I don’t know how serious this proposal is, but according to the paper the I malign so much, there are some Republican lawmakers who want to replace FDR’s image on the dime, with that of Ronald Reagan. This is an example of partisanship at its worse. Despite the fact that Roosevelt represents big government to them, I cannot understand their failure to recognize Roosevelt as one of the greatest American presidents ever (at the very least, he is the greatest president of the 20th century). Roosevelt dealt with the Great Depression and World War II. Without his leadership and the success of the Allies, we would all be working in some German or Japanese forced labor camp right now. I blame this bill on the fact that the older generation of WWII lawmakers are few and far between in Congress now. Certainly, veterans like former Senator Bob Dole, would rise about partisanship, to silence all calls for bills like this.
I don’t know what they think of FDR in WWII, but I know a lot of Republicans say that FDR didn’t help us out of the Depression, but rather slowed our recovery.
If we really wanted to remove someone from our money, shouldn’t we start with Andrew Jackson? 😛
Hopefully, this will kill the effort dead: Nancy Reagon opposes it.
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It seems to me that it is not really the desire of republicans to change the face of FDR with Reagan’s. If one were to analize this situation with a pragmatic eye, it could be that republicans are using this esoteric “issue” as ammo for bargaining for a more meaningful piece of legislation.
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Ah, Mr. Bang, that’s a good point. The Republicans have a lot of politcal capital right now, and the Dems have little (even less in light of the recent Hussein capture, and the fact that half of the party is distracted by the Democratic primary season). It’s pretty easy for the GOP to expend a little political capital here, so that they can strong arm the Dems on the big issues.