Conservative Columnist Earnestly Asks: 'Why Not The Washington Reagans?' [View all]

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ERIC LACH – JUNE 25, 2014, 10:44 AM EDT

A columnist for The Washington Times has weighed in on the Washington Redskins' name. If the name must changed, the columnist says, go Gipper.

Last week, The United States Patent and Trademark Office canceled six of the Redskins' trademark registrations, ruling that the trademarks "were disparaging to Native Americans at the respective times they were registered." The immediate practical effects of the move were minimal, but the announcement did bring national attention back to the battle surrounding the name.

In a column on Tuesday, Washington Times contributor Michael Taube wrote that because it was "clear some people are going to get constantly worked up about this issue," he had an "amusing suggestion" for Redskins owner Daniel Snyder: name the team after Ronald Reagan.

This wasn't an original thought. The idea was born, accoriding to TPM's exhaustive research, as a joke on Twitter, and Grover Norquist offered a joking endorsement to BuzzFeed last week. But Taube appears serious about it.

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