Just looking back to distant dawn of the 3rd millennium, 2008 was notable for the rise of Barack Obama AND also of John McCain. And number of examples from 20th century, for example 1912 Democratic n… (View Post)

IIRC author of Wizard of Oz (whole series), Frank Baum, was a SUPPORTER of bimetalism, and an opponent of the "Gold Bugs". With the Yellow Brick road being the way to ruination thanks to Ea… (View Post)

1932 - Buddy can you spare a dime? 2023 - Can you give us a groat, guv? (View Post)

This is about as much of a parody as that fake Twit woman. Did such things happen? Yes. Were they the norm? Way less than you might guess from Leon's commentary. Note that slaves started heading… (View Post)

Before 1930s BOTH Republicans and Democrats vied to represent business, at least SOME business interests and businessmen. NOTE that they tended to appeal (for votes AND contributions) upon different … (View Post)