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"ALL RIGHT NOW, TEAM—HEADS UP—WE CAN WIN THIS OLD BALL GAME"
Using a baseball metaphor, Herblock, a longtime admirer of Peanuts creator Charles Schulz, represented Democratic Party nominee Hubert Humphrey as the affable loser character, Charlie Brown. Cartoon siblings Linus and Lucy van Pelt completely ignore him, much like Humphrey’s fellow Democrats. Lucy holds a flower representing former front-runner Eugene McCarthy, who refused to endorse Humphrey’s candidacy until a week before the election. Republican candidate Richard M. Nixon won both the popular vote as well as a landslide Electoral College victory.
"All Right Now, Team—Heads Up—We Can Win This Old Ball Game," 1968. Published in the Washington Post, September 5, 1968. |