Future President LBJ a/k/a "Landslide Lyndon" campaigning for the Senate by helicopter in 1948

By Jack Brummet, National Affairs Ed.

LBJ won the 1948 Senate primary by 87 votes, which led to his nickname "Landslide Lyndon."  His rented helicopter, "The Johnson City Windmill," drew crowds to fairs across the state,

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Painting: Instructions

By Jack Brummet

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Poem: Counter-insurgency

By Jack Brummet

You think one thing,

Say another,

And do a third.

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Poem: Presidential Autopsy

by Jack Brummet

Weak character coupled with an honored place,
Half-baked knowledge with big plans

And limited reason with heavy responsibility
Will not escape disaster.

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Diatrymas stomping around in Kent, Washington?

By Jack Brummet, Science Ed.

I like the idea the Diatryma may have been stomping around the banks of the Green River, a couple of blocks from where I grew up. . .

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Drawing: faces #894/scratchboard

by Jack Brummet

[India ink scratchboard (bottom); digitally altered scratchboard (top)]

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ATIT Reheated from six years ago: Barack, pick Smilin' Joe!

By Jack Brummet with National Affairs Ed. Pablo Fanque



While the campaign and Barack himself have been very circumspect about his choice for running mate, they have floated at least the following names:

• Virginia Governor Tim Kaine
• Kansas Governor Kathleen Sebelius
• Indiana Senator Evan Bayh (an olive branch to Hillary supporters)
• Senator Joe Biden (our favorite)
• Georgia Ex-Senator Sam Nunn

Pick Smilin' Joe, Barack! He's got the foreign policy experience you need, and he's great on the campaign trail. He never gets tired of talking!

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Drawing: Faces 892 - newlyweds

By Jack Brummet

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Drawing: Faces #893 - the residents of floor three

By Jack Brummet

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Drawing: Faces # 892 - the oversight committee

By Jack Brummet

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Signs of the times―"girlfriend might be sister"

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Drawing: Faces No. 891 (Just married, part 9)

by Jack Brummet

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