That would not have been my choice. Stehly using segregationist George Wallace’s slogan in her campaign mailing.

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Apparently, this postcard hit the mail in SF Today from Theresa Stehly:

“Stand up for Stehly.”  Hm. That would not have been my first choice as a slogan. Why? There was someone else who already used it:

As noted in politico:

…George Wallace, whose slogan, “Stand Up for America!” barely hid his real agenda: to roll back the clock on racial progress.

Yeah. If I was Theresa, I don’t know if I would be adopting the slogan of one of the Country’s last segregationist presidential candidates as my own.   Just sayin’.

14 thoughts on “That would not have been my choice. Stehly using segregationist George Wallace’s slogan in her campaign mailing.”

  2. What the hell? If there was ever a time that we need solid leadership it is now. The insanity overwhelms within the city gates of Sioux Falls. At this late juncture, it’s too late to fix…unless we have a solid write-in candidate.

    1. Do you seriously believe that Stehly selected this campaign slogan knowing that McGovern used it? Seriously?

      She’s not a great candidate, but don’t be dumb.

        1. She was a kid when he ran. Like I am sure she researched Wallace to use the words stand up. Very original…..I love it…Stand up for Stehly.

  4. I bet you could poll the entire voting population who actually participate and you’d be lucky if 0.1% make that connection.

    1. I agree on that. I think there is enough other stuff out there about Stehly that tenuous-at best-connections to old slogans don’t need to be utilized.

      Now if she said, “I like Bernie’s ideas, but I’m supporting Biden”, that would be noteworthy and not helpful to a campaign (right, Billie?).

      (yes, I know Billie supported Hillary, but she’s not running this go round)

      1. It would be more pertinent to the campaign than trying to tie it to a dated slogan that no one knows about. I’d rather we got politicians back to debating ideas.

  7. I have this button in my collection. Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson used a similar design, obviously different phrases (got those, too).

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