The cartoonistDavid Low first drew Colonel Blimp for Lord Beaverbrook's London Evening Standard in the 1930s: pompous, irascible, jingoistic and stereotypically English. "Gad, Sir", Blimp would proclaim, wrapped in his towel and brandishing some mundane weapon to emphasise his passion and complacency on some issue of current affairs.
... in 2000 and receive approximately 8,000 votes.
Today, McReynolds lives in New York City and continues to be active in the Socialist and pacifist movements ...