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To: Oratam

Do people turn down being tapped for VP? Has that ever happened?

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Yes, I believe it has. It’s been described as being worth a bowl of warm spit.

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I believe the vessel was a pitcher...Spiro Agnew (sp?


792 posted on 08/05/2022 1:16:46 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Never worry about anything. Worry never solved any problem or moved any stone.)
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To: little jeremiah

John Nancy Garner, VP under FDR for the first two terms. And Garner didn’t say “spit.” He named another body fluid.


794 posted on 08/05/2022 1:18:52 PM PDT by Publius
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To: little jeremiah
John Nance Garner. (Jeez.)
795 posted on 08/05/2022 1:19:37 PM PDT by Publius
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To: little jeremiah; Oratam; numberonepal

When it comes to commentary about the office of vice president of the United States, no statement is more repeated than John Nance Garner’s observation that “the vice presidency is not worth a bucket of warm spit.”

https://historynewsnetwork.org/article/53402


812 posted on 08/05/2022 1:58:57 PM PDT by HippyLoggerBiker (Always carry a flagon of whiskey in case of snakebite and furthermore always carry a small snake. )
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