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Slogan used by [[William Rotsler]] on his letters during the 1956 Presidential campaign. For our readers in the year 2000, Dwight D Eisenhower, then incumbent, had had various attacks of heart failure, [[Twonk's Disease]], [[ktp]], shortlyaforethe campaign, and some of his supporters tried to play these up to win sympathy vote in a manner many found offensive. [[Rotsler]], a Democrat to make Adlai Stevenson seem pro-GOP in comparison, rubberstamped this legend on various postcards, and the postmaster of his town, J Everett Osborne, objected and forbade circulation of the slogan after [[Bill Rotsler|Bill]] had sent postcards to such difficult subjects for conversion as Nixon and Hagerty [Vice-President and Press Secretary, respectively, during the Eisenhower administration]. [[Bill Rotsler|Bill]] had to cover the offending words with gummed tape before JEO would let his mail pass. [[DAG]] suggested the obvious counterblow, and incoming letters for [[Rotsler]] soon blossomed with "Vote for J Everett Osborne -- He's Been Sick" and other sprightly remarks. 
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