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no the donkey/jackass is just D
the elephant is R
and they are pretty much all lawyers making idiotic laws that need appeals and lawsuits to figure out if
enough eyes were crossed and enough tees were dotted at the golf course with all that lawyer fee free money
its a scam they are banging us like like drummer John Bohnams gongs in Led Zeppelin loud and proud
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Yet most Americans would be surprised to learn that both political symbols (as well as Santa Claus and Uncle Sam) were popularized, and given their modern forms, by the same maverick cartoonist.
His name was Thomas Nast, and over the course of his tenure at Harper's Weekly, from 1862 to 1886, he became America's first great political cartoonist -- and one of its harshest satirists. In the intricately detailed wood engravings for which he's best remembered, he tackled the Civil War, the follies of Reconstruction, immigration, and -- most famously -- the Tammany Hall political machine. Some have suggested that the word "nasty" derives from the artist's surname, and while this is almost certainly not true, one glance at his cartoons might convince you that it is.
Written by Jackson Arn, Artsy
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