The Daily Cartoon: I Would Make a Pretty Bad Republican
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Editorial cartoon: a tall bald man with a goatee, wearing a hoodie over a shirt and tie with gym shorts, sits grinning in the drivers seat of a lifted monster truck completely covered edge to edge with icon-only bumper stickers (eagles, flags, skulls, crosses, rifles, boots, no text). He holds a golf club upright out the window like a flagpole, a bald eagle perched on the side mirror, a rifle racked in the back window. Two large American flags fly behind him. In the background: an oil derrick pumping, a church steeple, a green tractor, a smoking grill with steaks, a golden retriever, and a cooler of drinks. His speech balloon reads: I would make a pretty bad Republican. Drawn to the desk editor’s direction · render source not recorded
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