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quote: Originally posted by juanruiz:
Make as many empty promises as you can
I will vote for anyone who will give the Mrs. a new car. I'd like a truck, while they're being generous. |
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Forget lapel pins, have a Stars-and-Stripes suit made. Ask loudly why other candidates aren't patriotic enough to do the same.
Events in Iraq may influence voters. If things fall apart spectacularly enough to get into the headlines again, the most aggressive 'troops out now' position may be popular. If things continue to just about hold together at a tolerable level of mayhem - or if they improve - the '100 years of occupation' point of view might look more attractive.
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"...have a Stars-and-Stripes suit made." It never helped Lar Daly. From Wikipedia - Lawrence Joseph Sarsfield Daly (January 22, 1912 – April 18, 1979), aka Lar Daly, was a fringe American politician who ran unsuccessfully for a variety of political offices (including President of the United States) [1], often campaigning wearing an Uncle Sam suit [2].
Daly was a Republican primary for Governor of Illinois in both 1956 and 1964. He was also a primary for the Mayor of Chicago in 1959, for both Democratic and Republican parties, as well as running in the primary in the Republican party in the 1963 and 1967 mayoral elections. He was the "Tax Cut" and "America First" candidate in the 1960 elections for President of the United States. He stood in primaries for the United States Senator from Illinois in 1962 in the Democratic Party, and 1966, 1970 and 1978 for the Republicans. He also stood for United States Representative from Illinois, 7th District, in 1973, for the Republicans.[1]
Lar Daly is best known today for using the Federal Communications Commission's "Equal Time Rule" to force radio and television news broadcasts to give him equal coverage with Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.[3]. Amazingly, I couldn't find an image of him in his Uncle Sam suit. But that is certainly the only mental picture I get when I think of him (which is not often).
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