an excellent general.
Damn straight! That's exciting. Where is this? You're not talking about the RR in Cincy, are you? One of my regrets in life is that I did not name one of my five boys after Ronald Reagan. I mean that to the depth of my soul.
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