Very punny.
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ETA: some spoilsport pointed out Twain never said it, and even produced a source, that there is no proof Twain ever said it. under the circumstances, i am not determined to believe Twain said it.
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Wow, I hate to be that poster who already exists, but, ACTUALLY, Mark Twain did not say that.
And, remember: if it’s not true, then it is not funny.
– some GoA poster.
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No wonder Trump idolizes him:
Lies and Fear Tactics
In all three of his campaigns for the White House (1824, 1828, 1832), Jackson employed vicious lies and effective fear tactics. In 1824, he won the popular vote, but not the Electoral College. When the election went to the House, representatives easily preferred the experienced and reliable Secretary of State John Quincy Adams to the unbalanced, unpredictable Jackson. In his rage, Old Hickory declared a “stolen election.” Moreover, when president-elect Adams selected Henry Clay (who had supported Adams in the House electoral decision) as his Secretary of State, Jackson concocted a “corrupt bargain” to explain events. Both accusations were utterly false: the US Constitution worked appropriately when the House chose Adams; and there is no evidence of any nefarious, secret deal between Adams (a man of deep moral convictions) and Clay.
Four years later, Jackson once again faced-off against Adams. In addition to charges of rigged elections and back-room deals, Jackson and his supporters fabricated monstrous lies about Adams’s personality and career. They claimed he had served as a pimp to the Tsar of Russia during his diplomatic posting there, and that he was a corrupt aristocrat who pilfered public funds and felt disdain for “the people.”
In 1832, to win re-election in the face of deep Northern hostility over Indian Removal, Jackson invented a massive lie about the Second Bank of the United States, the pillar of the national economy and an institution championed by his bitter rival Clay. The Bank, Jackson claimed, was a “monster” threatening American liberty and individual rights. Playing on deep fears of banks stemming from the Panic of 1819, the president successfully convinced untutored Americans that the Bank was the source of all their problems, and that only their great hero, General Jackson, could slay the beast. Once re-elected, Jackson (as recounted above) proceeded to remove federal deposits, break the law, and destroy the national economy.
I knew about and remembered the Indian removal, but had forgotten the others if I ever knew them,
Is he just lost in the flood?
RN
That should be in the truth thread. It’s what everyone wants.
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