• Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Would it though?

    A woman at an Adlai Stevenson rally said, “Governor, every thinking person will be voting for you.”

    Stevenson replied, “Madam, that’s not enough. I need a majority.”

    Eisenhower beat him in the election. Because Eisenhower might have been smart, but people voted for him because he was famous.