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Y’all surely remember this infamous wingnut from my state, Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC10). A couple of years ago Patty was all over Faux News as a GOP bulldog for family values and protecting the sanctity of marriage. He also made headlines for an interesting arrangement. He:
purchased a residence in Washington, DC’s Capital Hill neighborhood with another man, PageOneQ has learned. While he owned the home, McHenry and co-owner Scott G. Stewart claimed eligibility for the District of Columbia’s Homestead Tax Deduction, a tax reduction program to encourage homeownership and residence in DC. At the same time McHenry was registered to vote, and did so, in Gaston County, North Carolina.
There were all sorts of sordid tales and a web of intrigue surrounding McHenry, so I guess spending time taking the heat off results in this is this kind of important work for his district — he wants to redesign the $50 bill to feature the image of former President Ronald Reagan.
Republican Rep. Patrick McHenry announced his new legislation on Tuesday. The proposal would remove former President Ulysses S. Grant from the bill. Grant was a union general during the Civil War who led the north to victory and later became the nation’s 18th president.McHenry said Reagan transformed the nation’s political and economic thinking and argued that “every generation needs its own heroes.” His measure has 13 Republican co-sponsors.
McHenry has been in a safe seat for years; in 2010 he faces Scott Keadle in the GOP primary. Keadle said that this move by Patty is just pandering to voters rather than his lackluster advocacy for constituents in this bad economy. Oh, speaking of Keadle, cruise his web site; he’s staunchly conservative, but avoids any issue statement on LGBT issues one way or the other. Perhaps he’s taking the advice of GOP strategist Cameron Lynch.
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If Scott Keadle wants to win he should hit him harder with the economic linesImagine wanting to promote Reagan on the face of a currency note his constituents can hardly afford to carry around in these hard economic times. The man is out of touch and out of sink with the needs of his constituency.
Buys a house with a man, and refuses to make any kind of statement about GLBT issuesI’ve seen this kind of pattern before, and I doubt it has anything to do with Lynch’s advice.
Put Reagan on Depends packagingWe wouldn’t have the United States if it wasn’t for Grant. Grant didn’t need a ghostwriter to write his memoirs, which are supposed to be among the best presidential memoirs ever written.
Put Ronnie on……a new banknote, a $3 bill.
Poetic justice.
Instead of spending money on a new engraving of Reaganmaybe they can just use a publicity photo from Bedtime for Bonzo. Of course, when its’ reduced to fit on a bill it might be hard to tell Ronnie from the chimp, but what the hell…
Maybe FDR insteadThere’s certainly an argument to be made for replacing Grant on the $50 bill, but there’s a much stronger case for going with FDR, the president who inspired the nation during the Great Depression and led it through WWII, compared to Reagan, whose accomplishments as president were…less.
Or if you’re looking for alternatives to dead white guys, how about Abigail Adams, Frederick Douglas or Sojourner Truth. Frankly, the U.S. has the most boring currency and coinage in the world. Can’t we follow the lead of Canada and European countries and regularly update our money to feature a wider variety of important individuals and events from our history.
I refuse to refer to the airportin Arlington, VA by St. Ronnie’s name. I still call it Washington National.