By Gary Martin
Where’s Lesley Gore when you need her? (For those that don’t get the 1963 reference, please ask an old person to sing it to you…)
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Gary B. Martin is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the Upper West Side for more than 30 years. His illustrations appear in the Rag on Sundays, chronicling life in the neighborhood, New York City, and the Universe. See them all here. For a broader range of Gary’s work, including animations and other motion graphics, please visit www.martoons.com
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Trying to remain optimistic (listening for those Optimistic Voices – another musical reference for those who aren’t aware)
Thank you Gary
This is brilliant and should be the name of your autobiography! Thank you 👏
Oh, Mr. Lincoln! What must you be thinking?
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Lol! Thanks for giving me a chance to laugh when there’s very little to laugh about these days.
TDS alert!
TDS???
A “DS” is the syndrome where you think that reinstalling statues of confederates and re-renaming army bases for confederates follows what Lincoln stood for.
(hint: look at some maps: Clinton, Biden, and Harris won most of the states Lincoln carried.. trump carried the states that Lincoln lost).
Very clever!
How incredibly appropriate. I took the liberty of copying and pasting this to send to friends outside our UWS reading area. Sorry if that is a copyright violation. I was sure to credit you appropriately. It needs to be circulated far and wide.
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Abe nailed it.
It’s True! – Abe would be stunned by today’s events!
At least Republicans have a Party.
One with many very fine people, too.
Subtle! I almost missed the reference to Mr Trump’s defense of white nationalists at the Charlottesville demonstration. Nicely done!
Perfect
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You would cry too if it happened to….. wait.. 😢
lol!
Hi Abraham
Great look a like
WOW! You hit the nail on the head. This is perfect, yet again.
There is a lot to cry about 🙁
I’m a Republican, and I am Not Crying.
I’m surprised the Left hasn’t torn down the Lincoln statues yet …
Why?
Just seeing this now. Love it. Plus it has a great beat.
It’s a good one! i’m crying too…
Lesley Gore passed away in 2015. BTW after working with Lionel Hampton and Frank Sinatra in the 1950s, Quincy Jones crossed over and produced all of Lesley’s hit records.
Good one, hard to laugh though right now…
It’s alarming that this particular part of the soundtrack of my youth can have such applicability to our present public dilemma. Thanks again, Gary
We NEED Help Pres. L! Pray for the U.S.😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
Lincoln would not recognize the Republican Party today….
The Democrats have never forgiven Republicans for freeing the slaves,