HEADLINE CLONES | 2006-02-10
As I explained below, the only Democrats who actually WON an election since 1944 were from the Old Confederacy.
But the last two were so much alike that I STILL say "Carter" when I mean Clinton and vice-versa.
I think in electoral terms. To those who live by the daily headlines Clinton and Carter are very different. To someone who lives in historical tersm, as I do, they are the same phenomenon.
To a person who kept up with the news from 1877 to 1901, Presidents Hayes, Garflied, Athur, Harrison and McKinley were entirely different people. To me they were all standard Republican hacks from the Midwest.
History seems to confirm my judgement.
If you live in a world of frantic e-mails you totally overlook the sober realities.