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To: Kenny

I missed the old politics before the Civil War when politicians would beat each other senseless with a walking stick.


8 posted on 10/24/2017 2:16:36 PM PDT by beergarden
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To: beergarden
Someone on another thread asked who would want the foul mouthed Kid Rock representing them. I said....me! They deserve to be cussed every single day. Lol. The beatings with walking sticks would be good too. 🤗
18 posted on 10/24/2017 2:21:14 PM PDT by sheana
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To: beergarden
I missed the old politics before the Civil War when politicians would beat each other senseless with a walking stick.

Well, over across the pond, G.K. Chesterton wrote about a century ago that

it is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged..

50 posted on 10/24/2017 3:03:04 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: beergarden; Kenny
I missed the old politics before the Civil War when politicians would beat each other senseless with a walking stick.

Also, I think it was during the Jefferson vs. Adams Presidential campaign that one of them called the other a hermaphrodite.

(Be interesting to see what party the accused belonged to.)

52 posted on 10/24/2017 3:06:35 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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