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A glint flashed in Laguardia's eyes at Xu Fu's reminder.
"At present, Hoover's chances of winning re-election are not high. In that case, why insist on his Republican identity? Hoover's election and your election are two different battlefields. You don't need to take the blame for Hoover's wrong political views. Instead, you can choose to support his opponent."
"Roosevelt?"
Xu Fu nodded and continued, "Don't forget, as Governor of New York, Roosevelt was quite popular in New York, and in some ways even more so than Hoover as president." (Nine.)
Chapter 689 Bregnac Appears
LaGuardia was clearly very moved by Xu Fu's campaign ideas.
Therefore, the day after the meeting, he announced his campaign platform through his campaign headquarters in New York, promising to crack down on corruption and organized crime in New York, prosecute the Tammany Association for corruption scandals, and build public housing to improve housing in slums.
LaGuardia's straightforward campaign approach naturally displeased many, including within the Democratic Party, with the Tammany Association being the most vocal in its response.
After all, the other party had already named the Tammany Association and stated that they would conduct a thorough investigation into the unfair practices in their work.
On the same day, the Tammany Association issued a statement calling the accusation a false one and a dirty trick by LaGuardia in his campaign for mayor of New York City. The 150 Tammany Association is dedicated to improving the political landscape and economic problems of New York City, and LaGuardia's threats will not deter him.
In his speech, LaGuardia also pointed out that as a Republican congressman, he clearly supports Hoover's policies, and that if he becomes mayor, the whole of New York will fall into a second Great Depression, and men and women will lose their jobs and become homeless on the streets.
"There's no special republican way to clean up trash!"
This was LaGuardia's response in the supplement of the Daily Messenger that day.
“New York needs change, not arguing about who's a Democrat and who's a Republican. Jimmy Walker is a Democrat, elected mayor of New York City, but what has he brought to the city? Rampant corruption and chaos. Democrats have been in New York long enough; it's time to try someone else. But no full-time Republican can bring order to the city, just as no Democrat can bring order to New York.”
"We're not talking about who has anything to bring to New York, but about needing a new mayor who can truly change the city's current economic policies!"
In the document, LaGuardia strongly expressed his desire to run for mayor of New York City.
At the same time, this press release signifies that Xu Fu's newspaper, The Messenger, has officially joined the mayoral race.
Everyone can see that The Courier has endorsed Republican LaGuardia in this New York City mayoral race.
Later, The Wall Street Journal wrote in an editorial: "LaGuardia is just an empty theorist who has done nothing to hold onto his seat in the House of Representatives, so why believe that such a creature could be a good mayor of New York, since he could very well be New York’s next Hoover."
During the Great Depression, Hoover clearly became a negative label for Republican campaigns.
It is a general consensus in society that everyone hates Hoover.
Xu Fu's special envoys played a role in this regard to some extent, pushing their limits every day.
In response to the World Journal's commentary, the Daily Courier also responded dismissively: "The Democrats' choice equals the Tammany Association's choice!"
On one side was the incompetent Hoover, and on the other was the corrupt Tammany Society.
New Yorkers seem to see no hope, no matter what choice they make.
There is still time before the actual New York City mayoral election, even more time than before the presidential election.
Therefore, the debate between the two sides is currently only at the stage of media mudslinging.
While supporting the mayoral election in LaGuardia, the newspaper El Mercurio remained steadfast in its opposition to Hoover's re-election: "We have no chicken in our pot, we don't even have a pot!"
This was a slogan that was later widely circulated in the Daily Courier.
Among other things, it mocked Hoover’s presidential campaign promises: “Every beautiful American has a chicken in the pot and a car at home.”
Hoover clearly could not have imagined that his promise would be shattered by the arrival of the Great Depression.
Adapted from the Courier, this slogan not only reminded the public of Hoover's promises at the time, but also gave them an opportunity to express their dissatisfaction with the Great Depression.
The Messenger also capitalized on the election hype, successfully transforming itself from a satirical and humorous newspaper into one perceived as authoritative and trustworthy.
This is certainly a good idea for newspapers.
Of course, in addition to reporting on political and social news, Xu Fu did not forget the timetable for the "Superman" series.
In the Daily Courier, he interspersed short cartoons to remind readers to be wary of Superman.
Meanwhile, Superman's popularity continues to be amplified by the long-running series on Wednesdays and weekends.
For example, a new villain appears in the final episode of the weekend.
Louise: "Clark, I'm a little nervous."
Clark: "Don't worry too much, Louise. Just treat it as a normal long trip."
Louise: "But this time we're going into space."
At the beginning of the story, Louise and Clark become test subjects of an experimental manned rocket and go into space with the other crew members.
Although manned spacecraft technology had not yet developed during this period, the fantasy of spaceflight had been brewing for a long time. As early as the late 19th century, Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky published an article entitled "Science Fiction on the Moon," introducing his theory of spaceflight.
In his early papers on manned spaceflight, he also described in detail the entire 0.9-minute process of a manned spacecraft from launch to orbit, making his readers feel as if they were in a spacecraft in the sky. This was indeed an over-imagination of manned spaceflight.
Of course, in a comic book, the whole process is much simpler and more concise.
In just two short shots, Xu Fu depicts Superman and Lois Lane flying into space in a spaceship.
In this episode, the spaceship travels 10,000 miles through the air, only briefly touching the power grid, breaking all records.
But for some reason, the animals on the rocket began to worry, and then the spaceship's pilot screamed when he saw a pink UFO shooting some kind of beam at them.
Louise: "What's wrong, Clark?"
Clark: "It's nothing, maybe just a little dizzy."
Chapter 690 Maybe I Can Do It
The eavesdropper heard the pilot's exclamation, and Clark, using his X-ray vision, saw that it was all happening in a flying vehicle carrying a green-skinned alien and his white pet monkey Koko. He mistakenly believed that the rocket was sent by Earthlings to stop him.
The appearance of aliens plunged the entire ship into chaos.
Clark also feigned panic, grabbing his spacesuit and supersonic jet to escape back to Earth.
Wearing a spacesuit, Clark jumps out of the spaceship, and the next second he's standing behind a small meteorite in a Superman suit, ready to repel a UFO.
Superman: "Is this helmet a little loose? Maybe I can manage it."
After changing into his uniform, Superman put on his helmet and felt his vision was somewhat obstructed. He then took a deep breath, removed the helmet, and held his breath in space.
When he flew up to the object, Superman tried to stop the arrows, but found that the object was protected by a force field, making it difficult to approach.
Upon seeing this, Superman immediately turned towards the rocket where Lois was without hesitation, using his super speed to push the rocket out of the beam's range.
When he saw this, the alien in the spacecraft wasn't angry; instead, he said he had other plans for Earth.
Immediately following in step 11, further plot developments show a bald, green-skinned alien in a flying object picking up a tube and blowing some bottles through it. He then opens some kind of scope, aims it at Paris, and after pressing a button in his hand, Paris is bathed in orange light in this frame of the comic.
In the distance, a beautiful American plane was approaching, heading towards Paris, but people discovered that Paris, as a symbol, had disappeared.
Pilot: "OMG, Paris's gone!"
Alien: "Very beautiful, lovely architecture, very down-to-earth."
Meanwhile, on the other side, the alien was watching Paris inside the bottle, a satisfied smile on its green face. It seemed the force field released by the alien had compressed Paris, pulling him into the pre-arranged bottle.
Meanwhile, on the other hand...
Superman slowly sends the rocket back to Earth in space. Suddenly, his super vision reveals that Paris is no longer visible on Earth. Behind him is a mysterious green-skinned alien sitting in an alien spacecraft, looking at Paris in the bottle with a cold smile.
In addition, this comic also explains the origin of this mysterious alien.
It turns out that this alien caused enormous destruction on Earth, and now he wants to flood the major cities and send them back to rebuild his home planet so he can rule it himself.
Superman felt frustrated as he watched the aliens continue to gather in the city, but he was also helpless because he couldn't break through the human force field.
At that moment, the aliens on the flying object used their equipment to assemble several cities one by one.
Alien: "Not bad, Venice. I like water. What's that? A strange animal without a nose? And what's that long building?"
As the aliens continued to shrink various cities and buildings on Earth, these cities were also providing oxygen for human survival. At this moment, the flying aliens had a new idea. Looking at the cities in the bottle, they suddenly wanted to test the strength of the Manhattan Bridge.
Then, under Superman's watchful eye.
The alien picked up a stick, inserted it into the neck of the bottle, and gently shook it on the Manhattan Bridge. The sturdy bridge seemed defenseless in the alien's hands, instantly twisting into a strange shape.
Alien: "It seems the Manhattan Bridge isn't as sturdy as we thought."
Looking at the vulnerable Manhattan Bridge inside the bottle, the alien said with some disappointment.
Meanwhile, Superman in outer space sees aliens taking other structures out of bottles to study.
He stopped his spaceship, let cosmic rays charge it, disembarked, and began moving through outer space.
Superman: "Now!"
Seeing this, Superman hurriedly found an opportunity to fly to the alien, hoping to defeat him and rescue the person in the bottle while the alien was unprotected. However, suddenly, the alien had a portable resistance generator, and the heat beam that Superman emitted from his eyes was deflected, almost injuring himself.
Superman had no choice but to throw stone spikes at the aliens, but this was obviously useless, and Superman was mocked by an alien named Brainiac.
Seeing this, Superman used his immense strength to hurl ever larger stones at Brainiac and his spaceship, until he used up the entire planet.
Broniak: "Haha, it's useless, your attacks can't even hurt me."
Even so, Bregnac remained unharmed thanks to the protection of his frame, for which he received a mocking rebuke for Superman's incompetence.
Superman: "I'm a little short of breath!"
Seeing that his attack was ineffective and his oxygen was running out, Superman decided to leave. Brainiac continued to mock him as he flew away.
Louise, who was on a nearby spaceship, witnessed all of this and was also surprised that Superman had chosen to flee during the battle.