Presidents Day -- All Inclusive

This holiday used to be known as Washington’s Birthday when I was younger. Then someone got the bright idea to call it Presidents Day. According to Wikipedia this change was driven by advertisers who wanted to hold “Presidents Day” as opposed to Washington’s Birthday sale events. That’s like calling Christmas Deities Day – in which one can celebrate the birthday of the deity in choice. Apparently George Washington doesn’t have enough of a Q-rating to move mid-sized sedans – Lincoln was always a better pitchman anyway.

One benefit of calling the holiday “Presidents Day” is that now lesser-known presidents won’t feel so left out. Arthur, Hayes and Polk are like the kids who can’t play soccer, but get a participation trophy anyway. Perhaps all presidents should get onto Mount Rushmore, but only after they are dead. And in smaller scale than the four already on there so that they’ll be easy to get rid of if America ever gets run over by Islamo-fascists, or some other wacky cult that believes in the divinity of civic leaders.

That’s what this day is all about – honoring the legacy of the Executive Branch. But why should the EB get all the love? There are supposed to be two other branches of government. There should be a Supreme Court Justices Day – preferably in mid spring – and a floating Congressional Representatives Day.

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