Ex-Ohio Congressman On Mt. McKinley: Obama ‘Thinks He Is A Dictator!’

Reps. Ralph Regula, R-Ohio, and John Culberson, R-Texas, question a panel of witnesses during a Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia of the H... Reps. Ralph Regula, R-Ohio, and John Culberson, R-Texas, question a panel of witnesses during a Subcommittee on Transportation, Treasury and Housing and Urban Development, the Judiciary, District of Columbia of the House Appropriations Committee hearing, Wednesday, April 27, 2005, in Washington. Amtrak President and CEO David L. Gunn said Wednesday he believes the makers of the Acela Express trains overestimated the life expectancy of their brake rotors, forcing Amtrak to pull the entire fleet out of service for repairs. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) MORE LESS
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Former Rep. Ralph Regula (R-OH) told the Columbus Dispatch on Monday that Barack Obama’s decision to change the name of North America’s tallest mountain demonstrates that the President “thinks he is a dictator.”

Obama announced on Sunday that he planned to change Mt. McKinley’s name to its Alaska Native name, Denali, stripping it of the title honoring native Ohioan and former President William McKinley.

“He thinks he is a dictator and he can change the law,” Regula told the Dispatch. “The law is it’s Mt. McKinley and he can’t change a law by a flick of the pen. You want to change the Ohio River? You want to go around the country and start changing the names of these places because it is politically expedient?”

Regula, who represented the part of Ohio where former President William McKinley is from until 2009, said the President was trying to “make a big splash up” while visiting Alaska this week.

“This is just show business,” he told the Dispatch.

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  1. Avatar for byteme byteme says:

    OBAMA IS JUST LIKE HITLER AND STALIN FOR CHANGING THE NAME OF A MOUNTAIN!1!!one!!!

  2. If Obama was truly a dictator, Mr Ex-Congressman, you wouldn’t be able to cuddle up with your guns while you weep your sad salty bitter tears.

  3. This would make sense if Obama had named it after himself. But I really don’t think letting the locals choose the names of their landmarks exactly counts as tyranny. What a bunch of bizarre bozos.

  4. Avatar for edhedh edhedh says:

    “He thinks he is a dictator and he can change the law,” Regula told the Dispatch. “The law is it’s Mt. McKinley and he can’t change a law by a flick of the pen. You want to change the Ohio River? You want to go around the country and start changing the names of these places because it is politically expedient?”

    answer: no. but alaskans should be able to name the mountains in THEIR state. once again floating a false argument. typical republican conspiracy bs.

  5. Republicans are the only people who believe the president is a dictator.

    Word on the street is that Ralph Regula is a dick-tater.

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