In response to the yearnings of my numerous fans down the years, this blog is built to feature installmental postings of scores of articles and cartoons from my stable as an analyst and cartoonist on local/international politics in the Times Group. It also parades some of my crowd-pulling humour writings in the famous "Concord Laff" column(the Sunday Concord. Please stay connected.
Monday, February 28, 2011
CHARLES ANYASI ...VINTAGE ARCHIVES: US 1980 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
CHARLES ANYASI ...VINTAGE ARCHIVES: US 1980 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: "Last Thursday, I uploaded my predictions on the 1980 Presidential Elections which ushered in President Ronald Reagan. Today, please take a ..."
CHARLES ANYASI ...VINTAGE ARCHIVES: US 1980 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
CHARLES ANYASI ...VINTAGE ARCHIVES: US 1980 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: "Last Thursday, I uploaded my predictions on the 1980 Presidential Elections which ushered in President Ronald Reagan. Today, please take a ..."
THE PLACE OF EDWARD KENNEDY IN US POLITICS
In the 1980 US Presidential Election exercise, the hottest rival to President Jimmy Carter in the Democratic Party was Senator Edward Kennedy. But one reason why Kennedy failed to beat Carter in the pre-election Convention was the ever-burning issue of Chappaquiddick. It could be recalled that, under the influence of alcohol, Kennedy drove his automobile into a little river on Chappaquidick Island. The gory incident in which Kennedy’s female partner, Mary Jo Kopechne died, took place on July 19, 1969, soon after Kennedy’s election to the Senate.
As you can see from today’s cartoon published in the Daily Times during Kennedy’s campaign, Americans refused to ignore that incident. Although Kennedy remained a vital force in the US Congress until his death on August 25, 2009, his moral standing remained his Achilles heel.
The question we should ask ourselves is whether the moral standing of those wooing us for their votes matter to us.
US 1980 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Last Thursday, I uploaded my predictions on the 1980 Presidential Elections which ushered in President Ronald Reagan. Today, please take a look at my lamentation after Ronald Reagan’s victory. As preparations for Nigeria’s General Elections gather momentum, I urge every politically-conscious citizen to take a cue from the gross miscalculations of the United States in that election.
In the coming days, I will upload subsequent articles that examined the same election.
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