Beka indlovu kunye ne-esile emadlelweni.IFlikr. Iintlanga kunye needynasties zihlala zinxibe ngokwazo iisimboli zezilwanyana ezifanayo-ukhozi, ingonyama okanye, zigubungela zombini iziseko, igryphon. Kodwa amaqela ethu ezopolitiko aphambili afumene imascot ngendlela ethembekileyo-isithuko nolwabiwo.
Isimboli sanamhlanje seDemokhrasi saqala ukuvela ngexesha lonyulo lobongameli obunobutyhefu lwango-1828, xa ushicilelo lwabonisa u-Andrew Andrew Jackson owayengumntu othanda ukuxhaphaza wanyathela i-clutch yamantshontsho ngelixa impungutye-iqabane likaJackson, uMartin Van Buren-elalikhusele inkukhu. UJackson wamkela i-caricature, ebiza i-jacky e-scrappy.
Nangona zazixhaphakile kuneedonki, iindlovu zazinembonakalo yobume kumaziko amabini ahlonelwayo: imfazwe kunye nesekisi. Ngexesha leMfazwe yamakhaya, ukubona indlovu yaba sisihlonipho kwindalo iphela sokubona umlo kwaye, ngokubanzi, ukuphulukana nobumsulwa. Iindlovu ngokwazo zaba ziinkwenkwezi kunye nabathwali bemigangatho yokoqobo kwintente ebonisa ukuhamba eMelika.
Yomibini le mibutho yafaka umfanekiso kwi-setyhula ka-Lincoln esetyenziselwa ukwenza kwakhona u-1864. Indlovu ephethe iphepha lokubhala Indlovu iyeza kunye nengubo ebhaliweyo, ngokufihlakeleyo, uPenn [sylvani] i-20,000-umda woloyiso lukaLincoln kweso sigxina. Yeyiphi ifoyile ebhetele kumchasi kamongameli we-bantam, u-Little George McClellan, kune jumbo yokwenyani? 
Indlovu ye-republic republic ye-1864.Ngokunyanisekileyo kuka-Eric Scigliano
Kodwa kwathatha umzobi wekhathuni uThomas Nast ukuphina iesile kunye nendlovu ngokukhuselekileyo kumaqela kaJackson naseLincoln. Ngomnyaka we-1879, kwenye yeenguqulelo ezininzi, watsala indlovu eleleyo evala indlela eya eNdlu eNtshonalanga, ngelixa i-jackass enenkani yangena emngxunyeni we-Financial Chaos.
Abapopayi abasayi kubiza oonobumba babo beDemokhrasi kunye neendlovu zaseRiphabhlikhi; Ukuchongwa akunakucimeka, nangona intsingiselo yazo itshintshile. Iidyasi zikaNast zazingamabhongo kunye nokuxhaphaza; abalandela emva kwabo badla ngokuba mbalwa kwaye badane. Iindlovu zakhe zazisoyika okanye zisozela, isilumkiso kwiqela lakhe; abalandelayo bayanyoluka kwaye bayanyanzela-njengeekati ezityebileyo, batyebile kakhulu.
Umbutho weRiphabhlikhi uyamkele ngokusesikweni indlovu, ngelixa iesile lihleli lingumqondiso weDemo ongekho semthethweni. Sekunjalo, indlovu ihlasela kakhulu abantu. UAdlai Stevenson, umphathi weDemokhrasi ophetheyo ngeminyaka yoo-1950, wayikhanyela into yokuba wenza i-mascot egqibeleleyo yaseRiphabhlikhi: Inesikhumba esityebileyo, intloko egcwele iimpondo zendlovu, nanjengoko wonke umntu obone umboniso wesekisi esazi, uqhubeka kakuhle ngokubamba umsila eyandulelayo.
Ngokunikwa amafa abo, omabini la maqela anokuluvuyela uphawu lwabo. Nazi ezinye zeengcebiso:
Iidemokhrasi ziibhonasi, kuzo zombini iindlela abazithandayo kunye nendlela abayiyo. Iminyaka, ezi zinkawu zithanda iimfene ezingalinganiyo ekubetheni isifuba, ukulwa iimfene. I-Bonobos, kwimbono ethandwayo, baxhamla ngokwesini kunye ne-polysexual, besebenzisa isondo ukusombulula imiba yamandla endaweni yobundlobongela ukusombulula imiba yezesondo- kutheni usilwa xa unokubiyela ngepeni okanye uthambise ilebhu?
Ukuba iitshimpanzi zivela eMars, ii-bonobos zivela eVenus, utshilo uFrans de Waal, uphando lwabo olwafumanisa ukuba ihippie idumile. Yena kunye nabanye abalandeli be-bonobo bayabamkela njengemodeli ethembeke ngakumbi yendalo yomntu kunee-chimps ezibulalayo-ngendlela nje abazijonga ngayo abaDemokhrasi, ngakumbi ngokuchasene nepakethi yomongameli walo nyaka. 
Iidemokhrasi zibonakala ngathi yi-randy bonobo kune-jackass engaguqukiyo.Wikimedia.
Ingxaki kukuba, loo mfanekiso ubonakalisa uMnu de Waal amakhulu eeyure efunda i-bonobos ezithinjiweyo eSan Diego Zoo. Ndiqale ukuzibuza malunga neminyaka engama-20 eyadlulayo xa ndachitha iiyure ezimbalwa ndibukele ii-bonobos ezifanayo kwaye ndabona enye yamadoda imi yodwa ngaphandle komkhosi, igungqa kukoyika kwi-turd kwaye ilahlekile ngomnwe. Umntu obhinqileyo wayelumile, wacacisa umgcini. (Uye wathi ubonile omnye umntu obhinqileyo esebenzisa amaphiko asebenzayo engcungcu ukuphulula amaphambili.)
Uninzi lwamadoda ebhonobo ahamba-hamba ngamanqatha amancinci, njengabasebenzi bexesha elidala be-shingle-mill. Iibhonobos zisenokuba ndlongondlongo kancinane kuneechimps, kodwa azinakuphikiswa. Baqhekeza amaxhoba ngolangazelelo olufanayo, kwaye bakwipolitiki-ngaphandle kwabasetyhini ababonayo ngaphandle kwezopolitiko abesilisa. Apho iinkawu zechimpanzee zidibana ngokuchasene nezinye izizwe, iqela labasetyhini libonisana, ngamanye amaxesha ngenkohlakalo, kumadoda aphuma emgceni. UHillary Clinton, uNancy Pelosi noDebbie Wasserman Schultz banokufunda kubo.
Kodwa sesiphi isilwanyana esimele ukumela iRiphabhlikhi? Inciniba yeyona nto ihamba kuyo iphakame kakhulu — inde ngaphezu kwayo nayiphi na enye into egwenxa ngaphandle kwendlulamthi neendlovu. Ukusuka kwi-10 yeenyawo ukuphakama, amehlo ayo anamandla ahlola ulwelo ngokujonga izoyikiso; iliso ngalinye likhulu kunengqondo yalo kuba inciniba iyazi ukuba ukucinga kakhulu kuthintela ukulinda. 
Inciniba inamehlo amakhulu kunye neengqondo ezincinci.Wikimedia.
Oku kungachaza ukuba kutheni iinciniba, nangona izithuthi, zingenabuchule xa zibaleka amarhamncwa: Zithanda ukubaleka zijikeleze izangqa. Nangona kunjalo, ngomsindo we-tripwire kunye nokukhaba okunokuhlala kwikhakhayi, inciniba iya kuyazi indlela yokujongana ne-mullahs yase-Iran kunye no-Kim Jong-un.
Njengombutho othembekileyo, iinciniba zinokugaya ngayo nantoni na, nokuba kwenzeka njani. Amathumbu abo aphindwe kabini kunawabantu. ’
Yeha, olona phawu lwabo lubalaseleyo, ukungcwaba iintloko entlabathini, yintsomi; Baphosa nje iintamo zabo ezinde xa belele. Kodwa ichaza kakuhle i-GOP ye-orthodoxy kwindaleko kunye notshintsho lwemozulu ukuba ilahlwe ngokulula. Ke gcina intloko yakho phantsi, enkulu, kwaye wamkelekile esibayeni.
U-Eric Scigliano ngumbhali we Intaba kaMichelangelo kwaye Uthando, iMfazwe, kunye neesekethe: Ubudlelwane obudala phakathi kweNdlovu kunye nabantu .
