Cross posted from Blue Virginia
If Michael Steele had been around - and head of the Republican Party - in the following years, here's most likely what he would have said.
- Columbus sails the ocean blue. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Jamestown, Virginia colony founded by Captain John Smith. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth Rock. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
1775, 1776: U.S. revolution begins, Declaration of Independence approved. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Ben Franklin invents bifocal eyeglasses. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- The Constitutional Convention. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- The Bill of Rights: "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- New capital, Washington DC. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Louisiana Territory purchased. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Lewis and Clark expedition begins. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- 10-hour work day for children under 12 in Massachusetts. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Republican Party formed. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Union Pacific meets Central Pacific rail lines. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- National League (baseball) founded. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Women lawyers permitted to argue cases before Supreme Court. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Thomas Edison invents incandescent light. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Teddy Roosevelt begins conservation of forests. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- U.S. starts digging Panama Canal. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Wright Brothers' first airplane. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- GE patents electric toaster. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Henry Ford introduces Model T. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- 19th Amendment gives women right to vote. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Charles Lindbergh flies across Atlantic Ocean. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- FDR begins "New Deal." "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Social Security enacted. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- D-Day. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Marshall Plan. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Jackie Robinson becomes first black baseball player in Major Leagues. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- NATO formed. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Field trials of Salk polio vaccine begin. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Supreme Court forbids racial segregation in schools. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- America launches first satellite. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Civil Rights movement cranks into high gear. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- JFK launches Apollo project to send man to moon. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Congress passes Civil Rights Act. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Medicare enacted. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- EPA established to enforce Clean Air Act. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Voting age lowered from 21 to 18. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- DDT banned for most use in United States. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Designated hitter established in American League. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Jimmy Carter negotiates Camp David Accords between Israel and Egypt. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Sandra Day O'Connor becomes first woman on Supreme Court. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- President Reagan urges Soviet leader Gorbachev to "tear down this wall." "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- President Bush signs legislation bailing out 800 insolvent Savings and Loans. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Treaty banning chemicals that deplete ozone layer enters into force. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
- Major League Baseball begins interleague play. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
Today: Health care reform. "Stop That Risky Experiment!"
Get the idea? Please feel free to add others. :)