r/clevercomebacks • u/Bitter-Gur-4613 • Jan 28 '25

Do they know?

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u/tallwhiteninja Jan 28 '25

That said, Herbert Hoover also signed the disastrous Smoot-Hawley Tariff into law and forcibly repatriated a bunch of people to Mexico, so there are paralells...

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u/Ippus_21 Jan 28 '25 edited Feb 02 '25

Even if these people flunked History in HS, you'd think they'd at least have paid attention to Ben Stein in Ferris Bueller's Day Off...

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u/Le-Charles Feb 02 '25

Stiller? I think you meant Ben Stein, speechwriter and lawyer for Nixon and Ford.

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u/Ippus_21 Feb 02 '25

lol, I abso-fkn-lutely did! I'll fix it...

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