I knew this movie would be historically laughable when….

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vnse — 13 years ago(December 31, 2012 10:51 AM)

In 1839, president Van Buren is on the campaign trail for the 1840 election. Which is ridiculous for 2 reasons

Presidents didn't campaign in person the way they do today back then
Unlike today campaigns didn't last an entire year.
That was the first of many historical inaccuracies.

Why work when, you can vote Democrat instead.

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BrianRaess_Is_FinallyGone — 13 years ago(March 23, 2013 05:12 PM)

It's a good thing:

This wasn't a documentary
This wasn't about how campaigns worked in 1839
They didn't interrupt the plot and spend valuable screen time to explain it since it wasn't important to what the movie is actually about.

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ave_roma2004 — 10 years ago(October 22, 2015 03:11 PM)

Oh look. Another wrong person who wants to ignore facts in favor of beep fantasy.

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BrianRaess_Is_FinallyGone — 10 years ago(October 22, 2015 03:30 PM)

Oh look. Another wrong person who wants a movie about one thing to be about something beep else.

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spookyrat1 — 9 years ago(October 21, 2016 05:29 PM)

That was the first of many historical inaccuracies.
And so breathtaking in its relevance! What a scholar! Go to the head of the class.

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