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FM123

(10,053 posts)
Sun Dec 1, 2019, 10:59 AM Dec 2019

Presidential campaign slogans from back in the day.....

"We Polked you in '44, We shall Pierce you in '52" – 1852 U.S. presidential campaign slogan of Franklin Pierce; the '44 referred to the 1844 election of James K. Polk as president.

"Turn the Rascals Out" – 1872 Horace Greeley slogan against Grantism.

"Ma, Ma, where's my Pa?" – Used by James G. Blaine supporters against Grover Cleveland. The slogan referred to the allegation that Cleveland had fathered an illegitimate child.

"Make your wet dreams come true." – Al Smith, referring to his stand in favor of repealing Prohibition

"In Your Guts, You Know He's Nuts" – 1964 U.S. presidential campaign slogan of Lyndon B. Johnson supporters, answering Goldwater's slogan

"Don't change Dicks in the midst of a screw, vote for Nixon in '72" – Popular campaign slogan for Nixon supporters

And so many more....https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._presidential_campaign_slogans

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