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Olympia, Washington
The Diogenes Club
Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1972
Nixon Now
A most impressive effort of the Nixon campaign trying to lure the youth vote, 1972 was the first where 18 year-olds could vote.
There was a real storm front between those who were raised during the Great Depression and World War Two as opposed to us Boomers who only saw the shadow of the atomic/nuclear cloud. We grew up with the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, and the Cold War. Our protests had a sense of urgency since we were concerned tomorrow might never come. Something had to be done about this mess NOW! At the time this was recognized and dubbed The Generation Gap. This button was an attempt by the Nixon people to reach over that gap. Apparently, in terms being re-elected, it worked.
I find it humorous that in 1972 Nixon won by a landslide, but by 1974 when he resigned in total disgrace I could find few people who admitted they voted for him.
When I think about who was the worst president in U.S. history, I have a hard time choosing between Nixon, Reagan, Bush II, Harding or Buchanan.
Monday, July 30, 2012
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1968
Nixon's The One!
OK, this isn't really a button, it is more of a badge thing you clipped over your shirt pocket. As I recall I found this on the ground somewhere in Olympia during the '68 campaign, so apparently this sort of "pin" didn't work all that well. The flip side says "ABCraft Mfg. Co. Chicago."
Those of us who felt Nixon was behind the Watergate break-in used this slogan a few years later when discussion turned to who was responsible for the crime.
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1960
Progress for All
Forward with Kennedy
Not an original. On the curl it states: Kleenex Tissues '68
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Morty Comix # 2421
Phone photo 1768
No Vampires Beyond This Point
Treaty Line
Seen between Forks and La Push, Washington
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1952
I Like Ike
Hard to read, but I think it says "Bastion Bros, Rochester, N.Y." on the curl
Friday, July 27, 2012
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1936
Landon Knox
The Republican ticket in 1936. Alf Landon was Governor of Kansas, hence the felt sunflower enhancement.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
Phone photo 1765
La Push, Washington
OK, am I the only one who enjoys the wordplay when we realize La Push and Pullman are on extreme opposite sides of the state?
Buzz Buzzizyk art and coin
Buzz sent me this great Morty Comix spinoff, with a comment on the Presidential campaign.
It was folded in a creative way, so I hope I got the order right.
Morty Comix # 2419
Phone photo 1763
La Push, Washington
Louise Amandes and I observed something big swimming around in there. My best guess is that it was a killer whale. A nearby group of children saw it too and it was great to see how excited they were.
Attention Phineas and Ferb Fans: Meet the ORIGINAL Floating Baby Head
It came to my attention that a popular animated cartoon has a character called Giant Floating Baby Head.
I wonder if any the folks behind the show saw my Floating Baby Head character comix in the 1990s? And if not, what sort of collective memory were we tapping into?
State of Beings # 1 (1991)
Bezango / Bezango Obscuro (1994)
I wonder if any the folks behind the show saw my Floating Baby Head character comix in the 1990s? And if not, what sort of collective memory were we tapping into?
State of Beings # 1 (1991)
Bezango / Bezango Obscuro (1994)
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1932? 1936? 1940? 1944?
Roosevelt
Curl says "G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash."
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1924
Keep Cool With Cal
Coolidge For President
Not an original pin. This came from a Farrell's Ice Cream Parlour, according to the info on the curl, probably in the early 1970s.
Since we have many public offices coming up for primary and general elections, I thought I'd run some of the pins I have gathered over the years, mostly by accident. For some reason I have never thrown them out. Perhaps this is due to the fact they do not take up a lot of room.
Favorite Movie Quotes: Weapons of Mass Distraction
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
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