Monday, November 3, 2014

Soggy Cereal

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Snap, Crackle, Vote

“The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal is the ultimate indignity to the democratic process.”

—Adlai Stevenson (1900-1965), Illinois governor and two-time Democratic presidential candidate, 1956


Editorial Comment: C’mon boys and girls! Adlai Stevenson . . . he’s grrrrrreat!


PeezPix by Ted Pease 

Trinidad Pier








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