Life — October 12, 1928 — page 8: what you’re looking at

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Press Acent (to revue star I've a request for your picture from a religious weekly. Have you anything with clothes on? just the Senator) he is the second line of denial for the Republicans. And on the other side what Al can’t think of to call ’em, why Raskob in his corner is throwing everything but the sponge at ‘em. If a Republican shows him- self to him, Raskob will hit him over the head with a Buick. Oh it’s a Gentleman’s game??? Every- body is of a “high type"—till the time comes when there is something worth while to be little over, then they revert to type. But through all this the old Anti-Bunk Party has maintained its dignity. We are not running about the Country shouting in everybody's ear, “As I said so ably in my acceptance speech.” We dident say anything in our accept- ance speech, We dident even accept, and at that we said more than they did. They can always bring up their accept- ance speech for that is as far back as they want their record looked into while the Campaign is going on. But I do hope that there is some voters who appreciate a Candidate who has not dragged in Religion, Prohibition, Water Power, neither Bot or cold, Corruption, Brown Derbys, or social superiority of wives. I have a wife that could study an Emily Post Guide for three days, and make a sucker out of every Senator and his wife that ever stuck their nose inside the White House. Anti-Bunk Bulletin We confess that we're beginning to get a trifle worried about the Will Rogers- for-President Campaign. Our Candidate is attracting too darned many voters. Our position is becoming positively embar- rassing, because we don’t know what to do with all the unexpected guests. Of course we know we could sell them, and at fancy prices, to the Republicans and Democrats. Both those organizations need voters a lot more than we do. But, un- like them, we're not in politics for what we can get out of it. We're in solely for what we can kick out of it; namely, Bunk, The only way we can think of to stop the rush of enlistments in the Anti-Bunk Party is to remind the public of the words of Our Candidate at the start of the campaign: “Our support will have to come from those who want NOTHING, and have the assurance of getting it.” We'll continue to send Rogers buttons to those who address their requests to Rogers Campaign Headquarters, 598 Madison Avenue, New York. But these buttons are nothing more than souvenirs of a Noble Experiment, and they will not entitle their holders to any special consid- eration after Election Day. So if you want to be Ambassador to the Court of St. James's, or if you want to inherit Mabel Walker Willebrand's job, or get into the Department of the Interior where the oil leases are kept, stay away from the Anti-Bunk Party. Our Candidate doesn’t intend to hand out the good jobs to those who helped elect him. He is going to violate all polit- ical precedent by giving the jobs to those best qualified to fill them. Lire. NOT PAID FOR Rus: What did your new smoking st cost? Dus: I don’t know yet. My wife gave it to me! “Say, Joe, give us a light from your Dunhill, will yuh?” comicbooks.co