Graves of Rev. Robert Edmund Dunlap (1850-1938) and Nellie R. Dunlap (1851-1940), Vashon Island, Washington.
Rev. Dunlap was active in the Prohibition Party and ran for Washington State Governor under that banner in the elections of 1896 and 1900. He also ran as the Prohibition Party candidate for Governor of Arizona in 1916.
Vashon Island was also the home of Prohibition Party presidential candidate Gene Amondson (1943-2009) who ran in 2004 and 2008. I interviewed Gene in 2007.
Showing posts with label Elections. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Elections. Show all posts
Sunday, March 3, 2013
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Postcard - Ilwaco, Washington
"Port Basin - Ilwaco, Washington. Located at the mouth of the famous Columbia River. Berths for over 900 small boats, launching facilities. Area noted for silver and chinook salmon fishing. From May thru October."
Love the staccato description there. Probably from the 1960s or 1970s. Ilwaco is also known, at least to us Washington State trivia collectors, as the base for Malcolm Mark Moore, who ran for Governor in 1936 as a member of the Hitler-loving "Christian Party," otherwise known as the Silver Shirts.
Ilwaco is also the burial place of legendary muralist Joe Knowles.
Love the staccato description there. Probably from the 1960s or 1970s. Ilwaco is also known, at least to us Washington State trivia collectors, as the base for Malcolm Mark Moore, who ran for Governor in 1936 as a member of the Hitler-loving "Christian Party," otherwise known as the Silver Shirts.
Ilwaco is also the burial place of legendary muralist Joe Knowles.
Labels:
Elections,
Ilwaco Washington,
Joe Knowles,
Malcolm Mark Moore,
murals,
Nazis,
postcards,
Washington State Governor
Sunday, February 17, 2013
The Runner Up Thread, 1976-2012
1976: Ford. 1980: Carter
1980: Carter. 1984: Mondale
1984: Mondale. 1988: Dukakis
1988: Dukakis. 1992: Bush
1992: Bush. 1996: Dole
1996: Dole. 2000: Gore
2000: Gore. 2004: Kerry
2004: Kerry. 2008: McCain
2008: McCain. 2012: Romney
Labels:
Al Gore,
Bob Dole,
Elections,
George H.W. Bush,
Gerald Ford,
Jimmy Carter,
John Kerry,
John McCain,
Michael Dukakis,
Mitt Romney,
Walter Mondale
Saturday, December 1, 2012
Buttons - Comic Art - 1952
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Buttons,
Elections,
Green Duck Company,
Pogo,
Walt Kelly
Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 2012
Obama 2012
barackobama.com
On the curl: OFA9997
My old friend Rex and I worked together as McGovern volunteers in 1972. Forty years later he came to a family election watch and handed out a bunch of Obama buttons.
Update, 11-8-12: I think "Up There" George McGovern was just issued his angel wings. America is coming home.
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Barack Obama,
Buttons,
Democrats,
Elections,
George McGovern,
Rex Munger
Sunday, October 28, 2012
You Are In Our Thoughts
To our East Coast brothers and sisters we extend our thoughts and prayers for your safe delivery through Frankenstorm. To our Pacific Northwest comrades up north in British Columbia, we hope you have survived the 7.7 earthquake and the afterquakes. North America is undergoing a character test by Mother Nature this week. And to our fellow Americans in Hawaii, hope you don't suffer too much from the BC tsumani.
And jeez, there is still an election we have to experience.
And jeez, there is still an election we have to experience.
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British Columbia,
earthquakes,
Elections,
Frankenstorm,
Hawaii,
Hurricane Sandy,
hurricanes
Sunday, October 21, 2012
George McGovern, 1922-2012
Come Home America
In many elections I hear voters say they have to choose between the lesser of evils. But in 1972 it was clearly a choice between Good and Evil. And America re-elected Evil in a landslide. Two years later it was hard to find anyone who admitted to voting for Nixon.
There was a bit of graffiti someone wrote on the restroom wall of McGovern HQ in Oly. I'll share it here, and as off-color as it was, it does sum up how us young volunteers felt about Dick Nixon: "Don't change Dicks in the middle of a screw, vote for Nixon in '72!"
When I balance the choices I made in my life, I count the experience of being a volunteer for McGovern in '72 as something I will never regret. I also supported him in my caucus when he ran in 1984 against Ron the Con. And I don't regret that either. Several issues considered radical in the 1970s-1980s are now embraced by many Republicans. So our side eventually won. George was a pioneer and a winner on the right side of history. But being a pioneer has a big price.
To quote McGovern, "You know, sometimes, when they say you're ahead of
your time, it's just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of
timing."
He also said something to the effect: "I wanted to run for President in worst way-- and I did!"
My fave was when his wife, Eleanor, came to Seattle and proclaimed the Nixon administration the "most corrupt in recent history." There was a big uproar. A few days later George arrived and apologized. He said Eleanor should have left out the word "recent."
McGovern was on the winning wide of history, at least on social issues and foreign policy. In this area obstructionist conservatives will always lose and progressives will always win. Economics has more of a universal pendulum.
Goodbye Sen. McGovern. And thank you for being a voice of reason on a national stage filled with haters shouting out messages of greed and fear. You were an inept politician, but you were a decent man. It was a miracle you were ever nominated. But working for you was the cleanest political experience I have ever had in my life, and I frequently revisit the idealism of that year if I need to recharge to keep up the Good Fight. Of course we all evolve, but at my core I still think of myself as a McGovernite. And a whole generation of us were inspired by your campaign. You were a WWII vet who worked hard to end war. I salute you for your service and your vision.
Come Home America
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Buttons,
Democrats,
Eleanor McGovern,
Elections,
George McGovern,
Olympia,
Republicans,
Richard Nixon,
Ronald Reagan,
World War II
Thursday, October 18, 2012
Morty Comix # 2445
Morty Comix # 2445 was dropped into the mail slot of a long vacant storefront on Oly's Westside where a pizza place used to be.
Actually two different pizza places were there from the 1970s-2000s. Lots of good memories in both.
I think it was in this place I heard a good McGovern/Nixon story. Since George is in his last days I think it is appropriate to relay this tale.
Around 1976 a bunch of us guys taking a Constitutional law class at The Evergreen State College went here to share a pizza and beer. One among us was Vietnam War vet who was badly wounded on a gunboat, patched up, and then sent back to the U.S. for noncombat duty. He said he was then assigned to the White House.
According to this fellow, he stood at attention in a room where President Nixon came most evenings and studied papers. The President always wore glasses and had a beer with him as he did so. After a month of basically being ignored by Nixon, the Commander in Chief suddenly looked up at the soldier and asked, "Who did you vote for in the last election, son?"
"McGovern, SIR!" was the reply.
And the next day he was given a new assignment.
Goodbye George, and thank you.
Labels:
Elections,
George McGovern,
Morty Comix,
Olympia,
pizza,
restaurants,
Richard Nixon,
The Evergreen State College,
Vietnam War
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Phone photo 1975
Friday, September 7, 2012
$25 Sale - Original Art - Cranium Frenzy # 6, p. 6
Cranium Frenzy # 6, page 6
Medium # paper measure 35.5 x 28 cm. Nonphoto blue pencil with felt tip finishing lines. Drawn in 1990.
Bottom margin has a few lines where I was apparently testing out the pen width.
Check or money order to
Steve Willis
PO Box 390
McCleary, WA 98557-0390
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Buttons - Activist - 21st Century
iVote
I live in a town where the Mayor's race tied, twice in a row, 1969 and 1973! They had to draw out of the Sheriff's hat to determine the winner both times. Same two guys, same Sheriff. The incumbent won the first time, the challenger the second time.
Sometimes your vote can count.
Monday, September 3, 2012
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 2008
Obama/Biden, www.barackobama.com
On the curl: 29625 c2008, Tigereye Design 800-844-3729
Another button my Mom found and donated to the visual parade.
Labels:
Barack Obama,
Buttons,
Democrats,
Elections,
Jeanette Willis,
Joe Biden,
Tigereye Design
Sunday, September 2, 2012
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1984
Mondale Ferraro
On the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
My Mom dug this out last week and contributed to the visual cause
Labels:
Buttons,
Democrats,
Elections,
Geraldine Ferraro,
Grays Harbor Stamp Works,
Jeanette Willis,
Walter Mondale
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1968
Nixon
This small bit of metal was designed to clip on to a shirt pocket. I found it on the ground in 1968.
Buttons - Union - 1993
Don't Risk Our Future
I-601, I-602
Washington Federation of Teachers
On the curl: Air Power Graphics, 1-206-568-3490
Labels:
Air Power Graphics,
Buttons,
Elections,
labor unions,
teaching,
Washington Federation of Teachers
Saturday, August 25, 2012
Bumper Stickers - State Campaign - 1960-1964
We're for Rosellini, Democrat
A bumper sticker for Washington State Gov. Al Rosellini's 1960 or 1964 re-election campaigns. This was given to me by my old friend Rex Munger a few years ago.
Labels:
Albert D. Rosellini,
bumper stickers,
Democrats,
Elections,
Rex Munger,
Washington State Governor
Friday, August 24, 2012
Buttons - State Campaign - 1988
Re-Elect Bob Basich, State Representative, Democrat
Washington State House Rep Basich served the 19th District (Grays Harbor area) in the 1980s and 1990s. I am pretty sure I picked up this button in 1988.
Under the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
Under the curl: G.H. Stamp Works, Aberdeen, Wash.
Labels:
Bob Basich,
Buttons,
Democrats,
Elections,
Grays Harbor Stamp Works,
Washington State House of Representatives
Buttons - State Campaign - 1988
Max, Demo.
Max is Max Vekich, State House Rep from Washington State's 35th District (chiefly Grays Harbor area) in the 1980s. I believe I picked up this button in 1988.
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Buttons - State Campaign - 1988
Democrat Dan Grimm State Treasurer
A button for the first of Dan Grimm's two terms as Washington State Treasurer
Buttons - State Campaign - 1972
Don Bonker, Secretary of State
Bonker tried and failed twice for the Washington State Office of Secretary of State. First in 1972, when I picked up this button, and again in 2000.
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