Volume 17 , Issue 27

Walking With Sadie

Woof! Woof! It was good to get back to Colorado and see my dog friend, Ruff and his human! They were a welcome sight to these pug eyes.

This week we again mention some outlaws of the 19th century and other things. Such as, the 1952 Stevenson's "Hole-In-the-Shoe" campaign for president on the Democrat ticket.

Let me leave you with one last little tidbit from the Presidential election of 1840: The Democratic candidate, Martin Van Buren, was nicknamed "The Wizard of Kinderhook" after "Old Kinderhook," the Hudson Valley (NY) village in which he had been born. In reference to this village and Van Buren's nickname, one of the Democratic groups formed to support him in New York City called itself "The Democratic O.K. Club." Other supporters of Van Buren in New York picked up the term "O.K." as a sort of slogan, and Democratic rowdies used it as their war cry in their attempts to break up meetings of Whigs. The phrase caught on generally and soon established itself as synonymous with the feelings of the original club members that they and their candidates were "all right (OK)."

Good Night! Good Luck! Woof! Woof!
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