Blood of the Gipper

The San Jose Mercury news reports that a vial of 40th US President Ronald Reagan's blood is up for auction. Reputedly, the blood was taken from a lab in Maryland, with permission, after the infamous 1981 assassination attempt.

This doesn't sit well with the people managing Reagan's foundation:

The plan has provoked an angry response from John Heubusch, executive director of the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.

"If indeed this story is true, it's a craven act and we will use every legal means to stop its sale or purchase," he said in a statement. "We've spoken to GW (George Washington) Hospital and are assured an investigation as to how something like this could possibly happen is underway.

Imagine what you could do with a vial of Ronald Reagan's blood? I would create a clone army and establish an empire.

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Does it count as a vegetable?
TrollyMcTrollington

The Boys from Bel Air?
- CognitiveDissident
  
  Don’t worry, Steve Guttenberg is the high bidder in the online auction to prevent this abomination from occurring!
http://evilbobdayjob.blogspot.com/ Deidzoeb

“Imagine what you could do with a vial of Ronald Reagan’s blood? I would create a clone army and establish an empire.”

Bonzo Fett?
- irksome
  
  An army of Reagan-clones would just trade all their arms to terrorists.
  
  VERY counter-productive, clone army-wise.
  - Slartibartfatsdomino
    
    Reagan clones have already been occupying the White House since 1989. I will concede that making the latest one look black was pretty brilliant p.r.
- http://mordicai.livejournal.com Mordicai
  
  Seems like a waste not to use it in a demonic summoning ritual.
  - Antinous / Moderator
    
    Stale blood’s useless for making a circle, and you don’t want to give the demon any possible power source by using it as a focusing object.
    - http://mordicai.livejournal.com Mordicai
      
      Are you kidding? Give them demons power sources & then give the devils a bunch of power sources & then let ‘em duke it out in the Blood War. No way that can backfire. #Baator-Contra
reglisse

Could it be, actually, some of the blood he spilled in Nicaragua?
http://evilbobdayjob.blogspot.com/ Deidzoeb

All they need to do is have him canonized, and then it becomes a relic for devoted people to worship.
- iCowboy
  
  I wonder if its like the ‘miraculous’ blood of Saint Januarius and liquifies on a certain day to reassure the credulous that there won’t be a disaster?
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Januarius#The_Blood_Miracle
UncaScrooge

The only sensible thing to do is to sell it to Iran and then use the cash to bankroll mercenaries in Central America.
rundorkasrun

yo, i think you mean “reputedly.”
- http://boingboing.net/ Jason Weisberger
  
  Thank you. Corrected.
http://twitter.com/strugglngwriter strugglngwriter

Perhaps it can run against Obama in the Fall. I bet it would get more conservative votes than Romney.
http://twitter.com/writebastard Ian Wood

I would drink it, thus obtaining his powers of…mommy?
Jason Sutor

I would open it up, let republicans have a sniff and then watch as they mindlessly follow me.
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  I would open it up, let republicans have a sniff and then watch as they mindlessly follow me.
  
  That statement would work equally well in a thread on zippers.
- irksome
  
  The funny part is, Reagan would be labeled a RINO by today’s GOP.
  
  Two tax hikes, unconditional amnesty for illegal aliens, working hand in hand with Tip O’Neill; Reagan couldn’t get elected dog catcher.
  - tsol
    
    The same could be said for Cold Warriors JFK and LBJ, although Nixon’s welfare ‘reforms’ should earn him a spot on the Dem ticket- he’s Julia’s grandpa!
simonster

The best part is this quote from the seller:

“[The head of the Reagan National Library] then stated that he felt the family would be interested in it being returned to them and if I was interested in doing so to contact him and he would make all of the arrangements. I told him that I didn’t think that was something that I was going to consider, since I had served under Pres. Reagan when he was my Commander in Chief when I was in the ARMY from ’87-’91 and that I was a real fan of Reaganomics and felt that Pres. Reagan himself would rather see me sell it rather than donating it.”
http://dailygrail.com/ Red Pill Junkie

As long as they don’t try to clone him…

Edit: >Oh. TrollyMcTrollington beat me to it ;)
- Antinous / Moderator
  
  It’s been done already.
http://www.disoriented.net/ angusm

We should run some tests. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olQHy4XUXa0
- http://disqus.com/Kimmoth/ Kimmo
  
  Well played, sir
http://www.matthewpetty.com/ Matthew Petty

If they spill it, will it trickle down?
Guest

somebody read Yound Zaphod Plays it Safe
http://scarydevil.com/~peter/ Resuna

Zombie Reagan 2012!
http://www.facebook.com/people/Chris-Fitzgerald/648265083 Chris Fitzgerald

You could create a clone that could marry Sarah Palin. The tabloids say her marriage is on the rocks. That way Sarah could get into the White House without having to run. Not that clone Reagan could win an election, but at least he would be invited by the President. On Halloween.
http://twitter.com/DavidMacadam1 theoligarchkings

As it’s a relic from the sainted Ron I believe it liquidizes every Independence Day