Moonbats and Wingnuts

[Platapus]

I fear you are correct. And if so, this aint good for our nation.

[August]

Originally Posted by Platapus

I fear you are correct. And if so, this aint good for our nation.

No it isn't. I fear a lot of blood will be shed.

Maybe to a foreigner like yourself.

Think about it , the only people who use either of those words specificly to describe the fruitcakes of the opposing party are generaly fruitcakes themselves . So for anyone who isn't a space cadet the words are completely interchangable to describe the muppets on the lunatic fringe of either party .

[August]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Think about it , the only people who use either of those words specificly to describe the fruitcakes of the opposing party are generaly fruitcakes themselves . So for anyone who isn't a space cadet the words are completely interchangable to describe the muppets on the lunatic fringe of either party .

The problem with your theory is that the elephant and the donkey both originated in the same manner, yet over time they became mainstream symbols used by everyone. So too will these.

The problem with your theory is that the elephant and the donkey both originated in the same manner, yet over time they became mainstream symbols used by everyone. So too will these.

No they didn't, that german fella didn't create the elephant pictures as a derisory symbol for his own favourite party he used it to symbolise what he saw as the strength of his grand old party .

[Platapus]

German Fella = Thomas Nast

[August]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

No they didn't, that german fella didn't create the elephant pictures as a derisory symbol for his own favourite party he used it to symbolise what he saw as the strength of his grand old party .

Um wrong. It's from Nast's cartoon in Harpers Weekly showing the donkey clothed in a lions skin (representing an anti-civil war faction) , scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of these animals, the elephant, was labeled "The Republican Vote", which is hardly the complementary depiction you claim it to be.

Um wrong. It's from Nast's cartoon in Harpers Weekly showing the donkey clothed in a lions skin (representing an anti-civil war faction)

Copperhead the donkey wasn't representing an anti civil war faction it was representing a confederate faction

[August]

Originally Posted by Tribesman

Copperhead the donkey wasn't representing an anti civil war faction it was representing a confederate faction

Um, wrong again.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copperheads

The Copperheads were a vocal group of Democrats in the Northern United States (see also Union (American Civil War)) who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. The name Copperheads was given to them by their opponents, the Republicans, because the venomous, although not usually deadly, copperhead snake can strike without warning (unlike a rattlesnake).