I'm NOT voting for Al Smith in 1928 if he picks Joseph Robinson as his VP.

[UrbScotty]

Smith is Catholic, and Robinson's from the South.

Discuss.

[MisterP]

1. YOU'RE the reason Hoover will win! You're EVIL!

*Waaaah!*

[UrbScotty]

14. Hey, I've always said that Hoover sucks.

Hoover Vacuums, that is.

[LeighAnn]

2. It was people like you who got Hoover Elected

You probably voted for Nader, too.

Here's a little piece I wrote about Al Smith

AL SMITH FOR PRESIDENT

If you didn't spend your childhood working 16-hour days in a dangerous factory, you probably have this man to thank. Few Americans have done as much to improve the lives of the working poor as Al Smith, yet when he ran for President in 1928, preachers in their pulpits warned he was "Satan" (he was a Catholic, you see). The "Right" warned that if Al Smith were elected, prostitutes and mobsters would take over the Bible Belt.

As Al campaigned around the country, Good Christian Americans threw tomatoes and eggs at him, and he lost in the biggest landslide in American History. America stood behind the candidate that promised, "Two chickens in every pot and two cars in every garage" They got the president they wanted, but instead of cars and chickens America got The Great Depression. Perhaps not coincidentally, the areas of the country that faced the worst hardships during the Depression were the places where Al Smith was treated the most shamefully.
After the election, Al Smith went on to help finish the Empire State Building project, which stands today as the tallest building in New York City, 7th tallest building in the world.

[ltfranklin]

5. prostitutes and mobsters?

The "Right" warned that if Al Smith were elected, prostitutes and mobsters would take over the Bible Belt.

So, he DID win, then?

[LeighAnn]

7. Prostitutes and Mobsters

The right wing goes out of their way to bend over and take it from a Bushco Whore, and who would have guessed it would have been the "Cuban Mafia"?

The would have been better off with garden-variety mobsters and prostitutes, like Al Smith would have brought.

[Zuni]

3. I won't vote for no Mary worshipping Papist

I have been reading up on Hoovernomics, and it sounds like he has some good ideas.

[Reverend_Smitty]

6. Damn right!

Fuck the poor...what we need is a little rugged individualism!

[UrbScotty]

9. Especially with Pius XI in charge at the Vatican!

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[Zuni]

16. Look at the reality of the Catholic cult!

[pnorman]

4. Thanks, all you guys.

I NEEDED that!

pnorman

[UrbScotty]

10. You're welcome!

:evilgrin:

[Huckebein the Raven]

8. I miss Teddy dammit

[UrbScotty]

13. Get over it!

There's a good reason that muckraker lost in 1912: He was full of Bull. Bull Moose.

:evilgrin:

[Dave Sund]

11. I hear this Roosevelt guy in New York has some good ideas

Cousin of Teddy?

[UrbScotty]

12. He is a liberal pig!

Don't vote for him.

[Zuni]

15. Do you want some liberal elitist in charge?

Hoovernomics has been PROVEN to work

[UrbScotty]

17. Yep. I'm running for mayor of my Hooverville this fall!

I encourage others to do the same.

[WMliberal]

18. That wouldn't make me as mad as the time

William Jennings Bryan almost was the nominee in 1900!
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=2723277&mesg_id=2723277&page=

[Reverend_Smitty]

19. History nerds are the best!

n/t

[WMliberal]

20. kickin it for the history dorks

w00t!

[CubsFan1982]

21. Personally, I'm for Alben Barkley.

I'm voting for Hoover if they nominate that cripple from New York or that crazy guy from Missouri. :D