# Great way to make people wonder: old campaign buttons **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 22, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403 "2002-06-22T04:57:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 4:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/1 "2002-06-22T04:57:41Z")
Right now on my coat I have a “Nixon now”, “LBJ for USA” and a “Roosevelt”. Really makes people wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Rodd\_Hill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3ab097/32.png) [@Rodd\_Hill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rodd_Hill)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 5:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/2 "2002-06-22T05:56:40Z")
“We Want Eight and We Won’t Wait!” ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/3 "2002-06-22T07:38:28Z")
I used to have alternately both [Carter/Mondale](http://www.4president.org) and [Goldwater](http://www.4president.org) campaign posters as my desktop wallpaper at work in the year 2000. People did wonder. ---
**Author:** ![Inky\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/7feea3/32.png) [@Inky\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Inky_1)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/4 "2002-06-22T07:50:39Z")
I have an old **Howard Stern / Stan Dworkin** button from back when Howard ran for governer of New York. I love wearing it every time I vote. ---
**Author:** ![Dieter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@Dieter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dieter)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/5 "2002-06-22T08:14:16Z")
I have a “Nixon Now” button I wear as well. Great fun. I also have a Win With Ike button. It’s a flicker button. Very cool. But I don’t wear that one. ---
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2002, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/6 "2002-06-22T12:59:53Z")
I enjoy campaigning for “silent” Cal! Of course, he’s been dead for 69 years, but I still like him! Imagine, falling asleep at cabinet meetings, and watching the white house kitchen help (he was afraid they were stealing his apples!). ---
**Author:** ![clayton\_e](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@clayton\_e](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/clayton_e)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/7 "2002-06-23T03:10:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Dieter \* > \*\*I also have a Win With Ike button. It’s a flicker button. Very cool. But I don’t wear that one. \*\* THAT IS AWESOME!! I saw one of those a few years ago. ---
**Author:** ![pesch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pesch/32/4925_2.png) [@pesch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pesch)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/8 "2002-06-23T03:32:52Z")
I’ve still got a binder with a McGovern bumper sticker on it. Wonder if I can get it off? Either that, or wear my “Vietnam Solidarity” button, although I’d probably have to explain repeated, "Yes, that’s a NORTH Vietnam flag. Yes, the country was split in two at one time. We fought a war over there, remember. Here, let me tell you about it. . . . " ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/9 "2002-06-23T03:44:38Z")
I want an I Like Ike button. ---
**Author:** ![dantheman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dantheman/32/9421_2.png) [@dantheman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dantheman)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/10 "2002-06-23T03:48:30Z")
Nowadays, it would be “I Wanna Be Like Ike”, or something… heh ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/11 "2002-06-23T03:54:08Z")
Well, all my damn Alexa! buttons are gonna be obsolete real soon now. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/12 "2002-06-23T04:37:02Z")
AuH20=1964 President Nixon - Now More Than Ever Love them old buttons! ---
**Author:** ![Rilchiam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/2bfe46/32.png) [@Rilchiam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rilchiam)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/13 "2002-06-24T11:58:24Z")
Lick Bush in '88. ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/14 "2002-06-24T14:02:10Z")
NADER = BUSH ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/15 "2002-06-24T14:12:18Z")
I must admit with some pride (and he can verify this when back from vacation) that the first time I met Ukulele Ike for drinks at the Algonquin, I wore an **I Like Ike and Dick** button on my lapel. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/16 "2002-06-24T17:11:17Z")
The other day I saw a black 1962 Lincoln Continental in excellent condition with a Kennedy/Johnson bumper sticker. Beautiful. ---
**Author:** ![scout1222](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@scout1222](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scout1222)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2002, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/17 "2002-06-24T21:10:48Z")
**racinchikki** : If you act fast… [http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2114414452](http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2114414452) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/18 "2002-06-25T02:18:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Mr. Moto \* > AuH20 It took me about ten minutes to figure that one out. 'Sprobably why he didn’t win. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/19 "2002-06-25T02:31:36Z")
Heh, I remember a few people sportin’ “Clinton for Governor” buttons during the '92 presidential campaign. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403/20 "2002-06-25T03:28:59Z")
I remember this bumper sticker: ```auto 2P ----- = HHH AuH[sub]2[/sub]O ``` [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/great-way-to-make-people-wonder-old-campaign-buttons/115403.md?page=2)