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July 23, 2004
| From George To George

SMU asks:

How did leisure suits affect political campaigns? Why was the rooster once the symbol of the Democratic Party? What feminine freebies did Eisenhower lure women voters with? To find out, take a walk down 250 years of American campaign trails with the exhibit, “From George to George: Presidential Elections in the United States from 1789 to the Present.”

It’s a museum exhibit, but the online presence is cool, too. If you’re a political junkie, you need to check it out … it’s quite a walk down memory lane, and there’s a fine lot of ancillary material (trivia, etc.). Visit it here.



Posted by Alan at July 23, 2004 11:13 PM | TrackBack
Comments

. . . and the answers are:
1. Fewer arm-raising victory celebrations: leisure suits show sweat terribly, and it pulls the seat up the crack of your ass.
2. Because, initially, the Demo’s clucked defiance — as opposed to now, when . . . , never mind.
3. “I lick Ick” buttons.

Posted by: j [TypeKey Profile Page] at July 24, 2004 12:29 AM

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