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The_G0vernator

https://preview.redd.it/j0fe38llcq8d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d7dc4dbde6f5212db915eea92a6c8f939735d0fe


Edgy_Master

https://preview.redd.it/zbe9hfu3jq8d1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=15f92de98cfb493c077b88775ed65f2e4ae5694f How did that work out for you, Dewey?


hp6830

!wave


Outrageous-Pen-7441

Absolutely hilarious in hindsight


joesphisbestjojo

r/agedlikemilk


ChefOfTheFuture39

Beautifully detailed drawing


Yodi_worshipper1900

Give em’ hell Harry!


IllustriousDudeIDK

https://preview.redd.it/f0ags5tqaq8d1.jpeg?width=1190&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f93ea3ca6ae077658dec24a033aa6734515cebbf


Old_Consequence2858

https://preview.redd.it/ci6he1fbbq8d1.jpeg?width=417&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ddb5c6768f381ad9047bea3f8602655560834621 Here’s the sequel.


GTOdriver04

Say what you will about the intention, but Teddy always looks hard AF in these cartoons.


theaviationhistorian

Teddy is like the US in modern Chinese cartoon propaganda, continually looking badass despite being the villains.


Bisexual_Sherrif

I don’t see an erect penis anywhere


creesto

LBJ has entered the chat, while unzipping his pants...


Bisexual_Sherrif

Jumbo 🥹


MsMercyMain

LBJ truly was cursed, Jumbo was so big, no woman could take it


theaviationhistorian

Lady Bird: *That's because you never met me!*


FocusDelicious183

Only Hubert could


UserComment_741776

Are we looking at the same ones?


GTOdriver04

I mean…he always looks like a mountain of a man. Well-groomed and an overall BIG dude.


IllustriousDudeIDK

https://preview.redd.it/0jgzxkix8r8d1.jpeg?width=3297&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f37b3c8db2537a033f3f37639c2b14133a2b5c1 Pre-sequel


mchaz7

Teddy Dabbing


theguineapigssong

Prince Baby Taft has incalculable levels of rizz


CadenVanV

WTF baby Taft


GoCardinal07

I've always loved this one. Baby Taft is awesome!


a_human_being_I_know

We need to stop portraying presidents as kings it makes them cool


ReturnToLiberty

This goes hard


Melodic_Reaction_509

https://preview.redd.it/3zewjjizut8d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=743bc5f3131004ec9aa2d8df3b16917f3c77ab7a


Time-Bite-6839

this but unironically would have solved a lot


Galaxy661

Until he dies. Then everything goes to shit. Absloutism can be good in short term, but never in the long term


Capt_T_Bonster

Solution: make teddy immortal.


Dagwegwey02

Yea but like, what if he has a son who he raises to govern just like how he did. That sounds pretty epic man


Scandited

How can you even try to portray TR bad with such hot mustache?


federalist66

https://preview.redd.it/yuikfov2aq8d1.png?width=555&format=png&auto=webp&s=1c696c5eda96bab54b86b93c9c55704209077ca9


Olafmeister2017

This goes so hard.


aaronclark384

It’s either pass it or jumbo arises


ScarletCaptain

You mean Johnson's penis, right?


shapesize

I like that one


Montecroux

Based


OursIsTheRepost

Based LBJ


KMjolnir

Sherman posting is leaking again.


Dry-MoonOfMine

https://preview.redd.it/umgmrjjxiq8d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=af881cc3aad86862eba09aa731705da92a12bcaa How could we leave out this classic


MrSourYT

AP US History flashbacks


aaronclark384

Spoils system reference


Pennsylvania_is_epic

APUSH MENTIONED‼️‼️‼️ WTF IS A NOT-WORDY ESSAY?!?!?!?!🦅🦅🦅🦅🦅RRRRAAAAAHHHHHH🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸


Skelehedron

Im related to an APUSH teacher Guess who's father has this as a poster in his classroom?


Old_Consequence2858

https://preview.redd.it/ry4z9zqq7q8d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=278243bf107c0ae34bea979cebb62047fbdfec88 Comes to mind every time I hear the quote.


siuilarundown

I like how they chose to label the big stick. Just in case we weren't sure what it was


Ferropexola

Ben Garrison has been around a lot longer than we previously thought


MohatmoGandy

Garrison in his pre-homoerotic period


BlueGlassDrink

Ben Garrison when he was into feet


dizzyjumpisreal

ok but that map is straight flat AAAASSSSSSSS


TheLibertarianThomas

Not a traditional cartoon, but this Rolling Stone cover of Carter suits him well. https://preview.redd.it/z8mi06ns8q8d1.png?width=842&format=png&auto=webp&s=4f82f6d9b58c21b81b2d9d4392065656a9622911


Frequent-Ruin8509

Back when the battle flag wasn't an automatic "he's a klansman" symbol I guess. Because Carter is the opposite of these current conservative neoconfederate southerners.


TheLibertarianThomas

Yeah, definitely something that would rightfully not be used in the modern day and age.


b0ardski

dixiecrats don't really exist anymore


Just_Scheme1875

As someone who spent most their life in the south, thats a lie


Time-Bite-6839

Do they just think “well we‘re the party of Jackson and Wilson, so that’s why I’m staying!”


Ms--Take

As though either of those are good Presidents to be hitched to


b0ardski

good to know


Frequent-Ruin8509

Yeah I can see why.


Auswatt

Well that was part of Georgia's (his home state) flag from 56' to 2021. It SHOULD have had a negative connotation but the south was proud of their "heritage." Should note a square version of the "Confederate flag" was the only one used during the actual Confederacy, and it was one group's flag. The modern one was created by the kkk


Time-Bite-6839

WHAAAAAAAAAAATT?


bobandersmith14

https://preview.redd.it/bztdgfgb1r8d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b9c3ca5dc636ff312093552d45cfa9b3a4be408


Ok_Introduction6574

I think this has to be my favorite one here lol


Redmaplecurrent

https://preview.redd.it/tkczwz58dq8d1.png?width=707&format=png&auto=webp&s=706fe3254af93b7b945201fc2f56d5d5013d6cb3 Teddy shooting the dictionary


thesoundmindpodcast

That goes pretty hard


Imperolo

What’s the context around this?


DoctorEmperor

In the 1900’s there was another movement to reform English spelling, and TR was a strong supporter of it (sadly the movement was only semi-successful. It did create the spelling ‘thru’ that you see in ‘drive-thru’ and also should maybe just be used in everyday life instead of ‘through’)


Salty_Charlemagne

Is that when we got rid of the u in colour, flavour, etc.?


redskinsguy

Nah we did that when telegrams made you pay by the letter


Salty_Charlemagne

Classic American efficiency / cheapness!


FischSalate

That wasn’t a serious answer


DoctorEmperor

No, that was the work of Noah Webster, creator of ^(Correct English, though it’s also sometimes called) American English


theoriginaldandan

That was back in 1806 by Noah Webster who hated redundant letters that only created problems. That’s when we dropped the k from Musick made Center the default rather than centre and went to plow instead of plough


yestureday

Teddy, famously, hated the dictionary because it stole his middleschool crush


Pennsylvania_is_epic

https://preview.redd.it/v8ei6rntwq8d1.jpeg?width=1203&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e09a49d0bd21931b12323e92aa8d0de86ba89ee8


Suspicious-Crab7504

https://preview.redd.it/6k0gx4kl7q8d1.jpeg?width=1751&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bea5a903f561d1c9b4813e7fae1a64f45ef42997


R2J4

Jimmy Carter vs the Rabbit https://preview.redd.it/8oqafnebbq8d1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0731cd66c73f706f69f0a688bd181b3c9bff9fa5


Time-Bite-6839

This but unironically


a17451

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident "Carter was uninjured; the fate of the rabbit is unknown."


PM_ME_LASAGNA_

https://preview.redd.it/ocj1tpbmdq8d1.jpeg?width=717&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8a6e39de57e5a871eccf9904d97770d74f836d62 This one still makes me snicker.


Bo0tyWizrd

Holy pixels batman. I can only read the 2 cars in front. Any clue what the others say? 🤔


Bisexual_Sherrif

I laugh, then it makes me sad, because I realize how true it is


WanderingNerds

I mean, all of these are things congress constitutionally should take care of, but congress is broken, putting all the weight on the Supreme Court, making the court numbers a major political agenda, destroying the function of the court. I’m not going to try and argue that the court doesn’t have MAJOR problems both with corruption and being out of touch, but I blame congress for breaking it


Soulless_redhead

Congress is often more focused on arguing and fundraising then actually legislating and it drives me up a wall


iwanashagTwitch

Government positions should be legally limited to federal minimum wage. Then congresspeople would realize why the rest of the country hates them and why life is difficult for the majority


theoriginaldandan

They do that in a heartbeat most likely. It kills any middle class chance of ever being elected


Gruel_Consumption

I think one of many parts of the solution would be extending terms in the House to four years. Reps spend half their time in office campaigning when they hail from a competitive district. Either that or we could condense the election season and set fundraising caps.


Soulless_redhead

I would love a condensed election season if only so it would cut down on the sheer level of spam I get to my phone about candidates.


Squirrels_dont_build

I want to upvote this twice. Other branches of government should *occasionally* pick up the slack when a branch of government fails to do it's job, but one branch completely abdicating it's role messes up the whole process. We need to do some major work improving the functioning of the legislature.


sumoraiden

All of the things in the cartoon above were passed by Congress and overturned by the court. In fact most of the disgusting issues of the U.S. throughout history was caused by the courts overturning congressional legislation I.e. Jim crow


BicyclingBabe

Controversial, but incredible satire of the stupidity of calling a fist bump a "terrorist fist jab." https://preview.redd.it/xpst5mpqjq8d1.jpeg?width=1094&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6171529f465005eb409932333e16b519b98cd990


PeeweeTheMoid

I remember seeing this at the newsstand at a Borders books and thinking “I should buy that” but being 17 I didn’t.


AnxiousGreg

Ah yes the Terrorist Fist Jab. Were we ever so young?


Positive-Cake-7990

Ow wow, these political cartoons seem to reveal we americans have always been kinda dumb


SimonGloom2

This was satire, but the public conspiracy theorists were already fully engaged in this belief to the point that it seemed to be promoting the conspiracies rather than mocking them. Too many people believed this was the truth for it to qualify as exaggeration.


ReturnToLiberty

https://preview.redd.it/bu19ij774q8d1.jpeg?width=762&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3ce824a4b596330fa49d68c775c720f99114a4f To keep with the theme


BicyclingBabe

And it friggin' worked


HairyManBack84

Only if you consider going to war the reason for the spending. Which saved the economy. The Marshall plan also built America post war too.


BicyclingBabe

Fair


dizzyjumpisreal

SPENDINC


TheAmazingRaccoon

https://preview.redd.it/tp1emxqxcq8d1.jpeg?width=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd6f7f8e0aa41f629de7a5a04109b15aebcc8983


dizzyjumpisreal

i love how you dont even need to change the name for the sandwich islands


TheBig-Boi

https://preview.redd.it/nysi6z88nq8d1.jpeg?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f5b0c35e716ea342cd9be98df4b10df4bd897df Don’t agree with the message but this one’s hilarious


Mikeissometimesright

THATS WHERE THIS MEME COMES FROM??


Peacefulzealot

https://preview.redd.it/tg5gfbhx3q8d1.jpeg?width=1000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=525a6418155b0b5888994833e3c23881a8112a07 How come even cartoons trying to mock ‘em always make the Roosevelts look badass?


AnywhereOk7434

Yo Survival the FDR game is fire


esahji_mae

Five nights at Roosevelt's


themajor24

Five Nights at Teddy's?


Edgy_Master

What's the context of this?


Skelehedron

FDR's drastic expansion of executive power, and the idea being that he's the monster in the night here to kill the senate


dizzyjumpisreal

ok but that literally just looks like fawful


CactusSpirit78

“I HAVE CHORTLES”


Command0Dude

The OG version of Dark B.


Bigmuscleliker567

Because he is badass


yestureday

Because the things they were criticizing were good things, so they had to make it look spoopy to justify being against welfare


Safe_cracker9

I AM the Senate


Ms--Take

This is anti-FDR?


bourgeoisAF

https://preview.redd.it/6wq8b3qdeq8d1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36d65285c11c621aa5c494f0f1890a34bdf93ea4


BicyclingBabe

What did the paper say originally?


PresidentMayor

"The communist manifesto"


BicyclingBabe

Thanks!


SomberlySober

Prolly "shakira law" or something equally as stupid.


CaptainNinjaClassic

![gif](giphy|xTiTngGSQaTuxyngLm|downsized)


chrisandsharon

Her hips lie less than politicians.


Skelehedron

Unless it's her tax forms... then it's about the same as politicians


wrenvoltaire

Doesn’t directly depict Jefferson but is a great sendup of his policies. https://preview.redd.it/bzv0lkoagq8d1.jpeg?width=576&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=89bc5153632f65df06179740bfbfeb9c79f9c3de


dizzyjumpisreal

how on earth did people even read these things


3BTBunn

I think this cartoon references the Embargo act (ograbme forwards)


outofdate70shouse

This is what I came here for. This was in our history textbook in 10th grade. It was funny then and never stopped being funny. Still hands down my favorite


Hoppy_Croaklightly

I remember this from a old textbook. It's still funny.


RodwellBurgen

I feel stupid but I don’t understand this at all


wrenvoltaire

It’s a take on the embargo- portrayed as a nasty tempered turtle called the ograbme- embargo spelled backwards


RodwellBurgen

Thanks for the answer How the hell is one supposed to infer that from context


DoctorWu_3

The political cartoons always go hard when they mock the Roosevelts lmao


PandosyAnna

They can't make fun of them without making them more badass than usual.


symbiont3000

https://preview.redd.it/wew030pbcq8d1.jpeg?width=2040&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f99a6dc713a380efa3c4de4e25f720949a972561


Real_SooHoo8

https://preview.redd.it/kn2go3gycq8d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=945d95dae6b6fcedd5e6621b6d2364ae349ef8cb


carlnepa

I have to add this one......FDR as the enigmatic sphinx. Made in response to FDR's refusal to commit to a 3rd term. In FDR's mind, because of the 2 term precedent, the call had to come from the people.


carlnepa

https://preview.redd.it/6ry7vh8rgq8d1.jpeg?width=685&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd01533d088fe27213680ca78f488f6b88dae34f


joesphisbestjojo

FDR becomes God Emperor in his 4th term


carlnepa

And dies in 90 days. https://preview.redd.it/18cfi4fytq8d1.png?width=686&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6a248906589be581ff17a85327a8fbe15149eea


carlnepa

Let him rest in peace for Christ's sake. The war was won, the UN was formed, Eleanor was out of the White House, the A-bomb worked, Social Security and many New Deal programs are still functioning today. Let him and Eleanor and his little dog, Fala, rest in peace.


Skelehedron

God Emperor Franklin Roose- I mean Leto Atreides II


jackrabbits1im

Herblock had quite a few classics. This is one of them. https://preview.redd.it/efyov7aetq8d1.jpeg?width=590&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=85b116be7c7a53d287aaa6403ba2359fb046e43a


Pidgeotgoneformilk29

The original Chad vs Virgin meme https://preview.redd.it/ipzzrgw3wq8d1.jpeg?width=2560&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0643f7c7e667fce00a5f10fb608dec44184a94a


SojournerOne

https://preview.redd.it/lk7cqjerys8d1.jpeg?width=1024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=086f7943e857b4f6ea8480e6fbca2be33cc10b56 Allow me to enlighten you to the TRUE original Chad vs Virgin meme.


PeeweeTheMoid

I showed this to my 7th grade students. They loved it!


Pidgeotgoneformilk29

That’s awesome lol! I always loved when my teachers used memes and a lot of images in their lessons.


Alpharius20

https://preview.redd.it/mb2jjq99dq8d1.jpeg?width=660&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=838cfc1ce4c872b7e94810bf988f6d625c2a5689 Calling Jefferson out for his hypocrisy.


AnywhereOk7434

I thought LBJ had the cock, not Jefferson.


GrumpyAboutEverythin

I think we have to ask Sally


AmaranthPhantom

https://preview.redd.it/7cg5ah9djr8d1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1b7f2331c2543ef1a54daf57f2e94c050acb9d20


jonfe_darontos

Seems uncomfortably relevant.


E-nygma7000

https://preview.redd.it/vo67l0r0zq8d1.jpeg?width=1216&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b66d3fd8ef44a32ff42b88c3bbe05e94214215f2


SimonGloom2

I'm noticing a trend of the most humanitarian and progressives seem to always be torching the constitution


Skelehedron

I don't agree with the message, but I can see where it comes from. People become scared about "too powerful a government" saying that the constitution has its limits that shouldn't be broken. However, this is most often used by people who have... other motives for opposing progressive and humanitarian leaders, and use that as their more reasonable argument


Technical_Air6660

https://preview.redd.it/b10cogs3lq8d1.jpeg?width=763&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=07666568d6cbc177dd663c39d08e9554acd9e15f


kruschev246

https://preview.redd.it/jx4gryaofr8d1.jpeg?width=420&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a90a0a5d84b7fbbdb638c7347e2248370e8a2175 Taft Boom


Training-Card-9916

https://preview.redd.it/ecenf3yb4q8d1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4281c8c21345aa816dbc68ea056d44368053653d He had to do it though


ReturnToLiberty

https://preview.redd.it/gwa9m8r25q8d1.jpeg?width=1290&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b7f61b3f183a3f9aa42067fc72a9763f44631a79


dizzyjumpisreal

that truman wojak goes hard though


Time-Bite-6839

Trumanjak


dizzyjumpisreal

we need more president wojaks


dizzyjumpisreal

why do they just take completely inconspicuous things and slap labels on them and call it a day


UnderstandingNo963

Oh man this one’s been a favorite since I saw it in high school https://preview.redd.it/pre7da12jr8d1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49a61d3c4683aed62cbf77230af57f3fb1c790b4


Mrcoldghost

Man the late 19th century-early 20th had some great cartoons!


mocheeze

They had to because literacy rates weren't great. Editorials for the common man.


OldKickinKinderhook

There are a lot of good ones. This is one of my personal favorites. https://preview.redd.it/dbsbgl5ibr8d1.jpeg?width=894&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1278f5a82d2d2fa8771c407070c1ff076c409a47


Yodi_worshipper1900

I don’t understand


OldKickinKinderhook

The left hand side of the cartoon makes reference to White House champagne and the right hand side mentions log cabin hard cider. The log cabin and hard cider were adopted as symbols by the Whig Party in the 1840 election from a derisive comment against their candidate William Henry Harrison. They used them to instead portray Harrison as a man of the people in contrast with an image of Van Buren as an elitist who drank expensive imported wines.


I_Fuck_Sharks_69

https://preview.redd.it/nvazht5wkq8d1.jpeg?width=997&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b8391ed476e608f6ebb2929d477eae167b7d43eb


Gon_Snow

I guess he was president for life. But so was JFK if you think about it


Hoppy_Croaklightly

https://preview.redd.it/yhkpkrx4bs8d1.jpeg?width=835&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c201e62247b96514d1baf6e14157c359c548875


HenBuff

https://preview.redd.it/j0pyjaawzt8d1.jpeg?width=916&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bccd438bba8f0c1763d7f60f0e14e4179a99950f It’ll never not be this


PeeweeTheMoid

https://preview.redd.it/hh5wr0vy0r8d1.jpeg?width=788&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bfe151a0471dc6992f5553a26b213eb46d932ef2


Memey_Abby

https://preview.redd.it/mvd756ln4r8d1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=34fec40934625144caf2e51431bb142b097eb777


dmark200

Ah yes...the president is trashing the Constitution. A take as old as the Republic


Bigmuscleliker567

AI generated Presidential memes lol


Simon_Jester88

https://preview.redd.it/bet8byt1pr8d1.png?width=627&format=png&auto=webp&s=32566302f69343687de5d0ea9eb0b271661c8b93 Jackson cartoons always hit hard


skizelo

https://i.redd.it/9f05mnyqrr8d1.gif Herblock on Nixon was always a treat.


Canavansbackyard

I loved Herblock.


Mental_Requirement_2

https://preview.redd.it/fstrup3ybs8d1.png?width=1216&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c48a9929181eeebd8cb699f1cdb72c1aa1895df4


DoctorEmperor

*Anti-fdr political cartoonists try not to make him look awesome (challenge level: impossible)*


ovalgoatkid

“You’re telling me, FDR is trying to cancel, the constitution? FDR is trying to cancel the constitution?”


ridbitty

Never POTUS (although, not for lack of trying), but I always got a kick out of this one featuring John Kerry: https://preview.redd.it/z4i4mvs57s8d1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e52ac5f2706371dcaa2103ae3625762b4d4ca9fc


Content_Cook_1133

Ah yes, everyone's favorite Benevolent Dictator for Life, FDR


AudiieVerbum

That's a great one. God I am so tired of people pretending FDR didn't poison this country to the core.


Curious-Weight9985

Well…yeah, kind of


wjbc

[https://images.app.goo.gl/FZ6k9XgsBazK8prM8](https://images.app.goo.gl/FZ6k9XgsBazK8prM8)


Looieanthony

Is it true Pres. Roosevelt was shot and carried on anyway🤔?


theoriginaldandan

Yes. After being shot and regaining his composure, and seeing to it the shooter was taken into custody by the police and was unharmed, he announced “ Friends , I don’t know if you are aware of this but I’ve just been shot, but it will take more than that to stop this old bull moose!” And finished his speech, which was 50 pages long.


NarrowTwist

president ford in simpsons haha doh!


Rich_Ad_2977

Remember Franksgiving?


Chad_Deacon

They don’t make em like they used to smh