If it’s one thing I do credit Kennedy for, it’s his ability to give a speech. At it’s best, a carefully delivered speech can be more effective than a bullet. While a lot of the things presidents say are carefully[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
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The Wedding of Grover Cleveland and Frances Folsom
I will freely admit that I’m not doing Frances Folsom justice in today’s comic. She was a brilliant and well-educated woman who took a special interest in political strategy, that was particularly handy in getting Grover Cleveland elected to the[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Myths and Men
Amer-a-lago
on March 30, 2017
Chapter: 2017 - March
Characters: Dwight D Eisenhower, Franklin Pierce, Grover Cleveland 1, Herbert Hoover, James K Polk, John Adams, Martin Van Buren, Ronald Reagan, Thomas Jefferson
Location: Mar-a-lago
Scandalgate
American Spirit
on March 1, 2017
Chapter: 2017 - March
Characters: Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Jackson, Andrew Johnson, Barack Obama, Democrat, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, James Garfield, John F Kennedy, Martin Van Buren, Theodore Roosevelt, Thomas Jefferson, William McKinley
Location: House Chamber
Old Man Harrison
Everything’s Gonna Be Old Hinderhook
on February 7, 2017
The Best Portrait
on October 20, 2016
Chapter: 2016 - October
Characters: Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Dwight D Eisenhower, George W Bush, Martin Van Buren, Zachary Taylor
Location: National Gallery of Art
XVPS
on October 6, 2016
Fourteen presidents were former Vice Presidents and here they are, crammed into a single panel. So unlike apparently most of you (looking at the ratings numbers), I watched the VP debate, and watched in horror as Tim Kaine lost badly[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…