Nineteenth Century Political Putdown

Tidewater · Dec 20, 2016

Wendell Phillips of Massachusetts said this of Republican Senator Henry Wilson:

Wendell Phillips said:
"You could make a better soul out of the sweepings of a barroom the morning after a caucus."

Even if you aren't familiar with Sen. Wilson, that is a funny comment.

Had to share.

seebell · Dec 20, 2016

hahaha!:biggrin:

Fella told me once, "If BS was electricity you would be a human dynamo". Not referring to you TW but myself.

bamachile · Dec 20, 2016

Ah, the nineteenth century. Even their slander was better educated.

OreBama · Dec 20, 2016

Yeah, today's retorts such as "yo Mama" don't have the same sting to them.

GrayTide · Dec 21, 2016

seebell said:
hahaha!:biggrin:

Fella told me once, "If BS was electricity you would be a human dynamo". Not referring to you TW but myself.

It appears he knew the "you" we all know. :wink:

seebell · Dec 21, 2016

I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.
Winston Churchill

CajunCrimson · Dec 21, 2016

OreBama said:
Yeah, today's retorts such as "yo Mama" don't have the same sting to them.

Today's retorts?

Ok Rog, when's Rerun coming over?

selmaborntidefan · Dec 21, 2016

Senator Robert Kerr (D-OK) once said of Senator Homer Capehart (R-IN) that he was "a rancid tub of ignorance, whom I hold in minimum high regard."

Of course, then there's what Dick Armey called Barney Frank, but it could have been much worse.......what if he had referred to the then Attorney General as Janet Waco?????

Intl.Aperture · Dec 21, 2016

I vote to make this the "Historical Slams" thread with brutal put downs from the days of yore.

Thomas Reed VS Henry Clay

Clay: I would rather be right than be President.
Reed: The gentleman need not trouble himself. He'll never be either.

Intl.Aperture · Dec 21, 2016

Another.

The Earl of Sandwhich, John Montagu VS John Wilkes

Montagu: Sir, I do not know whether you will die on the gallows or of the pox!
Wilkes: That will depend, my Lord, on whether I embrace your principles or your mistress.

Some people have credited this exchange to Benjamin Disraeli and William Gladstone

tidegrandpa · Dec 21, 2016

seebell said:
hahaha!:biggrin:

Fella told me once, "If BS was electricity you would be a human dynamo". Not referring to you TW but myself.

My Pop would said, "if they gave you and enema, they could bury you in a shoe box".

92tide · Dec 21, 2016

OreBama said:
Yeah, today's retorts such as "yo Mama" don't have the same sting to them.

holla mcghee would disagree

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