From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen, dressed as a boxer, has his arms raised high and his gloved hands clasped to appear as a winner. His back is turned, and “Kid Veto” is showing...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is riding in a car with two other men [unidentified, one white, one African American]. The license plate on the car reads, "Reapportionment or...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Edward Kennedy is dressed as a painter. In one hand, he holds a paint brush and in the other a large coloring book called "'80 and the polls." The face of Jimmy Carter is on the...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Massachusetts senator Ted Kennedy is shown as a boxer who has taken a beating in the ring. One eye is blackened, and his face is covered in bandages labeled with state...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Uncle Sam is shown standing tall as a giant, shaking his fist and boasting, "We're the most powerful nation in the world." At ground level, a small Ayatollah Khomeini has tied Uncle...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Ed Valtman. Edward Kennedy is on hands and knees in the center of a large group of people outside a tent labeled, " '80 camp." He is blowing on a campfire to increase the flames, and a plume of...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan and a man labeled "Demos." (Tip O'Neill) are dressed as painters (smock, tie, and beret) in an art gallery where an exhibition of framed paintings hangs. They...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, dressed as an eye doctor, is pointing to a board with the letters that spell "Israel's right to exist." The letters are arranged like those on an eye chart, with...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. "Tip" O'Neill, dressed as a baseball player and labeled "Demos," stands on the pitcher's mound in an otherwise empty field. He watches as a baseball sails over his head toward the back...
From the AAEC Editorial Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. This cartoon is in two panels. On the left side, Ronald Reagan is dressed as Santa Claus. He rings a bell and says, “Ho, Ho, Ho.” Sound waves from the bell are labeled, “Pledge to...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. An elephant poses as a motion picture director, wearing sunglasses, beret, polka dot shirt. The elephant has a cigarette on a long holder in his mouth. He is holding a clapboard...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen, dressed as a workman, is building a brick wall that is labeled "848.4 million capital spending." Two piles of mortar are behind him. They are...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Louisiana Governor Dave Treen is sitting at a desk filled with office supplies and paperwork. One paperfrom the desk is hanging off the edge and reads, "Special session." Across...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan, dressed as a pole-vaulter, carries a pole and runs toward the closing drawbridge of a castle. Between Reagan and the castle is a wide moat. A banner flying from a...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan is dressed as a cowboy, complete with pistols in his gun belt. He spins a large globe. Europe, Middle East, Central America, and the Far East are highlighted. The...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. A man [Speaker of the House Tip O'Neill?] labeled "Demo. House" is dressed as the Easter Bunny and is digging a hole beside a tree on the lawn of the White House. A large basket...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Ronald Reagan stands in an open elevator, the floor of which is labeled, "High interest rates." The elevator car is not at floor level, but halfway up to the next floor. Reagan...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. David Stockman is dressed as a Cavalry soldier riding on a horse waving a flag which reads, "Raise excise taxes." Arrows are flying at Stockman and the horse. The horse is...
From the AAEC Editorial Cartoon Collection. Cartoon by Eldon Pletcher. Central Intelligence Agency director William J. Casey, dressed as a baseball player, is ducking balls labeled, "Questionable business deals" and "Libyan plot."
