Category Archive: Elections

Will Rogers on “Who Can Remember a Campaign Promise?”

Money is all you hear about these days from Washington, and if we can remember back to previous campaigns, with Will Rogers, there were lots of promises from Democrats. One big promise was that the “stimulus” was promised to fix our financial mess with massive government spending. Well, here we are three years later, and …

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Will Rogers on “Voters’ Short Memory”

How many politicians are in office today because the voters have a short memory? I think many of them count on it. How else can you explain the high incumbent reelection rate? Perhaps it’s because voters only look at candidates during the election cycle. The only information they get about a candidate is from the …

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Will Rogers on “Election Results”

Rogers in scene from movie Jubilo

How could Will Rogers have known about the frustration of recounts back in 1932? I don’t know that he ever experienced one, but he certainly knew that the day after the election, he wanted it to be over! The image is from one of Will’s silent movies, Jubilo. He was one of the few actors …

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