Posts Tagged: politics

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A Weiner Roast

At the most talked about lunch in Washington DC this summer, you can be sure that Hillary and President Obama will not be dining on wieners, though  it may well turn out to be a Weiner Roast!

vintage ad wieners

A Weiner Roast

At the most talked about lunch in Washington DC this summer, you can be sure that Hillary and President Obama will not be dining on wieners, though  it may well turn out to be a Weiner Roast!

vintage illustration Boy Scouts 1960s

A Boy Scout First

2013-Another Boy Scout first- ending their long-standing ban on Gay Scouts! Copyright (©) 2013 Sally Edelstein All Rights Reserved Boy Scouts Morally Straight and Gay  

vintage illustration Boy Scouts 1960s

A Boy Scout First

2013-Another Boy Scout first- ending their long-standing ban on Gay Scouts! Copyright (©) 2013 Sally Edelstein All Rights Reserved Boy Scouts Morally Straight and Gay  

Robert Kennedy JFK

Robert Kennedy Remembered

In the tumultuous spring of 1968 Bobby Kennedy beckoned the youth of America to join him in his presidential campaign fight.  “These are not ordinary times and this is not an ordinary election I need your hand and your help.”

Robert Kennedy JFK

Robert Kennedy Remembered

In the tumultuous spring of 1968 Bobby Kennedy beckoned the youth of America to join him in his presidential campaign fight.  “These are not ordinary times and this is not an ordinary election I need your hand and your help.”

illustration little boy with gun ad

Guns, Grief and Children

It’s time to stop the meaningless madness and take meaningful action concerning the gun culture in America. Remembering the innocent lives lost at the Sandy Hook School Shooting.

illustration little boy with gun ad

Guns, Grief and Children

It’s time to stop the meaningless madness and take meaningful action concerning the gun culture in America. Remembering the innocent lives lost at the Sandy Hook School Shooting.

The Right to Choose

“The Right to Choose” that ran in Boys Life Magazine, July 1963 was adapted from the book “Why the United States is Rich” by Wheeler McMillen. Americans may be free to choose the kind of work they want to do-just

The Right to Choose

“The Right to Choose” that ran in Boys Life Magazine, July 1963 was adapted from the book “Why the United States is Rich” by Wheeler McMillen. Americans may be free to choose the kind of work they want to do-just

Vintage schoolbook illustration

Winning Personality-Winning Votes

Winning The Undecided Vote As we enter the last stretch of the campaign the push for the undecided vote grows stronger. The neck and neck 2012 election is going to come down to the elusive undecided voter, the great prize

Vintage schoolbook illustration

Winning Personality-Winning Votes

Winning The Undecided Vote As we enter the last stretch of the campaign the push for the undecided vote grows stronger. The neck and neck 2012 election is going to come down to the elusive undecided voter, the great prize

Vintage school book illustration 1960s

Personality and Your Vote Count

Candidate’s personalities play a big part in voters choices Citizens are extremely focused on both President Obama’s and Governor Romney’s personality as a deciding factor in their vote. The medias reportage often concentrates on the personality of the candidate over

Vintage school book illustration 1960s

Personality and Your Vote Count

Candidate’s personalities play a big part in voters choices Citizens are extremely focused on both President Obama’s and Governor Romney’s personality as a deciding factor in their vote. The medias reportage often concentrates on the personality of the candidate over

Vintage illustation man in hat smiling 1950s

My First Political Kiss

Today the phrase “moderate Republican is fast becoming an oxymoron. But once upon a time, there were actually liberal Republicans like Jacob Javits who roamed the political landscape. The longtime senator from New York was a leader of Progressive Republicanism

Vintage illustation man in hat smiling 1950s

My First Political Kiss

Today the phrase “moderate Republican is fast becoming an oxymoron. But once upon a time, there were actually liberal Republicans like Jacob Javits who roamed the political landscape. The longtime senator from New York was a leader of Progressive Republicanism

Vintage womens fashion Photograph 1960

Fashion Forward for the New Frontier

Dressing up For DC Fall fashion was all the news in 1960 DC, despite taking a back seat to the story of  the presidential election. In her dashing tweed cape coat swinging cloak and dagger style, our Beltway “Gal Friday”

Vintage womens fashion Photograph 1960

Fashion Forward for the New Frontier

Dressing up For DC Fall fashion was all the news in 1960 DC, despite taking a back seat to the story of  the presidential election. In her dashing tweed cape coat swinging cloak and dagger style, our Beltway “Gal Friday”

vintage illustration voting

Voting-Democracy in Action

Growing up our textbooks taught us that America was Democracy in action Especially when it came to our cherished right to vote “Americans are proud of what they have built”, the reader is told in “The New Ways in the

vintage illustration voting

Voting-Democracy in Action

Growing up our textbooks taught us that America was Democracy in action Especially when it came to our cherished right to vote “Americans are proud of what they have built”, the reader is told in “The New Ways in the