I found this button a while back in some of my mother’s belongings. I could be wrong, but I’m reasonably sure my mother never voted for Richard Nixon and only had it because she liked to collect political buttons. This one is from the 1972 campaign and was distributed by the Committee to Re-Elect the President, later known as CREEP. Most of the committee’s members landed in legal trouble and even prison for criminal activities relating to the election, including a little action known as Watergate.
Houston is coming up on an election of its own. Though I’m being driven nearly mad by political phone calls, this button is a reminder that it’s good to be mindful of where my vote goes.
Our current president may not be progressive enough for some of us, but not voting for him is about as bad as supporting whatever wing nut is also on the ballot. Politics is a nasty business, but it is better than the alternative here outside of Utopia.
Not progressive enough for some, too progressive for others. I always lean toward a moderate, but I guess to some, a moderate is like a compromise: Nobody leaves happy. And these days, with partisanship so entrenched, a moderate has an uphill battle.
I like having choices. So far, nothing coming from the other side feels like a real choice.
what I remember about watergate – my scooby doo viewing schedule was interupted…repeatedly
Tragic!
oh laugh now … but then it was quite vexxing.
I’m not even going to tell you where I was when the Watergate hearings were on. It’ll totally blow my “35” myth.
ah, but my love of the Scoob has not diminished, I could have been 5 — I could have been 35 … BUT I WASN’T.
Tricky Dicky! My sentiments were much like Marika’s, my TV watching was interrupted by this (little did I realize) historical event.
And voting is important. Democracy is messy sometimes but it beats the alternative!
Hear, hear!