Political Cartoons, Memes & Amusing Videos

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Use this thread to link/share your favorite or funniest Editorial Cartoon or Op-Ed piece you've recently found that tickles your funny bone, or gives you pause to think.

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[White Eagle]

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I think I'd like to start this year with Rick Perry.

 

[CowboyBob]

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[CowboyBob]

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I LOLed when I saw this.

 

[Vitamin]

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I'll give applause to anyone who knows who drew this cartoon and why.



Hint: the author was a famous and beloved American inventor.

 

[Kulindahr]

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I'll give applause to anyone who knows who drew this cartoon and why.



Hint: the author was a famous and beloved American inventor.

Benjamin Franklin. He was representing the colonies in London, and this was warning Parliament they were alienating the colonies.

 

[Vitamin]

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Benjamin Franklin. He was representing the colonies in London, and this was warning Parliament they were alienating the colonies.

 

[Kulindahr]

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I must confess I don't recall the specific issue, though.

 

[CowboyBob]

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[Kulindahr]

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Nice to know that since we lost the Prince of Pork, Senator Kennedy, we aren't without a "heavyweight" in East Coast politics.

 

[Kulindahr]

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[Kulindahr]

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[CowboyBob]

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[Vitamin]

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I must confess I don't recall the specific issue, though.

Since it was drawn right before the Revoltution, I assume it was meant to refer to all the issues the colonists had with the British at the time. It was supposed to be a warning that England was going to lose its colonies if it didn't change how it was treating them.

While I doubt it had any impact on negotiations with the British it is my opinion that Franklin's cartoon failed to deliver his point. With it's over the top gore it's begging to be ignored. I know why Franklin thought he could do it though. His first cartoon was very well received in both the colonies and England:



Now props if anyone knows what Franklin was trying to accomplish when he drew this awesome piece of American history.

 

[Kulindahr]

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Now props if anyone knows what Franklin was trying to accomplish when he drew this awesome piece of American history.

I recognize it but can't place the context. OTOH, it speaks directly to "If we do not hang together, we shall all assuredly hang separately".

 

[Vitamin]

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I recognize it but can't place the context. OTOH, it speaks directly to "If we do not hang together, we shall all assuredly hang separately".

It was for the French-Indian War. Franklin was trying to get the colonies to support the British against the French and their Indian allies.

 

[Kulindahr]

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With thanks to Don Quixote in the Leftovers with Lefty thread--

 

[T-Rexx]

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[T-Rexx]

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[T-Rexx]

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