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In reply to the discussion: Now that Republicans are extinct in Orange County is it time to rename John Wayne Airport? [View all]pecosbob
(7,760 posts)35. I was unaware of that...very cool.
The people that brought us the Gooney Bird. One of the things Eisenhower claimed won the war, along with the Jeep and the bazooka.
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Now that Republicans are extinct in Orange County is it time to rename John Wayne Airport? [View all]
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2018
OP
I can abide by naming landmarks after famous conservatives, racists not so much...
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2018
#2
And air traffic controllers still call it National because they hate Reagan.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Dec 2018
#27
They are NOT "extinct" by ANY means. One election isn't an extinction. You have to KEEP it by
LBM20
Dec 2018
#10
Let me tell you what people in purple districts want (since I live in one) and what I mean:
LBM20
Dec 2018
#61
If he never made those racist comments I would have deemed him worthy of the honor.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2018
#24
The airport should be renamed, but I don't think Republicans are extinct in OC.
Garrett78
Dec 2018
#19
I was always amused to look at the larger than life bronze statue of him out front
Brother Buzz
Dec 2018
#23
Same with RayGun, the right can lionize him all they want but he was nearly as racially shitty as DT
uponit7771
Dec 2018
#59
Even in 1971 it would have been difficult for an avowed white supremacist to win elective office.
DemocratSinceBirth
Dec 2018
#49