Hillary backs Tubman on $20

[WVdemocrat]

I don't see any big issue with this though I would prefer Eleanor Roosevelt. But whatever. Hard thing to be opposed to.

^This. Harriet Tubman would be great, but I'd prefer Eleanor Roosevelt.

[WVdemocrat]

The thing is, the Republican Party was different back in the day. Back then, the Democratic Party was full of racist Dixiecrats. For example, much more Republicans supported the Civil Rights Act than Democrats. To be honest, I might have supported the Republican Party back then too, while disagreeing with them on economic policy.

[WVdemocrat]

This will not be in a debate...

Don't be so sure. There was a debate even about whether or not MLK day should be a national holiday. Reagan opposed it.

Great issue to push, will cause countless conservatives to say terrible things.

I can see it now. Huckabee defending the Trail of Tears, Trump calling Harriet Tubman ugly, countless Republicans saying Reagan deserves it more thereby completely missing the point. Glorious.

It would be glorious if because Hillary came out in support of it, they felt compelled to oppose it. That would just be amazing.

[WVdemocrat]

I think this thread has proven why this was a good issue for Hillary to champion. You don't need to understand politics to understand the concept. Many women and nonwhites will especially embrace the idea and a certain element will vehemently oppose it. And those who are running for the GOP nomination could get caught in the middle when asked to take a stand. It may not come up in a debate, but you can be sure that eventually some reporter is going to ask one of them, and then (especially if the first guy flubs it) the press will ask all the others. Remember how 'would you go to a gay wedding?' made the rounds and how 'was the Iraq war a mistake?' is the new thing? 

^Yes, it is glorious watching them trip over themselves on things that shouldn't even be political issues. Like I said before, I really hope they decide to oppose this just because Hillary supports it. That would be great.

[WVdemocrat]

^That would certainly be fitting given the "bad relations" (to put it lightly) between the Jackson administration and Native Americans.

[WVdemocrat]

Ready for Eleanor!