After I’ve questioned it, fought it, accepted it, and psychoanalyzed it (see Donkey I and Donkey II), I now discover that: THE DONKEY IS NOT THE OFFICIAL MASCOT OF THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY! This is the startling news I found when digging a little deeper into this whole donkey mess. I hope my...
Donkey Chronicles Part II: A Donkey? Not Really.
It took me a while to accept him as the Democratic Party’s mascot (see Donkey Chronicles Part I). I had to go into obscure little sites that lauded donkey attributes. I had to brainwash myself to focus only on the positive. I had to ignore the fact that most cultures consider the donkey...
Donkey Chronicles Part I: A Donkey? Really?
For quite some time I’ve been bothered by that damn donkey. You know the one, the Democratic donkey, the party’s mascot. What I want to know is whose bright idea was it to choose this animal as the symbol of American Democrats? In the most charitable view, the donkey is seen as...