To: ambrose
Barry Goldwater believed that there should be no public tribute to a man until he had been dead for 50 years and could be judged dispassionately by history. That meant to Barry: No statues, no dollar bills, no coins.
Had we observed that 50 year waiting period, it's possible but unlikely that FDR would have gotten on a coin in 1995. And I can absolutely guarantee you that Jack Kennedy would not get anything when his turn finally came in 2013.
5 posted on
06/08/2004 1:28:39 PM PDT by
Publius
(VRWC member since 1963.)
To: Publius
I tend to agree with Goldwater on this...
6 posted on
06/08/2004 1:32:12 PM PDT by
ambrose
(President Bush on Reagan: "His Work is Done and Now a Shining City Awaits Him")
To: Publius
Barry Goldwater believed that there should be no public tribute to a man until he had been dead for 50 years and could be judged dispassionately by history. That meant to Barry: No statues, no dollar bills, no coins. Had we observed that 50 year waiting period, it's possible but unlikely that FDR would have gotten on a coin in 1995. And I can absolutely guarantee you that Jack Kennedy would not get anything when his turn finally came in 2013.
50 years??? Looks like more less than one. Same for FDR. He got his dime in 1946
14 posted on
06/08/2004 1:40:15 PM PDT by
El Conservador
("No blood for oil!"... Then don't drive, you moron!!!)
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