[MHGinTN]

But do recall, if you realize it, that the Democrat Party of Jack Benny's haydays was very different from the democrips post John Kennedy. Bob Hope jibed Jack in one of his movies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5PInhXkfvs

[jjotto]

Oh yeah. Democrats didn’t become insane until the ‘70s. But Harry Truman, for example, backed backed socialized medicine here when it was being implemented in the UK.

Until the ‘70s, most people (especially celebrities) were mannerly and mostly discreet about their politics. And a much higher percentage of Americans of both parties cherished American traditions and culture.

[Vision]

I can’t believe Benny would have been for high taxes and a welfare state.