"The Electoral Asses" by Heinrich Heine

Election campaigns = lowest common denominator slogans appealing to peoples worst sides. Done with biting wit by Heine as a polemical attack on the "blood and soil" insanity on the Romantic movement of Tieck, ETA Hoffman, Schlegel, and so forth. It's certainly appropriate to those who campaign on "Illegal Immigrants" while ignoring what our policies have done to other countries.

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[kenbank]

Asses by Heinrich "Heine"? That's rich! A real tail-wagger. LOL

[Amiduffer]

He he he.

[ockteby]

[But was rebuked for his iniquity: the dumb ass speaking with man's voice forbad the madness of the prophet.] 2 Peter Chapter 2 verse 16 KJV.

Frank

[Amiduffer]

Ooo. Gotta check that one out!

[homousios]

very good ! I dont like to generalize but a greater number of the electoral asses seem to be elephants and most cater to the evangelical holy rollers

[Amiduffer]

True. Its Republicans this time around, but it used to be the Democrats in the past, then the Know-Nothings, etc. It came to me that White supremacists (and their ilk of all colors) fit Heines little poetic dart to a tee! His poem "The Grenadiers" is also in this vein. Hopefully, I'll get to sing it sometime if I get a decent pianist.

[eligarf]

@homousios

there are more patridiots than pianists, but good pianists are plentiful thanks to YT!

[homousios]

finding a good pianist is tough, Good Luck in your search. I hope that you can sing "The two Grenadiers"

[ockteby]

More than likely a reference to most things is in "The Book".:-)

[Amiduffer]

Sure is! Heine is super fun. The aristocratic types sure hated his guts. Usually they censored stuff like this.