Debate over the dime pits Reagan against FDR

[OzzyKP]

But just think y'all. If you give the Republicans a Reagan coin now, they'll be placated enough not to ask for a Dubya coin in 50 years.

[MrFun]

Re: Debate over the dime pits Reagan against FDR

Originally posted by Verto


Now, I'm conservative and Republican, but this is just silly. If I was going to put Reagan on our currency (an idea which I am not opposed to), I would not try to replace the current presidents with him; it is just idiotic. Everyone loves Washington, everyone loves Lincoln, everyone loves Jefferon, and (mostly) everyone loves FDR - it's just a stupid move.

If anything, a new or special commemoration coin would have to be made. Maybe a Ronald Reagan half dollar?

If this dumb idea is implemented, the first time I come across Raegan's dime, I will plop it in my toilet, and piss on it.

[Az]

I bet you won't do that on the second time, though.

[Imran Siddiqui]

yeah, you can just send your dimes to me .

[Boris Godunov]

It would be more fitting to put his face on the penny. Mostly useless.

[Q Classic]

i really hope i'm not the only one who's sick and tired of everything being named after Pres. #40 in these United States of Reagan.

[Boris Godunov]

Originally posted by Q Cubed
i really hope i'm not the only one who's sick and tired of everything being named after Pres. #40 in these United States of Reagan.

It's a good tactic to ensure your guy is remembered, despite his failings as a president. After the legacy of his horrendous deficit, aid for murderous right-wing terrorist groups, ignorance of the AIDS epidemic, general crappiness are forgotten, his name will be everywhere.

Would we remember Ramses for his political accomplishments? No, he was by all accounts a rather bad Pharoah for Egypt. But he made sure his name was on everything, and that's what counts.

[Gatekeeper]

Originally posted by OzzyKP
But just think y'all. If you give the Republicans a Reagan coin now, they'll be placated enough not to ask for a Dubya coin in 50 years.

Fifty years? Ha. More like 10 to 15 years at most ... and, no, it won't stop them from trying. Hmm. Isn't there some sort of effort under way to have every county in the nation have something in it named after Reagan? Or am I thinking about the Giant Flags Across America project?

Gatekeeper

[Kuciwalker]

I pledge allegiance to the flag, of the United States of Reagan, and to the Republic for which is stands, one nation, under Reagan, indivisible, with liberty and justice for Reagan.

[Theben]

It's for the housewives of the midwest who need a lastname for all their kids named Elvis.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Azazel
I bet you won't do that on the second time, though.

I will probably just keep pissing on every Raegan dime that comes into my hands, then throwing them in the trash until I decide it's no longer worth losing too many dimes.

[Az]

drink a lot of water, please.

[GhengisFarb™]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
If I was American, I'm not sure I'd feel comfortable with his face being so close to my nuts.

Why do you think no one's attempted to get Clinton on a coin?

[Drogue]

Originally posted by cinch
Waitaminnit, I was just thinking... when the old bag finally snuffs it... we're not going to have to have Charles McHugeEars on our coinage... are we?

Yep King George VII it is

Originally posted by Uncle Sparky
I suspect they'll have a King William before a King Charles.

I doubt it. Though people may want it, I think after Lizzie we'll either scrap the Monarchy (her death may trigger a vote) or we'll carry on the lineage. Either we have an hereditary head-of-state or we elect one, we cannot have a situation where we elect one of the close-in-line hereditary members.

Oh, and it'll be King George, since Charles' have bad luck.

[Jaguar]

Why don't we put him on paper money? Jackson is on the 20, and he was a mass murderer. It seems pretty clear that we should switch him out long before FDR.