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Horace Greeley thundered, "Turn the Rascals Out” in 1872, * but Grant held the presidency for another term.
The country wasn’t ready for "The Plumed Knight,” as James G. Blaine was called, in 1876, and the election went to Rutherford B. Hayes.
Blainje was back in 1884. But he had the misfortune of being labeled an opponent of ‘‘Rum, Romanism and Rebellion.” The Catholics turned against him and helped elect Grover Cleveland.
William McKinley promised "The Pull Dinner Pail” in 1900, setting a precedent for Hoover’s later pledge of "A Chicken in "Every PotJ a Car in Every Garage.”
In 1916 the country re-elected Woodrqw Wilson with the explanation, “He Kept Us Out of War.” |
Five months later the U. S. was in war. When the next election rolled airound, the voter wanted “Normalcy” and Warren G. Harding;.
In 1924 the electorate decided to “Keep Cool with Coolidge”. By 1932 they were ready for a ‘‘New Deal”, aind the “Forgotten Man” gave his:Vote to FDR.
More recently some people thought |"We Need Adali Badly,” but the elections of 1952 and 1956
proved tjhat more people like Ike.
What will the slogans be this year?
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