Boehner 'Deeply Disappointed' That Obama Just Renamed Mt. McKinley

[RandySF]

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) said on Monday morning he was "deeply disappointed" by President Barack Obama's decision to rename North America's tallest peak.

Here's his statement in full:

There is a reason President McKinley’s name has served atop the highest peak in North America for more than 100 years, and that is because it is a testament to his great legacy. McKinley served our country with distinction during the Civil War as a member of the Army. He made a difference for his constituents and his state as a member of the House of Representatives and as Governor of the great state of Ohio. And he led this nation to prosperity and victory in the Spanish-American War as the 25th President of the United States. I’m deeply disappointed in this decision.

Obama announced Sunday ahead of a historic visit to Alaska that the mountain's name will revert back to Denali, its traditional Alaska Native name.


http://talkingpointsmemo.com/livewire/john-boehner-mount-mckinley

[Mass]

1. Did he cry?\nt

[Botany]

2. If it makes Boner upset then it must be the right thing to do.

BTW the native people of the area already had a name for the Mt. and called it Denali.

[IronLionZion]

3. Maybe Boener will shut down the government over this

grievous offense

[CTyankee]

4. there they go again...making Congress relevant to everybody...

they got nothing better to do.

Tell me again what Pres. McKinley had to do with Alaska?

[Botany]

5. In one word, nothing.

"The statement went on to note that McKinley had never set foot in Alaska."

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34105298

[Laurian]

6. Huh?

I thought I read yesterday that conservatives have been trying for years to get this change.

They just oppose anything President Obama does. Period.

[Newsjock]

7. The only fair compromise, of course, is to rename it ...

... Mount Reagan.

Who will be first to call for it?

[CrispyQ]

8. Why don't they name the highest peak in OH after him, instead?

[Wellstone ruled]

9. Hey Boner,pay backs are a Bitch!!

[Octafish]

10. Yeah. Like the time the GOP renamed Cape Kennedy.

Har har. Which reminds me of how Nixon refused to commission Apollo 11 as 'The John F. Kennedy.'

Pat Moynihan and a whole lot of people on both sides of the aisle thought it was a great idea. Nixon and his creeps did not.

(Blogger Machodoc) Came across an interesting tidbit at the Archives...specifically in Kissinger's National Security space files.

It seems that in early summer 1969 Bill Moyers, after reading an article in Newsday, wrote Pat Moynihan to ask if he could convice President Nixon to christen the Apollo XI the "John F. Kennedy". Moynihan agreed, sent a memo to up the chain of command, where before it finally reached the White House received a couple of additional endorsements.

On June 12 the proposal reached John Ehrlichman's desk, and in a memo to H. R. Haldeman, wrote: "Unlike Daniel P. Moynihan, I can see no advantage to the President to commission the Apollo 11 moon shot the "John F. Kennedy." We would win neither friends in Congress no votes in 1972 and would only become pawns in the press's game of perpetuating the name of JFK. Fall prey to this and the next step will be renaming the moon because NBC thinks it would be a good idea."

The next day, in a memo to his boss, Haldeman, Steve Bull agreed, an in his memo said that "we have gone far enough in "Kennedyizing" such ventures."

In the action box at the bottom of the page, in the space recommending the action be abandoned is Haldeman's "H", with a note in strong handwriting and double underlined, "positively!!"

SOURCE:

http://www.collectspace.com/ubb/Forum29/HTML/000980.htm...

"Houston. Tranquility Base here. The John F. Kennedy has landed."

[bigwillq]

11. Oh, so sad, JB.

How will you ever go on now?

What a fool.

I like the name change.

[oldandhappy]

12. Mr. Speaker -- I did not miss you while you were gone!

[Stallion]

13. They Should Rename the Highest Peak in Ohio -Mt McKinley

problem solved

[frylock]

14. Maybe Boehner could summit Denali and reclaim it for Ohio Republicans.

[CTyankee]

15. didn't AK's republican senators say they were for it?

I don't think I made that up...

[City Lights]

16. Oh, boo-hoo. nt

[oberliner]

17. I want to know what Sarah Palin thinks

Every Republican member of Congress in Alaska has expressed support for this name change - would love to hear from Sarah.