Reeling in the years...
My Mary Lee is cleaning out old boxes and found this pic that ran in the Friday, October 13, 1972 issue of the Trib under the headline, "McGovern Tries for DuPage Converts." Presidential candidate George McGovern had just finished speaking in Edman Chapel to the Wheaton College student body, faculty, and aministration. Following his address, an admirer named Tim Bayly was in the small throng angling to shake his hand. Thought you all would get a kick out of it.
By the way, I think the horn-rimmed glasses wearing a man's face opposite me belong to my brother, David. (Joke.) And yes, I voted for McGovern and Carter. All the Baylys voted the Democratic ticket then. And yes, it's utterly disgusting. And yes, I shook his hand. I also wired Mother Teresa for sound. We had to find a place for the wireless mic in her sari and she was quite good-natured about it. These are my claims to fame.
Let me remind you of the two quotes that sum up my deepest political convictions in these United States, today:
Why sir, most schemes of political improvement are very laughable things. (Samuel Johnson)
Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice, shame on me; fool me three times--I'm a Republican! (Joe Sobran)
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Dunno 'bout you, but I (who canvassed for Dick Lamm's first gubernatorial race) claim to be nothing better than a good Churchillian:
“If you're not a liberal at twenty you have no heart, if you're not a conservative at forty you have no brain.”
- Winston Churchill
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My Mary Lee says I should tell you I'm the mop of hair in the top right.
Cheerio!
Not! I buck that trend. I was much more economically conservative at 20 than now in middle age. Not a flaming liberal, but a centrist with some liberal leanings.
Tim and David, hope you enjoyed your few moments of rubbing shoulders with a prominent pol back in the day.
Sue,
Someone's got to be exceptional, right?
Kamilla
And R.C. Sproul Sr. campaigned for Robert Kennedy, and ultimately did a write in for Ted Kennedy. But then he had R.C. Jr. (and a couple other correcting influences).
Sue said: "Not! I buck that trend. I was much more economically conservative at 20 than now in middle age. Not a flaming liberal, but a centrist with some liberal leanings."
Sue, count me in your tribe! We're registered Republicans, but the more we've listened to right wing radio the less we agree with a lot of their "schemes". Does anyone see any conservative candidate for office that is anything other than self-serving, saying anything to bring in the big bucks through speaking engagements and selling some of their hot-off-the-press self-serving books (all for "the cause" of course)?
So now we're very socially conservative, but more liberal leaning when it comes to economics. If you listen regularly enough the lies that come from both sides of the political aisle make one very cynical.....
Blessings,
Nancy
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Psalm 146:3 tells us not to put our trust in princes. If Christians on the right learnt that with George Bush, Christians on the left have learnt that with Obama as well!
"A politician is someone who shakes your hand before the election and your confidence after it".
Ti's good to know you have your faults too.
Nancy,
IMHO, both parties have candidates with the characteristics you've described. IMHO, big egos aren't the property of any party (even when you go beyond the elephants and donkeys).
Sue,
You've got that right! It seems that C.H. Spurgeon was right when he said something along the lines that politics defiles everyone it touches (very loose paraphrase). Everyone seems to go into it with idealism and ethics and come out minus the same.
Nancy
Nancy - A couple of quotes on this from a Spurgeon archive, which bear out your point:
http://www.spurgeon.us/mind_and_heart/quotes/p3.htm#politics
Too many who aspire to be leaders of the people study policy, craft, and diplomacy, and think it needful to use language as much for the concealment as for the declaration of their thoughts; such men watch their words till their very soul seems
withered within them. 1231.243
Even in the pursuit of really good matters of policy, do you know any Christian man who goes into politics who is the better for it? If I find such a man, I will have him stuffed if I can, for I have never seen such a specimen yet. I will not say, do not attend to politics; but I do say, do not let them spot you. 2313.295
Thank you, Ross. Spurgeon sure had that right!
You can imagine what he would say to the plethora of politicians these days who are all claiming God told them to run for office. We had a local Christian radio station owner run for office a few years ago and lose. After the loss he came out and said "I did what I was told [by God]to do!" Right......
Blessings,
Nancy
Here's a quote on politics and government that I like
"The government consists of a gang of men exactly like you and me. They have, taking one with another, no special talent for the business of government; they have only a talent for getting and holding office. Their principal device to that end is to search out groups who pant and pine for something they can't get and to promise to give it to them. Nine times out of ten that promise is worth nothing. The tenth time is made good by looting A to satisfy B. In other words, government is a broker in pillage, and every election is sort of an advance auction sale of stolen goods."
H. L. Mencken
So if this photo was published in the Wheaton "Trib," does that make the blog author's sentiments post-trib? Or shall we say the mop of hair depicted is pre-trib?
pun or witticism? murmur...murmur!
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