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Thomas Nast - September 27, 1840
"Another such victory and I am done."
Regarding the cover of Harper's Weekly March 24, 1877:
"It was 1877 and President-Elect Rutherford B. Hayes was being Inaugurated as 19th President after a Closely Contended Battle -- the Results of which were Contested ~ The Nation was Scandalized as Hayes was Chosen President by the Electoral College
Great Political Cartoon Art by Thomas Nast Lampooning the Results of Audacious Political Scallywaggery!
Nast's Iconic Republican Elephant finally Established as the Symbol of the Republican Party..."
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"We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done."
- Robert S. McNamara
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"We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches...
We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles."
- Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message"
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never wrestle with a pig.
you both get dirty;
the pig likes it.
Last edited by uncle phil; 09-27-2009 at 05:16 AM..
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