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The long cascade of federal government hype



The long cascade of federal government hypeBy the end of World War II, the continuous cascade of federal-government, political slogans were well established.   Back in 1840, it was "Tippecanoe and Tyler too."  In 1912, Wilson's presidential campaign slogan was "The New Freedom".

The quality of hype started downhill in 1946

The quality of hype started downhill in 1946.   The slogan for the Republicans was "Have you had enough?" People hadn't. "Giv'em hell, Harry" won the election.  After Harry, "I like Ike" spoke for the draft Eisenhower movement. Ike was elected in 1952.  There hasn't been a better political slogan since. (Barack Obama later suggested that Hillary Clinton was the most qualified person to ever run for POTUS. Yes, he did.)   "A time for greatness 1960" touted JFK, and nixed the Nixon-Lodge slogan "Experience Counts," which didn't to the voters.  LBJ ascended to the Presidency on a dark November day in 1963.   When LBJ ran against Goldwater in 1964, Barry's "In Your Heart, You Know He's Right" was countered by Lyndon's "In your Guts, You Know He's Nuts".  Goldwater lost big. The liberal media lined up solidly against him.  They said that Barry would take us to war.  Then the table turned. And "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?" eclipsed "The Great Society".  

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DRAIN THE SWAMP

Along came Nixon and "Peace with Honor".  A phrase coined by Cicero and Bill Shakespeare.  Dick said he had a plan to end the war.  But he didn't say it was "Vietnamization" – credit Henry Kissinger for that idea. It ended with a Huey on the roof of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon.  (Biden later followed suit.) After Dick rode a chopper off the White House lawn for the last time, Ford offered to "Whip Inflation Now" (AKA: "WIN").  But he didn't, and he lost in 1976 to a peanut farmer. Jimmy Carter promised to "Bring integrity to the White House".  And he did. But it was largely void of competence.  In 1980, Ronald Reagan asked "Are You Better Off Than You Were Four Years Ago?" and the answer was "Nope".  So, Ron said "Let's make American Great Again".  And he did, but it cost. The national debt continued to climb, as Teddy Kennedy and Tip O'Neill bamboozled Ron on immigration.  Ron trusted, but failed to verify. Most of you reading this likely lived through the years that followed. In 1988, Bush the First said "Read My Lips, No New Taxes".  That blew back on him. In 1992, "It's Time to Change America," said Bill Clinton.  And he surely did.  In 2000, it was Bush the Second's "Compassionate Conservatism".  Whatever that meant.  In 2008, Barry Soetoro offered "Change we can believe in".  But we were told little about that change.  And, the liberal media, characteristically, asked no questions.  In 2016, Trump's "Drain the Swamp," turned out to be an exercise in futility.  The liberal media, social media, big tech, large corporations, the federal bureaucracy, plus some inside the GOP sabotaged him.  He was a sitting duck. 

Today, a new jury is deliberating on that same 1946 question for a new time

Then, in 2020, Joe's people offered: "Build Back Better"; "Restore the Soul of the Nation"; "Out best days still lie ahead"; "No Malarkey!"; and "Bye Don".  Which takes us to now, and back to the question asked in 1946 by the Republican Party: "Have you had enough?"  The answer from the American voters back then was "No, we want more!" Today, a new jury is deliberating on that same 1946 question for a new time.    Have we had enough yet?


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Lee Cary -- Bio and Archives Since November 2007, Lee Cary has written hundreds of articles for several websites including the American Thinker, and Breitbart’s Big Journalism and Big Government (as “Archy Cary”). and the Canada Free Press. Cary’s work was quoted on national television (Sean Hannity) and on nationally syndicated radio (Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin). His articles have posted on the aggregate sites Drudge Report, Whatfinger, Lucianne, Free Republic, and Real Clear Politics. He holds a Doctorate in Theology from Garrett Theological Seminary in Evanston, IL, is a veteran of the US Army Military Intelligence in Vietnam assigned to the [strong]Phoenix Program[/strong]. He lives in Texas.

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