Life — October 12, 1928 — page 12: what you’re looking at

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# "The Political Front: The Deadly Borah" This satirical article by Henry Sydnor attacks Senator William E. Borah of Idaho. The main cartoon depicts Borah at a dinner table with a woman, captioned "Now tell me, who do you think will be our next President?" The satire targets Borah's political inconsistency. The text criticizes him for opposing the League of Nations in 1919, then defending President Wilson's 1928 Kansas City convention speech. Borah is portrayed as an unprincipled opportunist who shifts positions based on political convenience rather than principle. The caricatured drawings emphasize Borah's facial features mockingly. The article suggests he's an "erratic Senator from Idaho" who expands and contracts his positions depending on which party needs him during presidential campaigns—making him unreliable and self-serving rather than principled.