Partisan, reflexive gainsaying
Thursday, April 28th, 2005In the 1948 cartoon, Olive Oyl for President, Popeye’s main squeeze has a fantasy that she runs for and is elected President of the U.S. In her fantasy, Congress is populated by anthropomorphized elephants and donkeys whose political discourse consists of shouting either “We accept it!” or “We reject it!” When Olive Oyl [...]