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icymist

(15,888 posts) Wed May 24, 2023, 07:09 PM May 2023

The Story of Richard Nixon's Impeachment Told Through Herblock Cartoons (The Nib; before it's gone)

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The Story of Richard Nixon's Impeachment Told Through Herblock Cartoons (The Nib; before it's gone) (Original Post) icymist May 2023 OP

K&R 2naSalit May 2023 #1

Thanks! The Herblock cartoons really bring it all back. enough May 2023 #2

Some not so fond memories - Ocelot II May 2023 #3

I bought Herblock's autobiography when I was in high school in college in the mid 90s TlalocW May 2023 #4

Herblock was a classic political cartoonist but I preferred Oliphant brooklynite May 2023 #5

2naSalit

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1. K&R

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Wed May 24, 2023, 07:17 PM

May 2023

Was my favorite cartoonist back in the day.

enough

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2. Thanks! The Herblock cartoons really bring it all back.

Reply to icymist (Original post)

Wed May 24, 2023, 07:20 PM

May 2023

Big difference — there were Republicans who still had any sense of shame.

Ocelot II

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3. Some not so fond memories -

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Wed May 24, 2023, 07:31 PM

May 2023

but it's déjà vu all over again.

TlalocW

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4. I bought Herblock's autobiography when I was in high school in college in the mid 90s

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Wed May 24, 2023, 07:34 PM

May 2023

I had started reading the paper in middle school because I was a paperboy in my small town, and his stuff would appear in it every once and a while. Great read with lots of his toons and a special chapter on hating and being hated by Nixon.

brooklynite

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5. Herblock was a classic political cartoonist but I preferred Oliphant

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Wed May 24, 2023, 07:35 PM

May 2023

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