Santorum says he ‘almost threw up’ after reading JFK speech on separation of church and state

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72. He was hated by lots of people.

Everytime I read online about the decline in political discourse, I bring out this cartoon.

I don't believe in lucky numbers or lucky totems, but I always have at least one $2 bill in my wallet. Kids love them at yard sales, and now, you never can tell when you'll run into a supporter of Ricky Santorum. Hold up the bill in front of him, and he might burst into flames.

Born, on April 13, 1743, in Shadwell, Virginia,...

It's No Laughing Matter - Analyzing Political Cartoons

The prairie dog sickened at the sting of the hornet or a diplomatic puppet exhibiting his deceptions

James Akin's earliest-known signed cartoon, "The Prairie Dog" is an anti-Jefferson satire, relating to Jefferson's covert negotiations for the purchase of West Florida from Spain in 1804. Jefferson, as a scrawny dog, is stung by a hornet with Napoleon's head into coughing up "Two Millions" in gold coins, (the secret appropriation Jefferson sought from Congress for the purchase). On the right dances a man (possibly a French diplomat) with orders from French minister Talleyrand in his pocket and maps of East Florida and West Florida in his hand. He says, "A gull for the People."