For so many years, Democrats urged Oklahoma's favorite son to run for the presidency. Those were different times. The Democrat party is approximately 199,000 degrees different than it was in the first half of the 20th Century, and Rogers would have been cancelled for some of the bold observations that he made in the interest of levity and entertainment. This was a man who had a homespun way with words that could, in those days, be said out loud without as much offense as we have now. One of my favorite things up for purchase in the gift shop is a sweatshirt emblazoned with Will Rogers for President. But as much as he was desired in a high position back then, he only lives now in our fading memories and in recordings. Some of the members of his family are interred to the rear of the museum, with Will's tomb taking center stage in a prominent position on the back patio. His most famous quote is engraved into the marble of the sarcophagus: "I never met a man I didn't like," but another quote caught my eye, as well: "If you live life right, death is a joke as far as fear is concerned." That one will make you think. | |
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