Being raised in a small town with a population of six hundred people you were never inudated with political rhetoric from either party. One major reason, very few people had access to any form of communication other than radio, a few posters, and word of mouth.
My parents were Democrats and other than it was the party of their parents, and their grandparents, and so on and so forth generations past, that was the connection. Maybe the Republican elephant did not catch their fancy as much as the Democrats donkey logo. If my memory serves me correctly ( your snickering is very apparent) it was the presidential election of 1984 between Ronald Reagan and Jesse Jackson ( so I Googled it, sue me). Reagan won in a landslide.
At some point in time before the election, I was talking with my mom about the upcomg election.
” How do you feel about the electon”?
” We will vote Democratic”.
” And dad”?
” Ever how I tell him”.
” Are you familiar with Jackson’s platform”?
” No, I just know which ever party has the most moonshine and dollar bills will win the election. The Democrats have the moonshine covered, but not the dollar bills”.
“You can fool all the people some of the time and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time.” Abraham Lincoln. Happy Thanksgiving.
Be safe.
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