silence7@slrpnk.net to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoGee, whiz: elephant relieves itself on floor of Texas Republican convention | Four-ton Paige, brought in as surprise for attenders, made gushing debut after governor finished keynote speechwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square14linkfedilinkarrow-up173arrow-down10
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minus-squareZombie-Mantis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·11 days agoThe elephant was sort of picked for them, it comes from a series of old (1890s I think? I’d have to go take them again) political cartoons depicting the party machine as an enormous animal that couldn’t be managed easily.
minus-squareZombie-Mantis@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·11 days agoIt was a little bit like how the Donkey became the symbol of the Democrats, from people calling Andrew Jackson a Jackass.
The elephant was sort of picked for them, it comes from a series of old (1890s I think? I’d have to go take them again) political cartoons depicting the party machine as an enormous animal that couldn’t be managed easily.
It was a little bit like how the Donkey became the symbol of the Democrats, from people calling Andrew Jackson a Jackass.