Young pinkies! That’s classic, right up there w/ the PJ O’Rourke’s “fools, pink-wieners and dupes..”

I always misquoted it as “doomed to repeat it”. So are the Dems condemned or doomed? They could be both. “You are hereby condemned to be doomed” . Oooooo, that sounds nice.

Some things always seem to be applicable!

l could see this as believable, especially if it’s been around for a while on the internet – as in well prior to 2008. The easiest way to check it would be to research the names noted and verify them in the DNC, Congress or FDR’s administration.

Not to mention that after reading books such as Amity Shlae’s, “Forgotten Man”, or Jonah Goldberg’s, “Liberal Fascism”, Robert Bork’s, “Slouching Towards Gommorrah”, as well as Glenn Beck’s dissection of Progressivism, the plausibility of this piece being authentic increases. This is bolstered by the fact that detailed, pithy, acerbic political cartoons have a strong history here in the US. Recall Thomas Nast, especially his tackling of Boss Tweed and Tammany Hall.

The person painting the sign looks like Trotsky, who died in 1940.

Doing a little investigation of the names:

Wallace could be Henry A. Wallace – look him up. The man riding the donkey is Rex Tugwell. Newbusters has broken this cartoon down, but at the moment I cannot bring up the page.

He was a cartoonist for the Tribune from 1917 to 1960 from what I can see. There are several cartoons of his on the web from the Depression era that would be quite applicable today.

My main interest in American history is the period roughly from 1870 to 1950. The same arguments have been going on since the founding in one form or another, but since the rise of William Jennings Bryan, it is remarkable how American political discourse has been on a continuous loop.

Decade after decade the same arguments cycle through on both sides. Boiled down to their essence, conservative ideas say government should stay out of our lives as much as possible, while liberal theology says the exact opposite.

The debates change only in the minor details and the names of those doing the talking. The facts don’t change, and right and wrong are eternal.

with the militiamen living around me.

I’ve seen their boards, their posts and their propaganda and they’re loony.

Anyone want to comment? Retort? Soothe me?

Help me?

I’d like to keep this under the radar because I’m afraid of getting shot. No joke. They’re in my neighborhood and own AK 47s and AR 15s.

They’re linked to the Tenth Amendment Center and the Texas Nationalist Movement and are beginning to cite International Law to justify Texas sucession.

No wonder the NRA is leaning left.

Please, I beg you .. comment.

I’m seriously spooked. And angry because this gives creedence for the left.

I don’t bargain with the left.

Bill, about the political cartoon.

Facinating, isn’t it?

I read Goldberg’s Liberal Facsism .. and I have only refutation to the “history repeats itself” argument.

History is continuing – it’s one looong thin thread that’s continued since then.

And we’re losing ground.

Very, very cool post.

From Newsbusters…

In the article, the various people in the cartoon are named. (bolding mine)

The man behind [Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace] Wallace is Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior and director of the Public Works Administration. As head of the PWA, Ickes had a lot of say on what and where public works projects were built. The biggest of course was the Tennessee Valley Authority. Ickes was well-known for backing many other socialist endeavors. Ickes was also the father of Harold M. Ickes, a key player in the Clinton administration.

The other man behind Wallace was a mystery to me. In fact, I had trouble reading the label on him in the cartoon. That man is Donald Richberg, who was called “assistant president” in the FDR administration. Both he and Ickes came through Chicago politics and were leaders of the Progressive movement there. Both Ickes and Richberg were key players in pushing the National Industrial Recovery Act which imposed fascist codes of conduct on American industry which dictated how key industries in America were to be run. The National Recovery Administration was ultimately struck down by the Supreme Court in 1935, which decision led to FDR’s effort to “pack” the Supreme Court with more cooperative justices.

Yep…history sucks if you’re the one repeating it’s failures.

No it isn’t. And thanks to Daily Caller for Boxer’s latest misguided attempt to connect with somebody..anybody.

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I don’t care whether you are a policeman or a fireman or a veteran or by chance a member of Congress,” the California senator said. “[Democratic Rep.] Maxine [Waters] and I could look at each other and roll our eyes. We know what we are up against. And it is hard for people who are not there to understand the pressure and the great things that go along with it and the tough things that go along with it.”

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You will never be like them, babs. O,h maybe you’ll have a chat with another legislator who happens to be a vet but that’s the closest you’ll ever come. Why does she always pick on our soldiers?

http://dailycaller.com/2010/07/26/senator-barbara-boxer-serving-in-the-military-is-like-being-a-member-of-congress/

and as background, they showed a cartoon, with FDR sleeve and hand visible, reaching down to give a hand-out. Written on the green sleeve is “Socialist Experiment” written in red. Living in Lib-land Seattle, The audience let out an audible gasp. But they knew it was sooooaa relevant.

It is no accidental repeating by the incompetent… but if it is then shouldn’t he be impeached for either?