"The now-famous Democratic donkey was first associated with Democrat Andrew Jackson's 1828 presidential campaign. His opponents called him a jackass (a donkey), and Jackson decided to use the image of the strong-willed animal on his campaign posters. Later, cartoonist Thomas Nast used the Democratic donkey in newspaper cartoons and made the symbol famous."
"Nast invented another famous symbol—the Republican elephant. In a cartoon that appeared in Harper's Weekly in 1874, Nast drew a donkey clothed in lion's skin, scaring away all the animals at the zoo. One of those animals, the elephant, was labeled “The Republican Vote.” That's all it took for the elephant to become associated with the Republican Party."
Well you could look at the donkey as being a symbol of peace and prosperity...if you looked at it in a religious perspective and remembered what it represents in the bible with it being the throne for a king; the messiah; the prince of peace. Not that Im saying that Obama is Jesus...but in a symbolic sense he is the key to change and peace.
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Wow...niccce...I like how you broke that down, and really went into a contextual analysis of those two symbols..all I got to say is if "your" (anyone who is 18 or over) not registered to vote, you should get registered and help shape the future of this country...this shit is serious...
Don't wait ! Get out there and make a difference!
Yes Kiy! Preach! lol
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