Shoe by Gary Brookins and Susie MacNelly for April 08, 2014

Guy by the name of Clampet.

Or was Elvis P

I gotta go with the REAL Father of out Country, Lusty old Ben Franklin!

(And be glad that George Washington had NO Sons, or we might be STILL be under a Line of Kings. Fortunately Martha was “Barren as a Brick.”)

The father of our country was a depressed drug addict?!!!

@Leo AutodidactIf Geo. Washington had had sons, chances are they would’ve believed what he did. He could’ve been king but he believed in trying to make the U.S. work as a democracy. King George III remarked that if Washington did hand over power that Washington truly was a great man. And maybe that’s why his likeness is on Mt. Rushmore.

Father Flannigan.

Sad part, too many school kids really don’t know.

Wilt Chamberlain

Sir John A. MacDonald (sorry, this Canadian couldn’t resist!)

A.P. Carter?

Nah, it’s gotta be Father Guido from the ol’ SNL days !!!

Jimmie Rogers

David Ortiz, that’s why they call him El Big Papi.

My point was that Franklin WAS fertile, and knew it. A Bastard son of his was The Royal Govenor of New Jersey during the Revolution. Washington had no “Sons of his Body” (as the Phrase was) and he ALSO knew it. In those days it was customary to blame the Woman, especially in the case of an (obviously) Healthy and Virile Man like Washington.

Fortunately as Washington KNEW that “founding” a Dynasty wasn’t an option for himself he accumulated a group of Brilliant young Men about him to serve as “Foster Sons” (Lafayette, Hamilton, etc.) of his Mind and Heart.

Had he had Sons of his “own” he might have inclined to Monarchy when it was offered to him, who knows? But as it was a moot point in his own mind, it was easly declined.

Don Corleone?

oops, thought you said “godfather”

Gillegan.

I’m still trying to figure out what Hank Williams has to do with “father of our country.” Does/did he have a zillion kids?

Bill Monroe. Here in Kentucky, Our Country is Bluegrass!

Say what? How do you come up with that answer

George Washington had smallpox when he was young, which may have rendered him infertile. The same is true of Andrew Jackson.

Hmmmm, maybe I should quit reading the comments. I chuckled and laughed over this clever toon until the too-serious-and-political-for-their-own-good people ruined it for me. Sigh.

Can you say John Quincy Adams?