Victor Darst is one clever fellow

In one of the most hilarious letters I've ever read, Victor Darst suggested overturning the vote of the California legislature to put a statue of Ronald Reagan in the National Statuary Hall in the U.S. Capitol. I laughed out loud at the absurdity of rejecting a statue for the great man even liberals rank among the top 10 presidents and one of the 100 most important people of the 20th century. No serious American could ignore the contributions of the president who won the Cold War and rescued us from the malaise of the disastrous Carter administration.

I laughed even harder when I realized Darst was using satire to facetiously tweak his socialistic soul mates in the most rabidly left wing legislative body in the country for their nearly unanimous Reagan-honoring vote. Darst's letter, at first blush goofy in the extreme, was actually a tongue in cheek exercise. Brilliant!

When I discovered whose statue Reagan's replaced, I laughed so hard I almost pulled a muscle. The statue Darst pretends to want restored to its place of honor is that of one Thomas Starr King. If you don't know who King was, you understand the comedic and satirical talents of Victor Darst.

I can't wait to see what Darst will come up with next. How about a statue of Dick "We're No Better Than The Khmer Rouge" Durbin to replace Honest Abe in the Lincoln Memorial or perhaps a campaign to have Darst's idol Bill Clinton declared the father of our country? He's a funny man, that Victor.

Fred McCarthy

Sleepy Hollow