In the 19th century, the heyday of vicious political cartoons and biting satire, Thomas Nast stood above all other editorial cartoonists, attacking the corruption, venality and breathtaking dishonesty of New York’s Tammany Hall with unflinching disdain. The “Wigwam” controlled Democrat Party politics in the metropolis for nearly a century and established the template for the Democrats’ unique combination of thuggery, racism and elitism in the service of “the little guy” that remains their hallmark to this day.
Be sure to watch every minute of this excerpt from Ric Burns’ extraordinary 1999 documentary, New York, to get a sense of the rapacious extent of the Democrats’ malfeasance, and Nast’s role in bringing them down:
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“People begin to tire of holding their noses.” So where are the Thomas Nasts of today? To judge from this brilliant video, PolitiZoid is a good place to start looking:
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Obama, Harry Reid and that crazy lady with the gavel and the face lift — what’s not to like?
More, please.
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