@eladar saidDialogue from The Cat and the Canary (made in 1939, shortly after midterm elections in which the Democrats lost 74 House seats and seven seats in the Senate):
I remember when some around here thought that Republicans were dead because Obama was voted in as President.
Cicily (Nydia Westman): “It’s awfully spooky down here. Do you believe in reincarnation?”
Wally (Bob Hope): “Huh?”
Cicily “You know, that dead people come back?”
Wally: “You mean like the Republicans?”
02 Nov 20
@mchill
Prior to this election, I've only voted for president once , in 1976, because I didn't think who was president made that big a deal. I didn't vote in the last election because I didn't like Hillary or Trump, thought it was like being given a choice of which toilet I was given a choice to drink out of..
But this time it's important, because if the dems win we are screwed, they are the party of evil, and Trump has been an AWESOME president.
02 Nov 20
@mchill saidHow important is politics?
A: A little, but not much.
I'm 65, and have lived through 9 Presidential administrations. 6 Republican and 5 Democrat. My life and work have seen minor changes depending who occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Ave, but no major ones. With this in mind, I suggest everyone to stay tuned to the events of the day and vote of course, but don't let politics waste your time, and drain your energy. You have more important things to do.
Considering that politicians set our taxes, create laws, manage social spending, set foreign policy and decide on military responses I’d say it was quite important!
02 Nov 20
@dood111 saidHaha so when trump stood for election as race hater general you didn’t like him but now he’s been race hater general for 4 years you think he’s awesome.
@mchill
Prior to this election, I've only voted for president once , in 1976, because I didn't think who was president made that big a deal. I didn't vote in the last election because I didn't like Hillary or Trump, thought it was like being given a choice of which toilet I was given a choice to drink out of..
But this time it's important, because if the dems win we are screwed, they are the party of evil, and Trump has been an AWESOME president.
02 Nov 20
@divegeester saidBlessed is he who lives in a society where politics is not that important!
How important is politics?
Considering that politicians set our taxes, create laws, manage social spending, set foreign policy and decide on military responses I’d say it was quite important!
I sometimes find myself yearning to wake up and find that it was 1959 and that I could stroll to the polling station and cast my vote for Macmillan or Gaitskell and go to bed in the sure and certain knowledge that no matter who won, the country would be moderately well governed for the next five years...
@teinosuke saidWho the hell were Macmillan or Gaitskell and what election was that ? Election for president was 1960 and it was between Kennedy and Nixon.
Blessed is he who lives in a society where politics is not that important!
I sometimes find myself yearning to wake up and find that it was 1959 and that I could stroll to the polling station and cast my vote for Macmillan or Gaitskell and go to bed in the sure and certain knowledge that no matter who won, the country would be moderately well governed for the next five years...
@dood111 saidBelieve it or not, there are and were elections in other countries than the bloody USA. I was referring to the election in my native UK. Harold Macmillan was Prime Minister from 1957 and his Conservative Party was re-elected in 1959. Hugh Gaitskell was leader of the opposition Labour Party, which lost the election. Both were uncommonly civilised, moderate, enlightened politicians, of a type I yearn to see again.
Who the hell were Macmillan or Gaitskell and what election was that ? Election for president was 1960 and it was between Kennedy and Nixon.
02 Nov 20
The post that was quoted here has been removedEspecially given Ronald Reagan's perspective on the matter. When a Spanish journalist asked him, in 1985, for his comments on International Brigade veterans sending ambulances to Nicaragua, his answer was as follows: 'With regard to the Spanish Civil War, I would say that the individuals that went over there were fighting on the wrong side."
Ronald Reagan: A Republican against the Republicans!