She was a staunch Republican who gave much of her time and money towards various conservative political causes. She attended several Republican National Conventions, galas, and fund-raisers. She was active in the campaigns of Wendell Willkie, Thomas E. Dewey, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and George W. Bush.

http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0082511/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm

Bucky

(54,041 posts)

5. Oh yeah? Then how did she know how to speak Jive on that Airplane?

Reply to lastlib (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 07:17 PM

Oct 2013

"Bubba no want, Bubba no get."

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)

9. Hello stewardess, I speak Jive

Reply to Bucky (Reply #5)

Fri Oct 25, 2013, 08:15 AM

Oct 2013

still makes me laugh out loud.

Smarmie Doofus

(14,498 posts)

6. Maybe... but the *character* June Cleaver was a New Deal, moderate lefty.

Reply to lastlib (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 08:37 PM

Oct 2013

"Pink around the edges." as the RWuse to say in those days.

Ward would have voted DEM ( he was rational and compassionate) but the series seemed to suggest that he was super-self identified w. his occupation... though I don't think it was ever explicitly id'd what it WAS. It seemed like it had something to do with MAKING MONEY. Banker, export-import. That type of thing. Republican territory.

June would often subtly alert Ward to the dangers of being "too hard." ( "Don't be too hard on the boys.&quot

Bucky

(54,041 posts)

2. Let us judge a man by his works

Reply to ArnoldLayne (Original post)

Wed Oct 23, 2013, 06:51 PM

Oct 2013

June Cleaver: Ward, wouldn't that be downright sneaky?
Ward Cleaver: Sure, it would. It's the only way we can survive as parents.

Obama Democrat

Beaver Cleaver: If I tell you you'll be mad at me.
Ward Cleaver: That's ridiculous. Now, come on, tell me.
Beaver Cleaver: I losted my money.
Ward Cleaver: Again! Oh, Beaver! Your mother and I have been very patient with you, but this habit of losing money has got to stop.
Beaver Cleaver: I told you you'd be mad at me.

Rockefeller Republican

Ward Cleaver: When you're young, there are some thing you have to learn. How to catch a baseball. And good table manners don't come too easily. But when you're a boy, losing things is one of the few lessons you don't have to learn. And that's our story tonight on "Leave it to Beaver."

Johnson Democrat (cause all the other Democrats have to learn the hard way you can't bargain with Republicans)

Wally Cleaver: [referring to Gilbert's dog] Hey, Beaver, Archie really went home, huh?
Beaver Cleaver: Sure, I told him, and he went. You know, it's a lot easier talking to dogs than it is to cats.
Ward Cleaver: Cats are very smart, though, Beaver. It's just that when you call someone Bootsy-Wootsy, he's inclined to be a little difficult.

Cheney Republican (cause unlike his boss, Dick Cheney never gave anyone an affectionately humiliating nickname)

Ward Cleaver: You know, Wally, when I went to high school, we used to have to wear a collar and tie to school everyday.

Reagan Republican (cute story, but factually inaccurate)

Wally Cleaver: [reading a newspaper on the living room couch] Hey, Dad, what's community property?
Ward Cleaver: Well, community property means that your mother owns half of everything I earn or own.
Wally Cleaver: What a gyp! No wonder women get married!

Truman Democrat (big on sharing the wealth, but a little lax on policing ethnic slurs)

June Cleaver: Ward Cleaver, you have no romantic instinct at all!
Ward Cleaver: Dear, I'm a married man!

Kennedy Democrat

June Cleaver: It certainly was a change. Yesterday, freckles was the biggest thing in his whole life.
Ward Cleaver: Yeah, well, that's one of the advantages of being a kid - the biggest problem in your life seldom lasts more than twenty-four hours.

William Henry Harrison Whig

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Conclusion: Dude was all over the map. Probably had multiple writers putting words in his mouth, being himself an empty vessel for other people's economic aspirations. In other words, Ford Republican.