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American workers are tired of waiting.
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Do you know the context of the original comic by any chance?
It's a running gag in Peanuts. Lucy invites Charlie to kick the football, and without fail she pulls it away as he tries to kick it and he ends up on his ass. The joke being that Charlie is either an eternal optimist or just gullible, and Lucy is a bitch.
Outside of the context that the football is always pulled away. Nah. I was a Calvin and Hobbes guy.
Yes, and that's the important context. The lesson isn't that Charlie should stop kicking the football (aka voting). It's that Lucy should stop being a little bitch and yoinking it away every time he tries to kick (aka the DNC making false promises and not doing their job).
Yeah, but we can't control Lucy's actions. I mean, I'd advocate for violent insurrection if it was reasonable to suggest, but I'd advocate for voting in local elections before that.
This would be more convincing without all the hate for Chuck when he's flat on his back having tried to kick the football.