Should Reagan's image be coined?

Democratic Underground weighs in.

Fresh from their victory over CBS in the battle to canonize St. Ronnie of Reagan, Republicans are at it again. This time the plan is to put The Gipper on the humble dime - replacing Franklin Roosevelt. Around 80 Republicans lawmakers have apparently signed on to this plan - a.k.a. "the dumbest and most pointless plan since invading Iraq" - although they do have a really great reason. Want to hear it? According to Rep. Mark Souder, "It is particularly fitting to honor the Freedom President on this particular piece of coinage because, as has been pointed out, President Reagan was wounded under the left arm by a bullet that had ricocheted and flattened to the size of a dime." Well holy crap, it's a miracle! Gee whiz, if it had flattened to the size of a nickel, I guess we'd have to put Reagan's head on the nickel instead. I mean, what the hell? Tell you what, why don't we all just tattoo Reagan's image on our foreheads, and then we'll never be able to look at another person without being reminded of all the great things he did. You know, like covertly selling arms to Iran in order to illegally fund the Contras, or training Osama bin Laden to fight insurgent warfare, or cheerfully turning a blind eye to Saddam Hussein's accumulation of WMD ingredients... that sort of thing.

....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.