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