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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;johnmilton, post: 4905261, member: 101855&quot;]Yes, &quot;We Polk&#039;d &#039;em in &#039;44 and we&#039;ll Pierce them &#039;em in &#039;52.&quot; was a slogan from that race. The opposition had their slogans or &quot;witty phrases&quot; too. Here are a couple of them.</p><p><br /></p><p>For much of our history pointing to a good to great military record gave you a big boost when you were running for President. That led some candidates, like Franklin Pierce to “puff up” their military resume. </p><p><br /></p><p>Here is a very scarce 1852 token that depicts Pierce in his military uniform. Pierce did serve in the Mexican War, but his record was not very good. This description appeared in a Louisville, Tennessee newspaper during the 1852 campaign:</p><p><br /></p><p>“<i>Pierce tumbled from his horse just as he was getting ready for one fight … fainted and fell in the opening of the second … got sick and had to go to bed on the eve of the third, and came pretty near to getting into a fourth, missing it only by an hour.”</i></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1183361[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]1183362[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Piece fell off his horse and wrenched his shoulder badly. Later he got Montezuma’s revenge which kept him out of the fight. Therefore his military record didn’t amount to much.</p><p><br /></p><p>Piece also had a drinking problem. One slogan his opponets directed toward him was, &quot;The general who never lost a bottle.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Piece was the first of two very weak presidends who served just before the Civil War. James Buchanan was the other one. Both of them were politicians from nothern states who furthered the cause of southern slaveholders.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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