PA House votes 192-0 to make February 6th "Ronald Reagan Day."

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Reminds me of the dumbass Minnesota Taxpayers League wanting to rename the Floyd B Olson Memorial Highway the Ronald Reagan Highway. Yes makes perfect sense to rename something from one of our most beloved Governors to Reagan in the only state Reagan never carried.

Luckily that's never happening here.

[Reaganfan]

Just the beginning of Reagan clearly being up there with Roosevelt, Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington.

[Smash255]

Just the beginning of Reagan clearly being up there with Roosevelt, Lincoln, Jefferson and Washington.

None of those helped armed an arch enemy so they could secretly fund women and child killers......

[dead0man]

countries?

[Associate Justice PiT]

     I object to a day in honor of President Reagan. A day for Governor Reagan, though, I would be able to support.

[Keystone Phil]

Awesome. It turns out that ten members were excused for being absent and only one member present did not vote. He is a Democrat, of course. Kind of random for him to be the lone member to not vote. I expected a bunch of members from the Black Caucus to not vote along with some of the hardcore liberals like Babette Josephs and Mark Cohen. Very odd.

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2009&sess_ind=0&rc_body=H&rc_nbr=23

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

I see that the Pennsylvania Senate adopted without a recored vote a similar resolution.

(link)

However the Senate resolution deleted a few things.


WHEREAS, President Ronald Wilson Reagan, a man of humble background, worked throughout his life serving freedom and advancing the public good, having been employed as an entertainer, union leader, corporate spokesman, Governor of California and President of the United States; and


WHEREAS, Ronald Reagan served with honor and distinction for two terms as the 40th President of the United States, the second of which he earned the confidence of 3/5 of the electorate; and


WHEREAS, Mr. Reagan was victorious in 49 of the 50 states in the 1984 general election, a record unsurpassed in the history of United States presidential elections; and


WHEREAS, In 1981, when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated President, he inherited a disillusioned nation shackled by rampant inflation and high unemployment; and


WHEREAS, During Mr. Reagan's presidency he worked in a bipartisan manner to enact his bold agenda of restoring accountability and common sense to government which led to an unprecedented economic expansion and opportunity for millions of Americans; and


WHEREAS, Mr. Reagan's commitment to an active social policy agenda for the nation's children helped lower crime and drug use in our neighborhoods; and


WHEREAS, President Reagan's commitment to our armed forces contributed to the restoration of pride in America, her values and those cherished by the free world, and prepared United States Armed Forces to meet the challenges of the 21st century; and


WHEREAS, President Reagan's vision of "peace through strength" led to the end of the Cold War and the ultimate demise of the Soviet Union, guaranteeing basic human rights for millions of people; and


WHEREAS, February 6, 2009, will be the 98th anniversary of Ronald Reagan's birth; therefore be it


RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives Senate recognize February 6, 2009, as "Ronald Reagan Day" in Pennsylvania.

Comments on the deletions?  (Or were they additions in the House?)

[Rob]

Why don't these retards vote a holiday for a more enlightened leader? Like, say, Benito Mussolini?

[Psychic Octopus]

Reagan is awesome.

[bgwah]

Well, I could see myself supporting a Reagan day, just like I can see myself supporting an AIDS or Breast Cancer day. "Reagan Awareness Day" sounds appropriate.

[TeePee4Prez]

Awesome. It turns out that ten members were excused for being absent and only one member present did not vote. He is a Democrat, of course. Kind of random for him to be the lone member to not vote. I expected a bunch of members from the Black Caucus to not vote along with some of the hardcore liberals like Babette Josephs and Mark Cohen. Very odd.

http://www.legis.state.pa.us/cfdocs/legis/RC/Public/rc_view_action2.cfm?sess_yr=2009&sess_ind=0&rc_body=H&rc_nbr=23

Guess people just wanted a holiday.  VERY ODD I must say.  Even some of the Black Caucus and other liberals voted for this.  I know there are some DINOs in the House who would flip to R if the moment presented itself, but WOW.

[RIP Robert H Bork]

This alone makes PA one of the greatest states in the Union.

[12th Doctor]

Ronald 'The poor are homeless by choice' Reagan?

*FACEPALM*

One of the many things Reagan supposedly believed that he did not.