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To: Publius; Impy; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican
>> "The country's risin' for Clay and Frelinghuysen". -- Political slogan from the 1844 presidential campaign. <<

Hmmm. Doesn't exactly roll off the tongue. They Might Be Giants did a modern rendition of the "Tippecanoe and Tyler Too" campaign theme from the 1840 election, and I can see how it was pretty catchy at the time:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XcDeRJ_Osc

19 posted on 11/01/2014 2:01:40 PM PDT by BillyBoy (Thanks to RINOs, Illinois has definitely become a "red state" -- we are run by Communists!)
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To: BillyBoy; Impy

1844, that was the contest of neighboring pols. Clay from KY and Polk from TN. Tennessee was marginally a Whig state and so it voted for Clay over its Governor, Polk. Had 3rd party candidate Birney got out and endorsed the Whig ticket, NY state would’ve put Clay over the top. Birney, ironically, was a KY native who formerly had worked for Clay.


22 posted on 11/01/2014 2:36:41 PM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: BillyBoy; fieldmarshaldj; AuH2ORepublican

TMBGs are boss.

Tyler though was a stinking WINO, one of the worst VP picks ever.


29 posted on 11/01/2014 6:07:27 PM PDT by Impy (Voting democrat out of spite? Then you are America's enemy, like every other rat voter.)
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