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de-legitimizing the president 2016-07-11 01:18:06 Post No.
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You know how it is, people on the news referring to Obama as 'this president' and not 'our president', those 'not my president shirts' from the Bush era. Birther-ism. Etc.
Is this just a modern thing, or were presidents from the past also constantly treated like they were not legitimately the president?
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That's as old as the office of presidency.
John Tyler had people constantly address him as "his accidency" because he kind of glided into the job.
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During the Populist era, there was strong sentiment that the president just represented the interests of the wealthy, so I wouldn't say there's anything new about it. The post-World War II years of Truman, Eisenhower and Kennedy may be an exception, outside of the few die-hard communists.
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Lincoln
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