Existing comment:
“YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE YOU’RE AN ELEPHANT?”
When Senator Barry Goldwater formed the Free Society Association in 1965, it further divided the Republican Party. Goldwater did not receive the support of the existing right-wing of the Republican Party or the John Birch Society. He angered Ray Bliss, the party chairman, who said, “I believe we should be presenting a united front to the opposition . . .” By portraying the elephant in the chokehold of an octopus, Herblock expressed his opinion that the right-wing was destroying the Republican Party.
“You Absolutely Sure You’re an Elephant?” 1965. Published in the Washington Post, July 1, 1965. |