Posted on 09/18/2015 12:51:12 PM PDT by Steelfish
BUSH FLUNKS GREAT WOMAN QUESTION He wasnt the only one to do so on the $10 question.
By Betsy McCaughey 9.18.15
Republican presidential contenders need to brush up on their American history and the many heroic women who have helped make this country great. At Wednesdays debate, CNNs Jake Tapper went down the line, asking the candidates what woman should be depicted on the $10 bill. At that point, most of the candidates looked like deer caught in the headlights. American women of achievement? They couldnt think of any.
Rand Paul said, Ooh, thats a tough one, but managed to come up with Susan B. Anthony. A good choice. She was a tireless campaigner for womens equal rights, especially the right to vote. Next Marco Rubio said Rosa Parks, the civil rights icon, and Ted Cruz quickly latched on to that answer.
It was all down hill after that. Ben Carson nominated his mother, a sweet gesture and a chance for him to reiterate his humble upbringing, but it also showed a lack of appreciation or knowledge of what women have done as leaders in this country. Same goes for Mike Huckabee, who proposed his wife.
Then came the worst. Jeb Bush proposed Margaret Thatcher. What? Imagine the Brits printing an American Dolley Madison or Eleanor Roosevelt on their pound notes. He couldnt think of one American woman?
How about Molly Pitcher, the Revolutionary War heroine who brought water to the parched American soldiers at the Battle of Monmouth and then replaced her fallen husband on the battlefield.
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You know what the best answer would be:
A: Oh great, the media is now pursuing a question that people care about even less than climate change. Let’s make this a question that I don’t answer, except to comment that this is a trivial waste of all our valuable time, including those listening in that want to hear us discussion the issues that concern them the most.
There are few women who stand out to me. If I had my choice, I'd put Ronda Rousey on a bill.
She's a pioneer, a warrior, a good role model, and a beautiful woman. I admire her very much.
“Then came the worst. Jeb Bush proposed Margaret Thatcher.”
What that before or after he said “I smoked pot - sorry mom”?
I think the two might be connected.
Only if the Brits put Dolly Madison on a GBP note!
When the Brit’s heard about this the dollar rose against the pound.
How about Wonder Woman? Or am I limited to cis-real women?
I guess no one heard of Clara Barton?
Hey! i mentioned Molly Pitcher, when the question was first posed on FR! I still stand with that answer. A true daughter of the revolution, too.
...showed a lack of appreciation or knowledge of what women have done as leaders in this country....
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Shut up, Betsy. It was a stupid question, and you know it. There have not been a whole lot of women “leaders”.
Sole intent of the question was to trip someone up and add to the “war on women” nonsense.
+1
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Yep.
Good one!
You are correct!
And you know dang well that as soon as the left gets its way with putting a woman on the currency, they’ll insist on some homo or some other pervert on another bill.
Yup. We should hold the line. It’s not like we all don’t already know that it’s next in line. Of course it’s the least disagreeable aspect of dispossession of white males that’s being presented first. How about we print some twenty-five dollar bills and put Annie Oakley on them? She was for the conventional wisdom of her time and even against the suffragettes. And she sure shot straight.
Leave Alexander Hamilton alone. If it must be a woman, I’d be OK with Molly Pitcher (Mary Ludwig).
Margaret is a TREASURE!! If ONLY we had someone like HER!!
Maggie started global warming.
I agree with Harriet Tubman 1000%. Why Hollywood has never made a major movie about her is just boggling. Talk about nerves of steel, and putting your life on the line to save others! But we’d rather see a woman who rode a bus...really?
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