#UberFact Is Nothing More than an #UberFailure #CrackAHistoryBook

by Kim D.

Yes this was posted to the Twittersphere by a Twitter "jack" . . . I mean "dumb" ass:

The Republican symbol is a donkey because Andrew Jackson's political opponents labeled him a "jackass."
— UberFacts (@UberFacts) April 25, 2015

UberFacts needs to brush up on history a bit. Democrats, like President Jackson, prefer to be portrayed subliminally as an ass. Republicans have traditionally preferred the symbol of an elephant.

The earliest connection of the elephant to the Republican Party was an illustration in an 1864 Abraham Lincoln presidential campaign newspaper, Father Abraham. It showed an elephant holding a banner and celebrating Union victories. During the Civil War, “seeing the elephant” was slang for engaging in combat so the elephant was a logical choice to represent successful battles. 

The elephant appeared again in an 1872 issue of Harper’s Weekly where it depicted Liberal Republicans.

@UberFacts you must be a liberal cause you are an ass for making that mistake
— HLDN (@CutThatBischoff) April 25, 2015

@UberFacts the republican party symbol is an elephant. And Jackson was a democrat. Fucking, uber wrong facts
— Dustin Adkins (@sonicgazi) April 25, 2015

Are you retarded? RT @UberFacts: The Republican symbol is a donkey because Andrew Jackson's political opponents labeled him a "jackass."
— Cuffy (@CuffyMeh) April 25, 2015

.@CuffyMeh @TomDickson @UberFacts Jackson was dead (1845) years before the Republican party (1854) was formed #crackahistorybook
— ComfyPaws™ (@ComfyPaws) April 25, 2015

.@UberFacts You're wrong once again. Log off and.. No, delete your account.
— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) April 25, 2015