Cajun flavor to Palm Beach County Dem dinner with Louisiana headliners Landrieu, Melancon
by George Bennett | October 15th, 2009
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- Sen. Mary Landrieu
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- Rep. Charlie Melancon
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- Jackson: purged
The event used to be known as the Jefferson-Jackson dinner, but Declaration of Independence author Thomas Jefferson’s slave ownership and $20 bill portrait model Andrew Jackson’s “Trail of Tears” Indian-removal policies offended the sensibilities of local Dem leaders. The name of the event was changed to the Truman-Kennedy-Johnson dinner instead.
County Democratic Chairman Mark Alan Siegel said the party hopes to draw about 500 people to the $150-and-up event.
Tags: Andrew Jackson, Charlie Melancon, David Vitter, Mark Alan Siegel, Mary Landrieu, political correctness, Thomas Jefferson, Trail of Tears
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October 15th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
They picked the chief stalwart Blue Dogs blocking Obama’s health care agenda as keynote speakers for one of our biggest events of the year? Wow. Do better PBC Dems.