Let's DU this one too. Come on people for the Gipper.

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3096434

[lovedems]

1. Done!

Yes
43%

No
57%

[freetobegay]

2. I voted earlier.

[Wickerman]

3. they need to give it a rest - add Elvis instead

there isn't room and what rock is there is not suitable for carving.

Then there's the mechanics and physics of it. There's no room, experts have said, and even if there were, the granite is not steady enough to take all the blasting that a new face would require.

that according to this article (by Bob Greene, whom if its the same, is a world class creep) - he adds that technology might allow it now, but we should consider Elvis instead:

http://www.jewishworldreview.com/bob/greene022301.asp

But if Mt. Rushmore wants to guarantee its success as a tourist attraction for centuries to come -- if it wants to see its attendance rocket beyond its caretakers' wildest dreams -- there is another American historical figure who might be added to the mountain.

Elvis Presley.

Don't laugh. Elvis has become an honored part of his country's saga in recent years. The tale of his life -- from humble beginnings to the greatest fame imaginable -- has reached almost storybook proportions. The unpleasantness toward the end of his brief 42 years has been forgiven many times over; the U.S. Postal Service has honored him with a stamp, which is just as mainstream a seal of approval as Mt. Rushmore. The face of Elvis is every bit as famous as the faces of Washington and Lincoln; the face of Elvis, 24 years after his death, is still the American face most instantly recognizable around the globe.

http://www.reaganlegacy.org/articles/nyt.02.11.01.htm

snip

Senator Johnson relied, in part, on Douglas A. Blankenship, a geomechanics consultant in Rapid City, S.D. When work began on Mount Rushmore in 1927 during the Coolidge administration, Gutzon Borglum, the monument's sculptor, had wanted to carve Jefferson to the left of Washington, Mr. Blankenship said.

But Mr. Borglum found the rock there too veined with cracks, said Mr. Blankenship, so Jefferson was carved to Washington's right, where the ground was more stable. Indeed, Mr. Borglum had to peel away nearly a half-million tons of crumbly granite to get to the more solid granite beneath.

What's more, there is not enough room to carve another 60-foot-tall, 30-foot-wide presidential head on either side. "Politics aside, this is the most asinine thing I've ever heard of," Mr. Blankenship said. "Do they want to put another head on Michelangelo's `David'?"

snip

[frylock]

4. it's not too late to change the crazy horse memorial..

they can fix it to put saint ronbo on that steed. what did Crazy Horse ever accomplish anyway? It's not like he made hygiene films for the warriors during the Battle of the Little Big Horn, or invaded a small defenseless nation to showcase his bows and arrows in order to sell to other tribes.

[Wickerman]

5. LOL, well, they weren't just embarking and the Crusade thing

Or how about Stone Mountain in Georgia? Did they ever finish that thing? If not, it'd be easy to slap ol Ronnie up there AND use Fed money to finish the work

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

6. kick! eom

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

7. It's getting close. n/t

[radiclib]

8. How about a big formica Reagan mug in NH's White Mountains

where the Old Man used to be? Think of the perfect symbolism. A fake stone likeness propped up by artificial means. Ronnie galvanized his Western-hero image in a 1980 debate leading up to the NH primary, when he puffed out his chest and said "I paid for this microphone, Mr. Green!" From that moment on, it was Katy bar the door, even though he didn't pay for the microphone, and the guy's name was Breen.
DOH!

[Guy Whitey Corngood]

9. Ah yes , classic Ronnie. eom

[tcfrogs]

10. No mountain carving

Fine - he'll end up on some currency, but no Mt. Rushmore!

[amandae]

11. 44% Yes to 56% No

Freepers must be struggling with this one ...

[T Bone]

12. Why not a stone tablet with his head on it in every Alabama courthouse?

Alabama loved him. That judge down there could carve them all too.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

13. Where's the HELL no option?!

What a bunch of crap!

[northofdenali]

14. Yes, I'd have liked a FUCKING HELL NO!!!

But there are days we must deal with what we're given (sigh).

[Zuni]

15. Why don't Republican's realize that Mt. Rushmore

was a project that has long been finished? It would be like painting a new person on the Mona Lisa, or redecorating ancient egyptian art.

Not only that, but I think Reagan himself would have thought that was a bit over the top. Reagan did have modesty.
I can see the Bushes building a huge, monolithic monument to their own dynasty, however.