THE TEXAS SCRIBBLER (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
... Mac was condescending, with his words, if not his fingers. But it could be that Barry is another Stevenson, whose loss to Eisenhower (twice) often is credited to his professorial, smarter-than-you style. Too bad there were no "debates" in those days to compare.
Liberal Burblings (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
... Give Palin a few months in the Old Executive Office Building, the thinking goes, and she'll become Adlai Stevenson. But it never quite works out that way.As Nixon demonstrated, the forces of class resentment can be allconsuming and elemental.
Radar (Free subscription) | 09/29/2008
Nice gallery of negative American campaign ads in the television age. It includes this one, from Adlai Stevenson's 1952 race against Dwight Eisenhower, which either shows how different America was 56 years ago or how Adlai Stevenson was really not a good
The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 09/30/2008
This time we're going back to 1956 and this short, but to the point, Adlai Stevenson advert. More than anything else, it reminds one of how long Richard Nixon was at the centre of affairs. He's the dominant political personality between FDR and Reagan. Nixonland indeed.
robbinsdale radical (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
"Champ, when you fall down, you get up." The lies and character assassination politics of the last fifteen years will not stand.Joe Biden thrilled me Thursday night. What he said is all about why our wonderful West River Democratic candidates (more Dem than Repub Legislative candidates in 2008!) and their supporters are working so hard, and why we will keep working through the 2010 election. As Adlai...
Cave News (Free subscription) | 09/25/2008
Missouri has a century-long reputation as a bellwether state. The “show-me state” has voted for the winning presidential candidate in every election since 1904 except for 1956 when Missouri went for Adlai Stevenson who lost to Dwight Eisenhower. If you...
WTFBLOG (Free subscription) | 09/28/2008
... popularity with reform promises a simple slogan: “I like Ike.” He served two terms, defeating Adlai Stevenson both times. Why they chose to run Adlai Stevenson against him both time, ask someone else. I do not know.So, time for a change. Kennedy was ushered in a landslide. Nah, I lied. It was one of the closest races of popular votes in history: 2/10ths of 1% or 49.7%...
Stereogum (Free subscription) | 10/03/2008
This is really big because it finally establishes that you don't need to wear twee costumes with butterfly wings to play Sufjan songs, you can totally do it when you wake up with your dyed-black bangs covering your lip rings, too! See, no need to go out of your way and dress up to play Sufjan songs. Watch some angsty Hot Topic teens cover "John Wayne Gacy, Jr." (what, you expected "Adlai Stevenson"?)...
The Debatable Land (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
With ads like these, how did Adlai Stevenson lose to Eisenhower in 1952? Marvellous stuff.
The Tiger in Somerville (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
… is this – Is this the end of the Missouri bellwether? Missouri has gone for the national winner in every presidential election since 1904, except for 1956, when it narrowly went for Adlai Stevenson over Eisenhower. If this election is a close one, McCain is probably going to take the state. So… is this the end for MO? [...]
Washington Wire (Free subscription) | 09/27/2008
... tonight has to find a happy medium between the coolness that evokes unflattering comparisons to Adlai Stevenson and the heat that does not come naturally to him. John Dickerson at Slate contends that history suggests candidates biggest obstacle are often themselves. The presidential debates have the feel of a boxing match: Two candidates trade blows across a carpeted stage with...
A Spork in the Drawer (Free subscription) | 09/18/2008
There's a famous picture from when Adlai Stevenson was running for president in the 1950's. It shows the Governor with a hole in one of his shoes: This morning Athenae posted the following pic: I'll just note that Stevenson lost...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 09/24/2008
... too young to vote that he promised never to cash. He then challenged the Democratic candidate Adlai Stevenson to also provide a history of his finances to the public and urged the public to contact the Republican National Committee and give their opinion on whether he should remain on the ticket or not. The speech was a triumph. Nixon gained sympathy from both the public and from...
Delta Farm Press RSS Feed (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
A Greenville native, Cohn was educated at the University of Virginia and Yale Law School. Intensely interested in politics, he wrote speeches for Adlai Stevenson, George McGovern, and Lyndon Johnson, but was best known for articles reflecting his diverse interests, from religion to technology, free trade, culture, and internationalism.
Maggie's Farm (Free subscription) | 09/16/2008
via Althouse: A black McCain - a sort of Colin Powell type figure - versus a white Obama - a sort of Leftist Adlai Stevenson - would win in an absolute landslide. No doubt about it.
