Bread was just a nickel! Everyone lined up for soup! It was… wait. Was that the Great Depression?
Well, I’ll tell you, there was that time when all the cars had fins, or rockets, or rocket fins. You could really tell a Chevy from a Studebaker back then, I’m tellin’ ya. They even sold ice cream at the drug store, but not to the blacks. They had to… um.
Hang on. I meant, you know that time, with the dancing, and the big shirt collars? Everybody had the good hair and if you came out of the bars in the morning you would watch the police beating up the gays and… no, no, hold on.
A lot of people have the impression that the world was a better place at some point in the past. Often, coincidentally, about they time that they were enjoying being a kid, or going to college, or landing their first good job. That was when America was greatest! Trump isn’t the first to turn that feeling into political fuel—it’s been at the Republican campaign station for decades (right next to the pump marked “Ethyl”). But if you have a campaign based on “Make America Great Again.” Then just when was the when you want to again?
The slogan evokes a time when America was stronger and more prosperous. But Mr. Trump doesn’t specify whether he’s expressing nostalgia for the 1950s — or 10 years ago. That vagueness is reflected by his voters, according to the results of a new survey, conducted online by the digital media and polling company Morning Consult.
When asked to select America’s greatest year, Trump supporters offered a wide range of answers, with no distinct pattern. The most popular choice was the year 2000. But 1955, 1960, 1970 and 1985 were also popular. More than 2 percent of Trump’s supporters picked 2015, when Mr. Trump’s campaign began.
Sure. Make America great again! Like last year! When… Obama was president and unemployment was down, or 2000 when Clinton was president and unemployment was down, or… why are we Trump supporters again?