The photo is black and white. And, who is writing this dribble? It's like a grade school essay.

That is what they call him. Google it and you'll find online shrines to him.

Not Ronaldus Grenadicus? I'm surprised.

I'd go with Ronaldus McDonaldus.

As if we needed it after the last nine months, gop.com is final confirmation that Poe's Law applies to conservatism in general, not just religious fundamentalism.

And to think that the GOP makes fun of the Democrats for allegedly worshiping Obama.

What do I keep saying? Projection -- Republicans are all about projection.

Ronaldus Magnus -- unbelievable. But I don't know why I should be surprised -- I have long known that Republicans were monarchists at heart. Makes the party's name more than a little ironic...

Yes, they scrubbed that Latin reference now.

Apparently, TPM is serving as unpaid beta testers for the new site, as the GOP checks out which trial balloons will float and which will go down like led zeppelins. Should be in perfect PC shape by manana.

I thought they called him "Ronaldus Senilitus."

Is Ronald Reagan still dead?

I just can't get over this Jackie Robinson thing, and how they twist Robinson's actual political views. From the "GOP Heroes" page:

Not only was he a great athlete, Jackie Robinson was also a great Republican. He campaigned for Richard Nixon's presidential campaign in 1960 and then supported Nelson Rockefeller (R-NY) for the Republican nomination in 1964.

From the "Framingham Democratic Town Committee" website:

After baseball Robinson went to work for Chock Full O' Nuts as a spokesman then continued his efforts to advance civil rights. He became actively involved in the campaign for Republican candidate Richard Nixon in the 1960 Presidential elections. Robinson opted to support Nixon over John F. Kennedy because he liked the work that Nixon had done in the area of civil rights during Nixon's years as Vice President. However Robinson later described his regret on having supported Nixon. Two incidents during the 1960 campaign were quite disillusioning to Robinson. In one incident Nixon was asked to comment on a statement by running mate Henry Cabot Lodge who stated that in a Nixon Administration a black would be named to the Cabinet; Nixon commented that Lodge was speaking on his own behalf. Later during the campaign Nixon refused to speak out when civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., was locked in a full-security prison for a minor motor vehicle infraction. Further Nixon refused to campaign in Harlem (while Kennedy did). These incidents drew Robinson a great deal of criticism from the African American community for his support of the Nixon campaign. By the end of the campaign the Kennedy ticket was looking more attractive to Robinson, but he had already committed to Nixon. Jackie Robinson did establish good ties with New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller (who later became Gerald Ford's Vice President). Robinson supported Rockefeller's bid during the 1964 Republican Primiaries. However after the GOP ticket went to Barry Goldwater, Robinson was disgusted at what he saw during the 1964 Republican National Convention.

This labelling is pretty vile, but I feel many commenters anger at it is historically misdirected. It's NOT a title or appellation of a Roman Emperor. Also, the style is wrong for a Roman name. It needs to be Ronaldus Reaganius Magnus or something like that with three parts to the name for it to be a 'proper' Roman form.

Pompey "the Great" (G. Pompeius Magnus) was granted that cognomen by the Senate during the late republic. As well as Caesar, The usual style of an emperor is "Augustus" - the title bestowed on Octavian by the senate. Something like "Imperator Ceasar Reaganius Augustus" would do the trick.

As you can see, it means "great" in Latin, as in "The Great", It is much more popular during the Medieval period. E.g. Alfred The Great (the only "British" king to ever get that appellation, Alfred was a Saxon king of Wessex in the 9th century). Also, Charlemagne, in Medieval Latin he's "Carolus Magnus", that's Charles The Great, I guess "Charle Magne" in Frankish or whatever language (Charlemagne still styled himself Imperator Augustus by the way)

Perhaps deliciously, there was a Roman 'Magnus' who was an usurper to the throne after Alexander Severus. I think it was probably a praenomen (i.e. a common name, bearing in mind 60% of Roman men were either Lucius, Gaius or Marcus). His plot was discovered and he was executed.

My impression of the name as it is being employed by these undemocratic dickwads is that it's a style of a Medieval King, not a Roman Emperor.

Of course I doubt an arse like Limbaugh would know any of this, or want to know. But being accurate is probably important given that there must be at one of these patrician dullards who stayed awake in history class long enough to be able mock your inaccuracy if you try to bring it up in public.

What a bunch of Happy Horseshit.

THIS IS EXCELLENT NEWS!!!

FOR JOHN McCAIN!!!!

Somehow I think that if the average white southern GOP yahoo found that site, he would suffer some serious cognitive dissonance. Wait! Frederick Douglass? Jackie Robinson?