Tumwater, Washington
The Diogenes Club
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Buttons - Presidential Campaign - 1968 or 1972
The curl has: Official Nixon Button, Feeley & Wheeler Co., 370 Lexington N.Y.C. 10007
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
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