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In reply to the discussion: GOP Senate candidate to run 'Let's go Brandon' ad during Super Bowl [View all]mahatmakanejeeves
(70,561 posts)Do you think that's the worst way anyone has ever treated a president?
From the good old days, when civility ruled the land, 218 years ago:
Sat Sep 17, 2016: He'd say, "they treat politicians with much more respect than when I was alive."
Heeeeeeeere we go:
Thu Mar 1, 2012: Do I have to post this again?
and
Tue Apr-13-10: Born, on April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia,...
and many other identical posts:
Everytime I read online about the decline in political discourse, I bring out this cartoon. This is how Jefferson was depicted.
I continue to carry a $2 bill at all times in my wallet.
"Congress shall make no law...."
It's No Laughing Matter - Analyzing Political Cartoons
The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions

It's also here:
Thu Apr 13, 2017: Happy birthday, Thomas Jefferson.
He was fortunate enough to live in a time of complete civility in politics, so unlike today.
Tue Aug 13, 2013: They're disrespecting our President!
Here's a message for everyone who feel politics used to be more civil in the good old days. No, it wasn't. I post this picture every time someone at DU says that politics has hit a new low.
Jefferson was one of the most detested presidents ever. People just loathed him.
Thomas Jefferson - The West
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/jefferson/jeffwest.html
The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2002708977/
You'll get over it.