Les Blumenthal’s odd little phrase
I ran into this news story today, on GOP prospects and hopes that 2010 will be like 1994. A very odd little phrase jumped out at me as a little false.
One wild card this year is the Tea Party movement, with its talk of “Sovereignty: The 10th Amendment” and “Put Ronnie on the Rock,” a reference to putting Ronald Reagan’s face on Mount Rushmore. Organizers say there are no plans of turning the movement into an actual political party and it will remain loosely organized.
“I am a little leery of politicians, even conservative ones,” said Ken Morse, an organizer of the Olympia Tea Party. “I want to keep our nonpartisan status alive.”
Republicans hope to attract Tea Party supporters and downplay concerns that the movement could move their party too far to the right.
“We have more to gain than lose by working with the Tea Party,” GOP Chairman Esser said.
“Put Ronnie on the Rock” is a tenant of the Tea Party movement?
I go to google news. I look the phrase up to see this discussion of “Put Ronnie on the Rocks”. I see this news article. No other.
I go to google blogs. I look the phrase up to see the discussion of “Put Ronnie on the Rocks”. I see bump and kis.
I look up on google. I see a bad personal website (not that there’s anything wrong with that) with vacation photos — and I am at a loss as to whether they are promoting sticking that Ronnie up on Mt Rushmore. And once upon a time, someone chimed in on this message board with