FROM THE ANNALS Of POLITICAL CIVILITY: LINCOLN - LIKE BUSH - WAS DEPICTED AS A MONKEY

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This Indiana University website is a fine online resource of political cartoon history with examples as far back as the Colonial Era. Abraham Lincoln depicted as a monkey is always a crowd pleaser.

Every time I think cartoonists are rude of late, I just have a look back at those polite and gracious days of yore. Crikey.

THINGS WERE AS NASTY THEN AS THEY ARE NOW - AS THEY HAVE EVER BEEN AND EVER WILL BE.

THOSE WHO THINK WE CAN CHANGE THIS ARE AT BEST IDEALISTS WHO THINK HUMAN NATURE CAN BE CHANGED.

WE EACH HAVE A LITTLE EVIL IN US. OUR TASK IS TO CONTROL IT. BUT WE CAN NEVER BECOME PERFECTLY GOOD.