Life — August 9, 1928 — page 6: what you’re looking at

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4 LIFE be if you was debating with some Demo- crat, why then of course there would be no use holding the last half. But if we can find some Issues why then we will be all set. Now you are a man and so is Al that has got by without a lot of Bunk, And the debate might be that you both ought by rights to be in my Party, “The Anti-Bunks.”” But what the debate could be, that you both have let yourself be hitched to a Platform that is nothing but Bunk. As a man is known by the company he keeps, I will show you that now that you have entered Politics that you will be mixed up with more Bunk than you ever thought existed. You may say the Issue is “Prosperity,” You will try and show that we are pros- perous, because we HAVE MORE. I will show where we are NOT pros- perous because we havent PAID for it YET. You say that “Prohibition is a Noble Experiment.” I would say that it was an “Amusing” or “Exciting” experiment, But it has hardly reached the ‘Noble’ stage up to now. Then there is Farm Re- liet, Tariff, and all of the Usual Bunks, and I will debate you on those too. The debate is not to be Gratis, We will charge admission and the money goes toa good Charity, which is preferable to slip- ping it to some District in Philadelphia, or Chicago, who havent got enough to compete with the other Districts on No- vember the Sixth. They tell me that Lincoln and Douglas | had a debate one time, and they say Douglas won it, So even if I lose and just become as well known as Lincoln why it wont be so bad. Douglas made the mistake of going to the Senate after winning, so that’s why he was never recognized later. I have worn his shoes, But never read his debate. If he beat Lincoln then he must have been pretty good, or else maybe the Referee of the Debate was fixed. Now Herbert you got to debate with somebody before this Dog fight ends in November and it might as well be me, You better let me meet you and then I “Say—looka here—there’s another baby that talks two weeks after bein’ born.” “Aw—doncha believe it—her old man’s a ventriloquist.” will meet Smith, and that will show you how good he is and give you some line on whether to tackle him or not. Henry Ford is to be the Judge that | pick, He can tell when either one of us Is missing. Yours, Witt Rocers, Candidate of the Anti-Bunk Party, without Platform, Convention, Campaign | Fund, or Slogan. They're All Imitating Will Rogers Both Hoover and Smith Are Joining the Anti-Bunks Nor long ago, a delegation of newspaper photographers asked Al Smith to pose as a bricklayer, with trowel, mortar-board, and genial smile. “This,” they assured Mr. Smith, “will win you the support of the laboring classes," just as though Mr. Smith didn’t have that already. Mr. Smith, however, refused to pose for such a picture, characterizing it briefly, but truthfully, as “‘boloney.” Then, a few days later, an innocent baby was thrust at Herbert Hoover with the demand that he kiss it. “This,” they assured Mr. Hoover, “will win you the sup port of the women voters,” just as though Mr. Hoover didn’t have that already. Mr. Hoover also refused, saying, “I am not going to stage emotional antics for publication purposes.” It is understood that Mr. Hoover's re- fusal was heartily indorsed by the baby. From all this, it will be evident to the most thoroughly naked eye that the great Anti-Bunk Campaign is sweeping the country. When even the regular Republican and Democratic Candidates attempt to estab- lish their bunklessness, they betray their fear of Will Rogers and the enormous in- fluence that he wields. Did you notice how the Republicans tried to lure Henry Ford away from our party? They thought that if they could get him on their side, they could convert the presidential campaign into an old- fashioned trade war between the Ford Motor Co. and General Motors. Mr. Ford refused to be lured, even by the story of Hoover and the baby; he had allied himself with the Anti-Bunk Party, and there he will remain. If you want to join Henry Ford, and all other fon independents, send in your name to Rogers Campaign Headquarters, 598 Madison Avenue, New York. comicbooks.com a4 sw a ee