“Elections belong to the people. It’s their decision. If they decide to turn their back on the fire and burn their behinds, then they will just have to sit on their blisters.”*…
It’s Election Day…
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* Abraham Lincoln
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As we cast our ballots, we might recall that it was on this date in 1912 that Woodrow Wilson was elected to his first term as President. The only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era when Republicans dominated the presidency and legislative branches, he changed the nation’s economic policies and led the United States into World War I. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism.
Wilson has not been kindly regarded by many historians; c.f.:
“How did Woodrow Wilson become America’s most hated president?“
“Woodrow Wilson was extremely racist — even by the standards of his time“
“Why Woodrow Wilson Is America’s Worst President Ever“
(Still, David Frum asks us to cut him a break [gift article].)
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