In Politics, Bugs Bunny Always Beats Daffy

A Citizen At His Home In Rockford, Illinois, Or Boulder, Colorado, Could Read A Newspaper, Listen To A Radio, Or Watch The Round-the-clock Coverage On Television, But He Had No Way Of Connecting With Those Who Shared His Views. Nor Was There A Quick, Readily Available Tool For An Ordinary Citizen To Gather Information On His Own. In 1960, Communication Was A One-way Street, And Information Was Fundamentally Inaccessible. The Whole Idea Of Summoning Up Data Or Reaching Thousands Of Individuals With The Touch Of A Finger Was A Science-fiction Fantasy.

George Washington, Andrew Jackson, William Henry Harrison, Zachary Taylor, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford Hayes, James Garfield, Benjamin Harrison, Theodore Roosevelt And Dwight Eisenhower All Rode Their Wartime Heroics Into The White House.

As A Personal Matter, I Stopped Voting More Than A Decade Ago, On The Grounds That It Helped Me As An Analyst Not To Think About Making A Choice In The Voting Booth.

When An Office-holder Facing A Multi-count Indictment Says That He Has Decided To Spend More Time With His Family, The Proper Response Is A Horse-laugh. When An Accused Politician Explains That A Charge Of Corruption Is 'really' An Attack On His Or Her Race, Religion, Ethnic Background Or Gender, The Odds That Something Felonious Happened Jumps.

In Politics, Bugs Bunny Always Beats Daffy Duck. Daffy's Always Going Berserk, Jumping Up And Down, Yelling. Bugs's Got That Sly Smile, Like He Always Knows What's Up, Like Nothing Can Ruffle Him.