On This Day | A Political Platform You Can Stick Your Fork Into
Author
Josh Wolsky
Flint’s political prerogatives comprise a series of caprices designed to win enough votes to defeat his more serious minded opponents. Being a job printer, he draws his own campaign cards and prints them himself. Other planks in his platform are:
A flag on every schoolhouse.
A ventilator on every out-house.
A fine tooth comb in every household.
More cake and thicker frosting.
Appended to the platform pronounced is the statement:
“I earnestly advocate that all persons shall take at least one bath in the summer—possibly not quite so often in the winter.”
Flint isn’t modest about his ability to “view with alarm” and “point with pride” with all the fervor and gusto of traditional politicians. Of his love for oratory he says:
“He loves its gentle rhythm.
He loves its fluent flow,
He loves to wind his mouth up
And loves to hear it go.”
Flint was defeated.
1934-11-08 | Ward County Independent
Why We Chose It
Perhaps he was too far ahead of the rest of us for a career in politics. And he sounds like a fun guy to sit next to in a bar, which -- perhaps -- would be a good standard to judge our modern politicians by.
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