Since Winslow already covered the sarcasm, i won’t add to it.
Interesting piece in the Times today from the Smithsonian’s curator:
2024, I’d Like You to Meet 1892 By Jon Grinspan
But as we are seeing again, it is possible for an election to simultaneously make the public fighting mad and bored to tears. The repeated, deadening matchups of Cleveland and Harrison in 1888 and 1892 did just that. They may be the best parallel for what is coming with a second Biden-Trump election this November. There are other rematches in American presidential history, but 1892 was the only time a sitting president lost re-election, ran four years later against his vanquisher, and won. That weird race has a message for all those planning to hit snooze on the coming campaign: Great political change can unfold when the system seems woefully stalled.
It may take several more elections for voters to tire of trying to “obliterate” each other, and start tinkering with other options. This is not a case for staying home in 2024 — far from it — it’s an argument for devoting the best of our energies outside of the political cycle.
In 1892, watching the same two mediocre guys run yet again undermined Gilded Age Americans’ belief in landslides that never came. Finally, they were bored enough to think small, and began to see that consequences come, not just through elections, but around them as well.
braindead Premium Member about 1 month ago
Back to both siderism. This time a bankshot.
William Robbins Premium Member about 1 month ago
Since Winslow already covered the sarcasm, i won’t add to it.
Interesting piece in the Times today from the Smithsonian’s curator:
2024, I’d Like You to Meet 1892 By Jon Grinspan
But as we are seeing again, it is possible for an election to simultaneously make the public fighting mad and bored to tears. The repeated, deadening matchups of Cleveland and Harrison in 1888 and 1892 did just that. They may be the best parallel for what is coming with a second Biden-Trump election this November. There are other rematches in American presidential history, but 1892 was the only time a sitting president lost re-election, ran four years later against his vanquisher, and won. That weird race has a message for all those planning to hit snooze on the coming campaign: Great political change can unfold when the system seems woefully stalled.
It may take several more elections for voters to tire of trying to “obliterate” each other, and start tinkering with other options. This is not a case for staying home in 2024 — far from it — it’s an argument for devoting the best of our energies outside of the political cycle.
In 1892, watching the same two mediocre guys run yet again undermined Gilded Age Americans’ belief in landslides that never came. Finally, they were bored enough to think small, and began to see that consequences come, not just through elections, but around them as well.
[Unnamed Reader - 14b4ce] about 1 month ago
Picasso is NOT a link to reality. And he treated women like dogs
Radish the wordsmith about 1 month ago
When has this strip EVER been real?
bdpoltergeist Premium Member about 1 month ago
really??