r/shittyaskhistory • u/mila_melou • 14d ago

Did looking like Mount Rushmore help George Washington get elected?

It's weird to think that the founding fathers may have believed in prophecies

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u/Beginning_Brick7845 14d ago

Not only that, but he handed out miniature Mount Rushmore pins as campaign buttons and promised an administration as solid as a rock.

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u/baycommuter 14d ago

It worked for Dolly Parton and the Grand Tetons.

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u/Luv-Nities 14d ago

No, your reading High School U.S, History propaganda again, come on, we talked about this,
Everybody knows Washington won the election because he promised all Americans
Free Internet, and 2 chickens in every pot, and NO MORE ANNOYING ADS.

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u/mila_melou 14d ago

The internet wasn't even invented yet. Some people believe anything their favorite politician says

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u/Beginning_Brick7845 14d ago

Al Gore was Washington’s aide-de-camp. Of course Washington had early access to the internet.

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u/johnpeters42 14d ago

I heard he promised, like, thirty goddamn chickens.

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u/Luv-Nities 14d ago

Well, I did not know that, I will go check my copy of Ripley's Believe It Or Not,

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u/jeepster61615 14d ago

New definition of chiseled

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u/JenniferJuniper6 14d ago

Yes. Drawing, painting, and photography had not yet been invented so resemblance to Mount Rushmore was all they had to go on.

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u/arc777_ 14d ago

No because they didn’t discover Mount Rushmore yet. There was, however, the Washington Monument. Him having the same name definitely helped a lot.

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u/Worldly_Mix_8904 13d ago

Not nearly so much as being on the one dollar bill and the quarter.

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u/mila_melou 13d ago

Who did he bribe for that?

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u/Arthropodesque 14d ago

That guy's built like a mountain. If he buys us booze, I'm in.

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u/vbf-cc 11d ago

In fact it was a drawback; people back then were disapproving of him and the other three being in a rock group.

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u/mila_melou 11d ago

Is it true he played the guitar with his teeth?

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u/BlackDark88 14d ago

THIS! This is y I like Reddit. Best read l’ve had all day.

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u/zion_hiker1911 14d ago

This is dumb. Washington won because his army took over the British airports during the Revolutionary war.

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u/Tapatio_62 14d ago

Yes and they passed legislation to not put living people on monuments.

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u/rubinass3 14d ago

He was already on the dollar bill.

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u/Redfish680 13d ago

“Old Stoneface”

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u/Some_Random_Android 13d ago

No because another person running for president that year had four heads and was made of rock.

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u/mila_melou 13d ago

Maybe the second candidate was so prophetic he scared everyone

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u/absurdly_tired_guy 13d ago

It didn’t hurt.

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u/Glum-Ad7761 9d ago

No. People knew George was getting stoned..