Saint Iscariot
William Henry Harrison
From WhiteHouse.Gov: "Give him a barrel of hard cider and settle a pension of two thousand a year on him, and my word for it," a Democratic newspaper foolishly gibed, "he will sit ... by the side of a 'sea coal' fire, and study moral philosophy. " The Whigs, seizing on this political misstep, in 1840 presented their candidate William Henry Harrison as a simple frontier Indian fighter, living in a log cabin and drinking cider, in sharp contrast to an aristocratic champagne-sipping Van Buren.
Harrison was in fact a son of the Virginia planter aristocracy. He was born at Berkeley in 1773. He studied classics and history at Hampden-Sydney College, then began the study of medicine in Richmond.[1]
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More than anything, this example of presidential campaign manipulation proves it has historically been about exploiting the people into a side based upon a game of political chess that "We the People" are not privy to. It's about power, or their illusory notions of power, prestige, legacy, and domination; all in the stead of the colonial empire. During campaigns politicians tread upon the minds of the people. George W. Bush employed almost verbatim the notions of George Orwell's "War is Peace" from the book 1984: "I just want you to know that when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."[2] Moreover, even President Obama admitted that campaigns are about promises and not necessarily what the candidate intends to implement: "And you know, when you're campaigning, I think you're liberated to say things without thinking about, 'Okay, how am I gonna actually practically implement this'"[3]
The information is out there, and in this instance, so obvious that the WhiteHouse page for Harrison has no qualms about laying out the lies and manipulation of political campaigning. Even a brief search at the Library of Congress yields the campaign song, emblem, ribbon, and poster concocted by the Whig party to promote the lie for the people to consume. Is this what democracy looks like? Is mental and emotional exploitation into the cause of a candidate freedom? Why is it then regardless of the party in office, the rich get richer while the poor get poorer?[4]
• "Harrison & Tyler" campaign emblem => www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661359/
• Log cabin anecdotes - A Whig campaign broadside => www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93500724/
• Blake's patriotic log cabin music - A Whig campaign song in praise of William Henry Harrison => www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661358/
• Our country's hope - A Whig campaign ribbon => www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661354/
1. www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williamhenryharrison
2. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush, 2002, Bk. 1, January 1 to June 30, 2002 -> books.google.com/books?id=f_vhrnvPUqwC&pg=PA1002&...
3. Transcript: President Barack Obama, Part 1 -> www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-7032276.html?pageNum=3
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_rich_get_richer_and_the_poor_ge...
William Henry Harrison
From WhiteHouse.Gov: "Give him a barrel of hard cider and settle a pension of two thousand a year on him, and my word for it," a Democratic newspaper foolishly gibed, "he will sit ... by the side of a 'sea coal' fire, and study moral philosophy. " The Whigs, seizing on this political misstep, in 1840 presented their candidate William Henry Harrison as a simple frontier Indian fighter, living in a log cabin and drinking cider, in sharp contrast to an aristocratic champagne-sipping Van Buren.
Harrison was in fact a son of the Virginia planter aristocracy. He was born at Berkeley in 1773. He studied classics and history at Hampden-Sydney College, then began the study of medicine in Richmond.[1]
•
More than anything, this example of presidential campaign manipulation proves it has historically been about exploiting the people into a side based upon a game of political chess that "We the People" are not privy to. It's about power, or their illusory notions of power, prestige, legacy, and domination; all in the stead of the colonial empire. During campaigns politicians tread upon the minds of the people. George W. Bush employed almost verbatim the notions of George Orwell's "War is Peace" from the book 1984: "I just want you to know that when we talk about war, we're really talking about peace."[2] Moreover, even President Obama admitted that campaigns are about promises and not necessarily what the candidate intends to implement: "And you know, when you're campaigning, I think you're liberated to say things without thinking about, 'Okay, how am I gonna actually practically implement this'"[3]
The information is out there, and in this instance, so obvious that the WhiteHouse page for Harrison has no qualms about laying out the lies and manipulation of political campaigning. Even a brief search at the Library of Congress yields the campaign song, emblem, ribbon, and poster concocted by the Whig party to promote the lie for the people to consume. Is this what democracy looks like? Is mental and emotional exploitation into the cause of a candidate freedom? Why is it then regardless of the party in office, the rich get richer while the poor get poorer?[4]
• "Harrison & Tyler" campaign emblem => www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661359/
• Log cabin anecdotes - A Whig campaign broadside => www.loc.gov/pictures/item/93500724/
• Blake's patriotic log cabin music - A Whig campaign song in praise of William Henry Harrison => www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661358/
• Our country's hope - A Whig campaign ribbon => www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2008661354/
1. www.whitehouse.gov/about/presidents/williamhenryharrison
2. Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, George W. Bush, 2002, Bk. 1, January 1 to June 30, 2002 -> books.google.com/books?id=f_vhrnvPUqwC&pg=PA1002&...
3. Transcript: President Barack Obama, Part 1 -> www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-7032276.html?pageNum=3
4. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_rich_get_richer_and_the_poor_ge...