Nancy Classics by Ernie Bushmiller for February 27, 2020

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    atomicdog  over 4 years ago

    Actually, that’s an intelligence test.

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    retrocool  over 4 years ago

    Sluggo’s no commie !

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    SHIVA  over 4 years ago

    Maybe Trump was inspired by this comic strip.

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    jimmjonzz Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Strip from May, 1950. This is an example of a controversial political issue referenced by Bushmiller. So, is a political comment on a political reference fair game?

    Loyalty oaths and tests were everywhere. Some were required for jobs in the national or state or city governments. In some cases, that made sense. But the ubiquity of the tests was over the top. In some cases, university professors and public school teachers had to swear never to have held membership in over 100 “suspect” organizations… if they wanted to get or keep a job.

    This is the source of those probing questions that begin “Are you now or have you ever been a member of….”

    My favorite example was when Lucille Ball attracted suspicion by honestly answering that she had joined the US Communist party. She was finally let off the hook after explaining that she had joined mainly to please her grandfather who had been a believer in Soviet style socialism. It didn’t hurt her case that she was beloved by the public and that FBI chief J. Edgar said he loved “I Love Lucy.” She had actually dabbled a bit more than she let on and had even supported a CP member or two seeking public office.

    But while many people were forced to testify publicly before HUAC inquisitors in Congress, she had the favor of a private interview. Lots of those others were squeezed out of jobs or even out of the country. It’s a big, complicated moment in American history, but fun to explore.

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    jagedlo  over 4 years ago

    loyalty test…which Sluggo BETTER NOT fail, if he knows what’s good for him!

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    jrankin1959  over 4 years ago

    Grow up? Really?

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    Sojourn  over 4 years ago

    sorry to inform you sweetie but you are already homely LOL

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    Another Take  over 4 years ago

    Sluggo represents every man who did not currently have alternatives or was trying to cover up his two-timing. I’m sure Panel 5 would’ve been Sluggo saying “She don’t mean nothing to me baby! You’re the only one for me”

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    atomicdog  over 4 years ago

    Go to today’s Nancy to see where Sluggo went after leaving her house.

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    Zebrastripes  over 4 years ago

    Sluggo is baffled by all these questions….DATS ok, Sluggo, Nancy is just testing your loyalty…..to her!

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    Calvinist1966  over 4 years ago

    Yesterday, I agreed on someone’s nostalgia for the 1950s and pointed out that it was an optimistic era. Someone agreed with me about it being an optimistic era but rightly added that many people such as blacks were discriminated against more then than they are now. I am aware of that and I feel that one of the many good things about the 1950s was the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement.

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    Russell Bedford  over 4 years ago

    Alas, where is Tailgunner Joe now that we really need him?

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    Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 4 years ago

    Kinda courageous of Bushmiller to take a shot at politicians and politics like this.

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    atomicdog  over 4 years ago

    It only took one day to put the lie to “politics doesn’t belong in Nancy.”

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    brklnbern  over 4 years ago

    So she thinks he may be a Commie.

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