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adwon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:06 PM
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Do I remember this correctly?
Did Grover Norquist suggest that Reagan replace Alexander Hamilton on the $10 bill? I know I read of some wingnut suggesting it, I just don't remember which it was.
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Agnomen Donating Member (420 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:08 PM
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1. Don't recall any reagan currency pic proposals
but tere was a movement to further chop up Mt. Rushmore by adding him to it.
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EVDebs Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:08 PM
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2. I think it was the dime...they all hate FDR with a passion.
Edited on Sat Apr-02-05 10:09 PM by EVDebs
They wanted him on Rushmore, btw, LOL.
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CatholicEdHead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:10 PM
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4. It was also the $10 bill
I don't think there was any denomination they did not consider.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:10 PM
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3. Your memory is accurate
http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-06-07-reagan-10-bill_x.htm

Monetary memorial? That's the $10 question
By Susan Page, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Former president Ronald Reagan's name has been enshrined on everything from an airport outside Washington to a turnpike in Florida to a mountain in New Hampshire. Now his most fervent fans have a new memorial in mind: the $10 bill.

Once Reagan's body has been interred on Friday, leaders of the Ronald Reagan Legacy Project will launch a campaign in Congress to put Reagan's visage in the space now occupied by founding father Alexander Hamilton.

"Hamilton was a nice guy and everything, but he wasn't president," says Grover Norquist, who heads the legacy project as well as an influential conservative group called Americans for Tax Reform. "As a board member of the (National Rifle Association), I can also tell you that he was a bad shot."
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adwon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-02-05 10:13 PM
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5. Bright kid that Norquist is
All Hamilton did was work with Madison to create a framework to understand the Constitution.

Reagan?

He actually got into an argument with Tip O'Neill over who was the bigger liberal.

Now I understand why Reagan must be on the $10 bill. His genius just astounds me.
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