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# "Politically Speaking" - Judge Magazine Satire This page satirizes 1930s New Deal criticism through exaggerated dialogue. The "Politically Speaking" section mocks wealthy complainers who oppose FDR's economic programs as wasteful "boondoggling" that will bankrupt the country, while simultaneously admitting their own wealth and hangovers. The speaker's affected accent (emphasized capitals) ridicules the pretentious upper-class gripe session. The cartoon illustrations show two winter scenes with elegantly dressed figures—likely representing the same complaining wealthy class, humorously captioned ("Aren't your ears cold?"). "More Famous Last Words" presents ironic final statements before disaster (reckless driving, electrocution, etc.)—dark humor deflating overconfidence. The "Nautical Note" jokes that modern yachts have every luxury except a device to combat motorboat wake, suggesting wealthy leisure pursuits are absurdly over-equipped. Overall, Judge lampoons wealthy New Deal opponents as hypocritical complainers disconnected from ordinary hardship.
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Judge Politically Speaking W L, my dear, you can say what you LIKE but I mean this posi- tively perVERted New DEAL eff has me SIMply O dl, no less, be- » 1 mean it ACtually doesn’t make . because the GOV'ment, my Riully SPENDing prac- tically EV’rybody's MONey on this odd BOONdogging someth which if you ask ME, my dear, is going to have the country BANKrupted and the en- puLAtion sitting SUpinely on —can you BEAR it, my dear? I know this simply FASci Fe MAN who's got OOdles of DOUGH. my dear, and he says that unless we get RID of the DE er and elect the Conservatori yr something he will go BROK the neople wit! MONey and everythi y dear, will be a lot of foul BOL ks and Fasc- ISMS and things. Can you COPE T mean | HONestly think the ten OUT of this CRACKpot adminisTRAtion, my dear, is rePEAL which [ can’t say PERson- ally has benefited ME. particularly be- cause T mean I seem te ve a perPET- ual HANGover, my dear, at least [al ways have a sort of HEADae mean T ACtually DO! —Luovp Maver. “1 bought her one day when I was drunk.” More Famous Last Words :RE’S where I snap a picture right between the bars the cage.” T guess one more little one won't hurt me.” tre, | know this road like a book or I'd slow down on curv " Um going straight home to mother.” “How can I get a shock when I’m standing on this wood ?” “Those trains always whistle a mile before they get to e crossings.” Climb down out of that truck and say that.” “Now watch me open this bottle without a corkscrew, just by applying a little leverage in the right pl: Nautical Note dl some wonderful things at the motor boat ow this year—big, modern yachts equipped with elec tric iceboxes, rr: Mars, air-conditioning, telephones. — In “ ; 5 fact, everythin ya nan is going to need next summer Aren't your ears cold: except something to swat outboard motor boats with. comicbooks.com