Do you call it "Reagan" or "National"?

[Anonymous]

Well, the National name change was forced down the throat of locals in the 1990s by a Republican congress, so yeah, some of us take it personally. There was virtual no local support for the change. Also, I love how a president who was for small government has ended up with his name on all this quasi-government buildings. But I digress...

[Anonymous]

I've lived here since 1994 and I call it National. I'm a Dem, but don't call it Reagan b/c of that. It's just force of habit. Just like some old timers call CVS "People's" b/c it was People's Drugs before CVS took over everything.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i would hope that people who dont call it reagan arent doing it because of party cause that would be just dumb. its fine to call it national based on habit but if you are going out of you way to avoid saying reagan because you are a dem or independent, you really need to get a life

If that's your viewpoint, wouldn't you also agree that renaming the airport for Reagan for political reasons is dumb? Because that's exactly what happened ....

thats arguing the merits on how the name was assigned and if you want to argue that go ahead.

that wouldnt stop me from calling it reagan airport.

and what monument or building isnt named for political reasons anyway? its not as if naming something after jfk or another president is done for non political reasons.

i dont lose sleep over an airport named after a president i didnt really jump for joy over.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i would hope that people who dont call it reagan arent doing it because of party cause that would be just dumb.

its fine to call it national based on habit but if you are going out of you way to avoid saying reagan because you are a dem or independent, you really need to get a life

Kind of like people who insist on calling it the demoCRAT party, right?

sure whatever thats suppose to mean

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i would hope that people who dont call it reagan arent doing it because of party cause that would be just dumb.

its fine to call it national based on habit but if you are going out of you way to avoid saying reagan because you are a dem or independent, you really need to get a life

This board is filled with libs that hate reagan and freedom, no surprise.

Considering that renaming the airport after Reagan was a part of a cynical national campaign to name as many public buildings in the US after Reagan for naked political reasons, and there was absolutely zero local public support for such a thing, Reagan and the Gingrich-era Congress that shoved this name-change down area residents' throats can go fuck themselves.

In other words, "National"

[Anonymous]

National and BWI

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Lived here my whole life.


On another note....I still call the Verizon center the Cap Center every once in a while. Yes, I know they are in two totally different locations.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Well, the National name change was forced down the throat of locals in the 1990s by a Republican congress, so yeah, some of us take it personally. There was virtual no local support for the change. Also, I love how a president who was for small government has ended up with his name on all this quasi-government buildings. But I digress...

Yes, and let's remember, it wasn't just on this particular building. It was part of the current GOP total-political warfare that continues to this day.

[Anonymous]

lived here most of my life and call it national because i refuse to call it reagan. proudly so.

[Anonymous]

Our airports are wildly named, Reagan and Dulles! I mean, really! I call National National and I will until I get in a cab and he doesn't know which airport I mean, tee hee.

[Anonymous]

I call it DCA. Lived in the area 20 years and was here in college. If talking to outsiders, I call it National.

I also say BWI. No one calls it Marshall. And I say Dulles. Dulles is shorter than saying IAD but sometimes I say IAD.

[Anonymous]

Native DC'er
Dem

National, always National. Can't form my mouth to say the other name because I too take it personally.

BWI

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:^^BWI because Thurgood Marshall is a mouthful.

Weird, because the first is 5 syllables (4 if you're Southern) while the second is only 4.

[Anonymous]

National or DCA.

BWI. Had no idea it had a different name.

Dulles or IAD.

Independent. Been here for 15 yrs.

Just managed to start calling it "Whole Foods" instead of "Fresh Fields" or "Bread and Circus", if anyone even remembers that.

Don't know any locals who call it anything but "National" or maybe "Reagan National".

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:"Reagan National" or "DCA"

"BWI"

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+1

Me too. 16 years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:i would hope that people who dont call it reagan arent doing it because of party cause that would be just dumb. its fine to call it national based on habit but if you are going out of you way to avoid saying reagan because you are a dem or independent, you really need to get a life

If that's your viewpoint, wouldn't you also agree that renaming the airport for Reagan for political reasons is dumb? Because that's exactly what happened ....

thats arguing the merits on how the name was assigned and if you want to argue that go ahead. that wouldnt stop me from calling it reagan airport.

It's really the same point: If giving preference to one part of the name ("National") versus another ("Reagan") for political reasons is dumb, then the prior act of actually changing the name for political reasons is far dumber. What I'm really asking is whether you are being intellectually consistent in your name-calling.