It made me smile for about a half a minute. In '76, in my elementary school, we all campaigned for candidates, and held a mock election. I was for Carter, and swayed my mom away from the Republicans. Carter won our school, by the way.
Excellent! I don't remember the '76 election, but I do remember the '80 one. I was 7 and picked out Reagan as the next president from a sheet with all the candidates they passed out at my school because he looked like my granddad. Unfortunately, most American voters seemed to pick him for the exact same reason as a 2nd grader.
I remember watching Carter's inauguration in school (5th grade), and recall how cold he and Rosalind looked walking down the street (were they the first to dispense with the motorcade?). The 1980 debates were the first one I watched, and the 1984 election was the first one I voted in (and yes, I was suckered by Grandpa Ronnie and voted for the rat bastard). The Iran Contra hearings were the first ones I watched and a bunch of us in the campus union TV room were all shouting epithets at Ollie North.
I watched the Reagan inauguration from my kindergarten classroom. I don't remember anything about it except getting to watch television in school.
My mother reported that she wrote a letter to Jimmy Carter, after he lost in 1980, to say she was sorry he'd lost. She got back a letter from him, which was hand-written. Which, is less funny than the Bob Dole "Not doing anything for a while?" airline ads, but is considerably more heartfelt.
Heh, I remember Nixon getting on the helicoptor when he resigned as President. I knew it was related to something called "Watergate" that was bad. I recall I figured it was a defective dam, and wasn't sure what the president had to do with it.
Heh, I remember Nixon getting on the helicoptor when he resigned as President.
That was the very day I was born!
That was the very day I was born!
So - probably not so much with the remembering then?
feels old
waves cane
GET OFFA MY LAWN!!!
Heh, I remember Nixon getting on the helicoptor when he resigned as President. I knew it was related to something called "Watergate" that was bad. I recall I figured it was a defective dam, and wasn't sure what the president had to do with it
My mother makes a dessert called "Watergate Salad" (I'm pretty sure the name predates the scandal, but people are strange sometimes) which is what I always think of (to the point of I even remember the taste) whenever Watergate is mentioned. Pistachio pudding with cool whip, marshmallows, pineapples and walnuts. Yum.
My mother makes a dessert called "Watergate Salad" (I'm pretty sure the name predates the scandal, but people are strange sometimes) which is what I always think of (to the point of I even remember the taste) whenever Watergate is mentioned. Pistachio pudding with cool whip, marshmallows, pineapples and walnuts. Yum.
There oughta be bugs in there somewhere.
There oughta be bugs in there somewhere.
They're not listed in the recipe, but it's a traditional summer BBQ food, eaten outside, so sometimes it happens.
