Today’s ice breaker question:
Mount Rushmore honors four U.S. presidents: Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Roosevelt. If you could add any person to Mount Rushmore, who would you add and why?
Personally, I think I’d take Roosevelt down. No offense to him, but he’s kind of funny looking. I’ve always thought he added a “one of these things is not like the other” vibe. Maybe I’d replace him with John Adams. Not because he’s any better-looking, but where would the United States of America be without John Adams? That’s right. Also, when was the last time someone made a hit musical out of Teddy Roosevelt’s political career? That’s what I’m talking about.
The question says I can add “any” person to Mt. Rushmore, but if I were to go with a non-president, I’d probably choose a woman because if I don’t, who will? That’s right. Maybe I’ll add four, so things are perfectly balanced. Is there enough rock for that?
My top choices are Susan B. Anthony for women’s suffrage, Clara Barton for the Red Cross, Harriet Tubman for the Underground Railroad, and…Clare Booth Luce because she wrote good plays and also fought the Commies.
Needless to say, if I were going to going to add a comic strip character to Mt. Rushmore, I’d choose Snoopy. He could lie on top of everyone’s heads like they were a doghouse.
Who’s on your short list for Mt. Rushmore?
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November 10, 2009 at 3:16 pm
Migillicutty
I’d wipe them all of and leave it blank so people can imagine whoever the want up there (I’m soooo good at avoiding tough questions, aren’t I?).
November 11, 2009 at 7:41 am
merkin4
I’d take off Roosevelt and add Reagan.
The whole point of Mt. Rushmore was to try to cast FDR as being of the same caliber as Washington, Jefferson, and Lincoln. There’s no way the New Deal is in the same league as American independence, writing the Constitution, or the Civil War. But, some nut figures that if you make the statues large enough, then people will believe it.
So, I guess the question is, does the fall of Communism trump the New Deal? And, if so, should we add Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II?
November 11, 2009 at 3:49 pm
foo4luv
Um…it’s Teddy Roosevelt on Mt. Rushmore — presumably for his part in preserving nature by establishing national parks and whatnot, I think — not Franklin Delano. I still agree that he shouldn’t be up there. As far as I’m concerned, though, they could put just about anybody up there as long as it’s not Obama…or Clinton…or Carter…I’m sorry, were those all Democrats? Maybe I should just stop. Yeah, John Adams sounds good to me, despite the fact that he was “obnoxious and disliked”.
November 11, 2009 at 8:29 am
Susan M
If we’re talking women, it’d probably have to be Aretha Franklin.
November 12, 2009 at 12:56 pm
madhousewife
I love Aretha Franklin, but I prefer Manowar’s rendition of “Nessun Dorma.”
November 11, 2009 at 3:52 pm
foo4luv
BratzBasher would like to add Batman knocking out Zombie Bratz with a bowling ball. Of course, all the president’s expressions would need to be changed to show their reactions to such “fantastic art” (that’s a direct quote from BB, by the way).
November 15, 2009 at 7:01 am
Patience
What about Alexander Hamilton? He’s way underrated.
Or, if we should add a woman, how about Jane Addams? Eleanor Roosevelt–she was Teddy’s niece, so they could probably take out the glasses, add an overbite, a little more hair, and there would be a good representation.