Is Skerry the real donkey democrat mascot?
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Take a close look at George "CHIMP" Bush.
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I found this on the internet, here is how the Democratic donkey came along:\n\nWhen Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828, his opponents tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist views and his slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson turned it to his advantage by using the donkey on his campaign posters. During his presidency, the donkey was used to represent Jackson's stubbornness when he vetoed re-chartering the National Bank. \n\nIn 1837, the donkey was used in a political cartoon for the first time to represent the Democratic party, again in conjunction with Jackson. Jackson was retired, but still considered himself the party's leader. Kind of like President Clinton was doing after he was no longer President. The cartoon, titled "A Modern Baalim and his Ass," showed Jackson trying to get the donkey to go where he wanted it to go. \n\nInterestingly enough, the person credited with getting the donkey widely accepted as the Democratic party's symbol was Political Cartoonist, Thomas Nast. He first used the donkey in an 1870 Harper's Weekly cartoon shown above, to represent the "Copperhead Press" kicking a dead lion, symbolizing Lincoln's Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who had recently died. Nast intended the donkey to represent an anti-war faction with whom he disagreed, but the symbol caught the public's fancy and the cartoonist continued using it to indicate some Democratic editors and newspapers.
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He may be those things, but he's better than the alternative ...what's his name??? Skerry??
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No fraud.\n\nSince the Democrats won they will not challange the votes from the dead or animals.
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Don't bet on that.  He is an "Old School" conservative Democrat, which these days, they are hard to find.  Kind of like finding a Liberal Republican.  And BOTH do still exist!!!!!
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D.) all of the above, be careful about asking mean questions about Skerry, the libs have gone crazy reporting people that make fun of thierfearful leader.
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It is definitely not Kerry.\n\nThat's the problem with the democrats, they don;t necessarily have a face to present.  Which is why the party has latched on to Obama so quickly, out of the hopes that he is that face.  They tried with Hilary and still are to a certain degree.\n\nPlus, you have Dean out there.
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When Andrew Jackson ran for president in 1828, his opponents tried to label him a "jackass" for his populist views and his slogan, "Let the people rule." Jackson, however, picked up on their name calling and turned it to his own advantage by using the donkey on his campaign posters. During his presidency, the donkey was used to represent Jackson's stubbornness when he vetoed re-chartering the National Bank.\n\nThe first time the donkey was used in a political cartoon to represent the Democratic party, it was again in conjunction with Jackson. Although in 1837 Jackson was retired, he still thought of himself as the Party's leader and was shown trying to get the donkey to go where he wanted it to go. The cartoon was titled "A Modern Baalim and his Ass."\n\nInterestingly enough, the person credited with getting the donkey widely accepted as the Democratic party's symbol probably had no knowledge of the prior associations. Thomas Nast, a famous political cartoonist, came to the United States with his parents in 1840 when he was six. He first used the donkey in an 1870 Harper's Weekly cartoon to represent the "Copperhead Press" kicking a dead lion, symbolizing Lincoln's Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton, who had recently died. Nast intended the donkey to represent an anti-war faction with whom he disagreed, but the symbol caught the public's fancy and the cartoonist continued using it to indicate some Democratic editors and newspapers.\n\nLater, Nast used the donkey to portray what he called "Caesarism" showing the alleged Democratic uneasiness over a possible third term for Ulysses S. Grant. In conjunction with this issue, Nast helped associate the elephant with the Republican party. Although the elephant had been connected with the Republican party in cartoons that appeared in 1860 and 1872, it was Nast's cartoon in 1874 published by Harper's Weekly that made the pachyderm stick as the Republican's symbol. A cartoon titled "The Third Term Panic," showed animals representing various issues running away from a donkey wearing a lion's skin tagged "Caesarism." The elephant labeled "The Republican Vote," was about to run into a pit containing inflation, chaos, repudiation, etc.\n\nBy 1880 the donkey was well established as a mascot for the Democratic party. A cartoon about the Garfield-Hancock campaign in the New York Daily Graphic showed the Democratic candidate mounted on a donkey, leading a procession of crusaders.\n\nOver the years, the donkey and the elephant have become the accepted symbols of the Democratic and Republican parties. Although the Democrats have never officially adopted the donkey as a party symbol, they have used various donkey designs on publications over the years. The Republicans have actually adopted the elephant as their official symbol and use their design widely.\n\nThe Democrats think of the elephant as bungling, stupid, pompous and conservative -- but the Republicans think it is dignified, strong and intelligent. On the other hand, the Republicans regard the donkey as stubborn, silly and ridiculous -- but the Democrats claim it is humble, homely, smart, courageous and loveable.
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The bubba's are racist and homophobic.  I live in GA and our republican governor Sonny Perdue got elected because  he promised the rednecks they could vote to get the old flag back, which was offensive because it had the old Dixie flag on it.  He lied by the way and there never was a vote on changing the flag back.
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no, democrats are just a bunch of commie liberals who are addicted to control
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How about, which CURRENT elder statesmen of the democratic party was a KKK recruiter for the klan.  \n\nOnly in the double standard, do as we say, not as we do democratic party.\n\nAnd the envelop PLEEEEEZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ\n\nRobert Byrd, DEMOCRATIC Senator - W. Virginia.
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WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO PUT A PICTURE OF A DONKEYS #SS ON THE BACK???
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about the same as my getting a three way with Jenna and Barbara Bush.  No, maybe you do have slightly better odds, since I am a Chicago Democrat and they probably prefer Texas Republicans.  Or dead donkeys.
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Kerry is the greatest spokesman the Democratic party has ever known, isn't that a shame.
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yes, but not perfect.....   8\n\nnot a democrat- they all slander people and they are dishonest and false accusers... I cannot stand that...
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For the elephants, I'm not sure.  I've heard Jeb Bush, but I doubt it.  Guilani (sp?) also.\n\nFor the Donkeys, Hillary, Kerry again, Possibly Edwards, Barak (hopefully not, wait for the next one).\n\nDefinately not Condi.
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that he is showing the true colors of the democrats.  they  hate the military and john ketchup kerry is nothing more than a communist pig and should be made to resign.  him and ted, the swimmer, kennedy.