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Title: An historical perspective on elections
Post by: Perd Hapley on April 06, 2016, 05:24:16 PM

http://www.stltoday.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gateway-to-dc/historically-the-nastiness-of-campaign-pales/article_fbb318c2-3bcb-52b7-aae8-1f0f82503e0f.html

OK, so it sounds like politics was more contentious then. Of course, they fought a bloody civil war a little later...

Title: Re: An historical perspective on elections
Post by: bedlamite on April 06, 2016, 08:26:03 PM

I think we need a five-time ultimate smackdown wrestling champion for president.

Title: Re: An historical perspective on elections
Post by: brimic on April 06, 2016, 08:40:29 PM

Lame article.
It said nothing of how Lincoln killed vampires.

Title: Re: An historical perspective on elections
Post by: lee n. field on April 08, 2016, 08:49:52 AM

Lincoln was a vampire.  Knocking off the competition.

Title: Re: An historical perspective on elections
Post by: grampster on April 09, 2016, 10:16:44 AM

Lincoln bad mouthed his opposition with e-mails, twitter and Facebook. :P

(Sadly, some people might agree with that)

Title: Re: An historical perspective on elections
Post by: just Warren on April 09, 2016, 06:09:21 PM

Lincoln was bricked by booth.exe.

Title: Re: An historical perspective on elections
Post by: bedlamite on April 09, 2016, 06:21:55 PM

It's British, the first part is not far off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2dNEQiHUUo