Comments on: The Political Symbols: Donkey and Elephant

By: Bacall

Bacall — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:38:17 +0000

Thx Tom will do.

By: Tom Cox

Tom Cox — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 20:09:19 +0000

I believe the use of the donkey was not Thomas Nast, but actually showed up during the presidency of Andrew Jackson back in the 1830s. Supposedly he thought it was funny and said something like, “Well, I AM stubborn as a mule sometimes,” so it stuck. Nast did do the elephant, but not the donkey. Check it to confirm this.

By: Bacall

Bacall — Sun, 21 Aug 2011 18:26:40 +0000

Hi Joe, this is something I will look into and let you know. I apologize for the delay in posting your comment and my answer. It’s been a long summer

By: JOE SINGER

JOE SINGER — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:44:35 +0000

When I was a child I had magazines from my grandparents that had a brown cover on them called THE NAST.It contained both articles and cartoons.Did Nast ever publish a magazine?

By: CJ Floyd

CJ Floyd — Sun, 28 Nov 2010 20:13:50 +0000

The donkey as a symbol of the Democratic Party goes back to the days of Andrew Jackson. Nast merely resurrected it.

By: Bacall

Bacall — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 03:25:29 +0000

Oops, thanks!

By: John Kamb

John Kamb — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 22:50:45 +0000

You made a goof. It was Franklin D. Roosevelt, not Theodore Roosevelt who was the first and only one to violate the two presidential term limitation tradition.