Explain me this Tom Toles cartoon.

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Obviously I get the main jist, but the details baffle me: working class retired Gorbachev, pile of cinder blocks the size of the house, microphone and hand-amp, emphasis on every word. Is it a specific cultural reference I'm missing?

Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 09:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes -- clumsy reference to St. Reagan's "Mr. Gorbachov, tear down this wall" speech.

Colin Meeder (Mert), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 11:05 (twenty-two years ago)


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