Word: grovers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hope that despite the new trend in trash television, we will always have Kermit, Grover, Ernie, Bert and Big Bird. Besides, Morton Downey doesn't like pigeons, and Robin Leach can't stand cookies...
Those words were President Grover Cleveland's coda after he narrowly lost the 1888 election to Benjamin Harrison on the issue of tariff reform. A century later, it is dismaying to contemplate the nation's march of progress toward the perfection of its democratic institutions. Imagine George Bush or Michael Dukakis having the temerity to claim that his campaign was waged on the battlefield of "honest principle." Or better yet, picture either candidate rising above "cowardly subterfuge...
...might as well try the truth. Look at the campaign of 1884, which instead of focusing on the issues, degenerated into one of personal abuse and vilification (sound familiar?). The Republican party led by James G. Blaine coined the catchy phrase, "Ma, ma, where's my pa?" to needle Grover Cleveland about his illegitimate child. But Cleveland admitted his responsibility and look where that got him. "Gone to the White House...
...advice for George Bush and Michael Dukakis: Fire your pollsters, banish your gurus and spend a week in Crook County, the crystal ball of presidential politics. Since this isolated county was created in 1882 in sagebrush-strewn central Oregon, its inhabitants have successfully picked 26 consecutive winners, from Grover Cleveland to Ronald Reagan...
...renovating El Pasaje, a historic building once known as the best bordello in the Southeast. It was also home to the Cherokee Club, a famous hangout for cigar magnates and their friends, which over the years played host to such renowned lovers of the leaf as Teddy Roosevelt, Grover Cleveland and Winston Churchill. The Kahanas have restored the magnificent ballroom on the second floor and are converting the "gentlemen's hotel" portion into office space...