William Jennings Bryan: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 7
Above & below, will repeat Presidential nominee (& loser), William Jennings Bryan, jump into the race for yet another run?? Cartoonist Robert Minor, Jr. (above), thinks not. Other cartoonists, including Billy Ireland (below), aren’t so certain. Only time will tell… This special edition of the latest election news, comes from the May 1912 issue of [...]
Internal Strife: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, May 1912, Part 6
For this week’s up-to-the-minute Election coverage from the May 1912 issue of Cartoons Magazine, we focus on the internal strife between our major two political parties. The headline grabbing struggle is between current president, William Howard Taft, and more popular ex-Prez Teddy Roosevelt, attempting to come back to the Presidency for an unprecedented third term. [...]
William J. Bryan: Cartoons Magazine Centennial, February 1912, Part 7
Our Presidential Election 1912 coverage continues, via the Centennial Year of Cartoons Magazine. From the February 1912 issue (reprinting editorial cartoons of the prior month, from newspapers around the country), our focus this time is William Jennings Bryan. While Republicans were at this stage wondering whether T.R. would enter the race, Democrats were wondering the [...]
The Dollar or the Man # 1: Gentlemen, Let Me Introduce My Friend
With less than a week to go before the 2010 mid-term elections, Republican Tea Party candidates are riding a wave of voter anger to successfully challenge political incumbents. The Tea Partiers dodge the media and offer sketchy details on what they will do if elected. They struggle to distance themselves from their previous public statements [...]
Anarchy
At first glance, the below cartoon appears to depict a modern day Tea Party extremist: The figure (who was a political candidate) wears in his cap (actually, crown) a feather that arrogantly and self-righteously declares, “I am the democracy”. Desiring the reduction plus outright elimination of government (at least, according to the cartoon), he stands outside the Supreme Court in imperial robe & crown, waving a flag reading [...]
