“WHAT THE FARMER NEEDS.”
AMERICAN IRONY. On Presidential Campaign. The witty American journal Life inspired a third candidate to appear for the American Presidency—Mr. Will Rogers, who called himself the “ anti-bunk candidate,” and hung on the flanks of the other two candidates, stinging them with ridicule and incidentally discharging a caustic commentary on political life in general. His candidature was supported with admirable mock seriousness by several distinguished persons, who appreciated the wholesomeness of irony. Country Party supporters will like in particular Mr. Roger’s pledge to the farmers:—“ I know what the farmer needs, but I can’t give it to him. But T am cuing to tell him before election that 1 can’t give it to him —not afterwards. I can tell you, in a few words, the farmer needs. He needs a punc Vl in the jaw, if he believes that either of the parties cares a damn about him after the election. That’s all the farmer needs, and that’s all he’ll get.”
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Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 266, 13 December 1928, Page 1
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