"Democratic Party leaders in Connecticut have decided to distance themselves from Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson because of the two former presidents' ties to slavery.
In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, it was decided that the two will no longer be honored as part of the annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey fundraising dinner."
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My wife is offended by this. She feels that singling out Jefferson and Jackson for exclusion ignores all the other presidents who won office in obviously sexist disqualifying male-only elections.*
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In a unanimous vote on Wednesday, it was decided that the two will no longer be honored as part of the annual Jefferson Jackson Bailey fundraising dinner."
http://ift.tt/1GRsNsc
My wife is offended by this. She feels that singling out Jefferson and Jackson for exclusion ignores all the other presidents who won office in obviously sexist disqualifying male-only elections.*
*sentiment borrowed from this article: http://ift.tt/1VHiQbY
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