McCarthyism & "Nancy"

A reminder of just how deeply rooted cold war thinking was in our culture -- a McCarthy-era "Nancy" Comic: 

George H.W. Bush's WWII Rescue Footage

 

Many know that former President George H. W. Bush was shot down near by Chichi Jima in the Pacific in World War II, but few are aware that there was actual footage of his dramatic rescue by a US submarine. Here, in a US Naval Institute Produced video, you can see the young Lieutenant as he's pulled from his life-raft and brought on board -- at approx 1:00: 

 

Goldwater Revisited: In Your Heart You Know SHE'S Right

Barry Goldwater's 1964 campaign slogan, "in your heart you know he's right," has been resurrected at CPAC -- but this time it's for Sarah Palin: 

Of course, Goldwater's "heart" slogan was mocked by the left, who countered, "in your guts you know he's nuts":

For campaign parallels between 2012 and 1964, see my post Purity & Practicality in the GOP

FDR & Hoover, Inauguration 1933

By inauguration day 1933, FDR and President Hoover's once amicable relationship had grown bitter -- so much so that Hoover didn't speak a word to the President-elect in the limo ride from the White House to the Capitol Building. This 1933 New Yorker Magazine cover could not have better illustrated the tension of their contrasting personalities: