In this cartoon from August 14th, 1980, Jimmy Carter had been victorious over Sen. Ted Kennedy in a convention battle over the presidential nomination. At the convention, Kennedy tried to turn some of Carter's delegates, which has shades of a possible upcoming struggle between Senators Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Here in the cartoon, a tiny Carter has felled Kennedy like David vs. Goliath. His victory will be short-lived however, with Ronald Reagan waiting to knock him into oblivion.
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Very interesting. Please post more!
Matt, great stuff. Would you mind if I posted these on my Watterson art page?
http://ignatz.brinkster.net/cbillart.html
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Thanks! ---Tim
God bless you sir for posting these. If the Post was smart they would have collected these in book form.
I posted this on my blog as well. I credited you and linked to your site. I think these are a treasure and I'm eager to see more.
How are you getting copies of these?
Rob - I went to the public library and printed them from the microfilm editions of the newspaper.
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