"mister we could use a man like herbert hoover againnnnn!"

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i'll always remember that line from "those were the days", made famous as the theme from the sitcom "all in the family".

never could understand it, though, until shrub. didn't everybody think that hoover was mr. disaster president who gave us the depression? i'm sure he had his supporters when he was president, but after the great contraction, wouldn't everybody deny ever having met him, the way shrub denied ever having met kenron or abraham jackoff? or the way so many banana republicans are now starting to say "we felt uncomfortable all along"?

well, shrub is always going to have his never-say-die true believers, even if it comes down to just a few towns in idaho, utah, and wyoming. and when the rest of us are crawling out of the carnage and ruin that shrub leaves us, there will still be those who pine for the good ol' days way back at the beginning of the 21st century, and sing,

"mister we could use a man like george w. bush againnnnn!"

[Taverner]

1. The lyrics for reference

Boy, the way Glenn Miller played
Songs that made the Hit Parade
Guys like us, we had it made
Those were the days

Didn't need no welfare state
Everybody pulled his weight
Gee, our old La Salle ran great
Those were the days

And you knew where you were then
Girls were girls, and men were men
Mister, we could use a man like Herbert Hoover again

People seemed to be content
Fifty dollars paid the rent
Freaks were in a circus tent
Those were the days

Take a little Sunday spin
Go to watch the Dodgers win
Have yourself a dandy day that cost you under a fin

Hair was short and skirts were long
Kate Smith really sold a song
I just don't know what went wrong
Those were the days

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2. I remember that lyric too

It seems to be an anti-FDR statement more than anything. Just goes to show that the propagandists have been at work convincing working pwople that black is white for a long, long time. They've been very successful, actually convincing those that live on social security that it's an evil "gubnit" program. Of course the kool-aid drinkers then and now would never send their evil checks back. On my bad days, I just think "there really is no cure for stupid."

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3. it ain't stupid. it's selfish and mean. ok, and maybe stupid too :)

but mostly selfish and mean. they want theirs, and they believe they deserve it. they don't want anyone else to get a piece though, because that just means there's less for them.