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We Polked You in ’44. We Shall Pierce You in ’52.2024 Jan 20
This listicle collects presidential campaign slogans which – again, who cares? – and where I'm already familiar with all the good ones. Except this one, the best one, how did I not know this? Comparing Franklin Pierce in 1852 against the popular James Polk presidency of 1844, this slogan is amazing. But now with 170+ years of hindsight, while neither is terribly famous, Polk is at least regarded by historians as a good president, where Pierce not so much.
This listicle collects presidential campaign slogans which – again, who cares? – and where I'm already familiar with all the good ones. Except this one, the best one, how did I not know this? Comparing Franklin Pierce in 1852 against the popular James Polk presidency of 1844, this slogan is amazing. But now with 170+ years of hindsight, while neither is terribly famous, Polk is at least regarded by historians as a good president, where Pierce not so much.