What to do about Iraqgate
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1 drawing on layered paper : ink and pencil. | Editorial cartoon shows United States President George Bush standing in between two former Republican presidents, Richard Nixon and Ronald Reagan. They offer Bush advice on how to deal with "Iraqgate," the revelation that the United States had secretly provided arms to Iraq in the 1980s. Nixon tells him to "Stonewall it," while Reagan says,…
Contributor:
Conrad, Paul
Date:1992-01-01
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"I'd like to thank you for supporting family values"
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1 drawing on layered paper : ink and pencil. | Editorial cartoon shows the Republican Party candidate for Vice-President, Dan Quayle, reaching out to shake the hand of an African American man on the street. The man and his wife are homeless, and they sit on the sidewalk holding their children. "Family values" was a recurring theme of the Republican Party in the 1992…
Contributor:
Conrad, Paul
Date:1992-01-01
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Running mates
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1 drawing on layered paper : ink and pencil. | Editorial cartoon shows Republican Party presidential candidate George Bush running alongside Saddam Hussein, president of Iraq. Probably refers to polls showing that Bush's popularity rose when he sent troops against Hussein's Iraq in 1991.
Contributor:
Conrad, Paul
Date:1992-01-01
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[Elephant nailing himself to a cross]
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1 drawing on layered paper : ink and pencil. | Editorial cartoon shows the Republican Party elephant using his trunk to nail himself to a cross. He drives the last spike into his right fore leg, having already nailed the other limbs to the cross. Probably refers to a growing strength of the Christian right within the Republican Party.
Contributor:
Conrad, Paul
Date:1992-01-01
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"Well, I say let's get on with the debates"
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1 drawing on layered paper : ink and pencil. | Editorial cartoon shows United States president George Bush dressed like Custer. He stands atop a pile of dead elephants with several arrows piercing his body. He holds a pistol in his left hand and shouts to get on with the debates.
Contributor:
Conrad, Paul
Date:1992-01-01
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[Clinton pushing Bush over kneeling Perot]
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1 drawing on layered paper : ink and pencil. | Editorial cartoon shows Democratic Party presidential candidate Bill Clinton pushing Republican Party presidential candidate George Bush over a kneeling independent candidate Ross Perot. Clinton succeeded in the 1992 presidential election because Perot drew voters away from Bush.
Doonesbury. Jerry Brown. Only small bills, please. I want to be able to ignore you later
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1 drawing on lined paper : ink, white out, and pencil with tonal film overlay. | Four-panel comic strip shows the hand of Democratic Party presidential candidate Jerry Brown reaching out for cash. Readers are informed that Brown's "higher-self" has evolved in California, the result of continuous reincarnation, and that in a previous life, Jerry Brown was Jerry Brown.
Contributor:
Trudeau, G. B.
Date:1992-01-01
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Doonesbury. I can't help myself
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1 drawing on lined paper : ink, white out, and pencil. | Nine-panel comic strip shows Mike Doonesbury in silhouette reading and watching television. Republican Party presidential candidate Pat Buchanan is heard on television discussing his surprise at the number of white people in New Hampshire.