But boss, them ain't windmills! Them's Democrats!
An armoured knight on a horse labelled 'New Deal' charges with a lance toward three men labelled Smith, George and Chandler, who raise their arms behind a bank; a squire in a hat labelled 'Garner' rides a donkey beside him and says 'But boss, them ain't windmills! Them's Democrats!' The tell is transfer: the Don Quixote and Sancho Panza story is borrowed to cast the charge as a mistaken fight.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- July 5, 1938
- Period
- Interwar
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743109 (NAID 5743109).
Text on the object
---BUT BOSS, THEM AIN'T WINDMILLS! THEM'S DEMOCRATS! NEW DEAL GARNER SMITH GEORGE CHANDLER Jim Berryman
