They sound like possible program titles for the Cartoon Network: Goofy Kicking Donald Duck, The Earmuffs, The Broken-Winged Pterodactyl, The Upside-Down Elephant, The Fat Squid, A Steamed Crab Hit ...

Political Pattie’s started to go viral before the U Street bar even had a chance to officially announce its opening. Online commenters mocked the idea of another political bar in DC. They took issue ...

The donkey and elephant became political symbols in the United States through a combination of political satire and popular culture, primarily driven by cartoonists in the 19th century.Here's how ...

The elephant and the donkey that briefly flanked the bar’s name had also been covered, as had the slogan “Putting the ‘lit’ in ‘politics.’” The makeover generated a fresh round of ...

You may be surprised to learn that the relationship between the elephant and donkey and political parties in the U.S. goes all the way back to the mid-1800s. Read on to find out how we got here.

POLITICAL NOTES Water for the Elephant Farm Economist William G. Murray, 54, on leave from Iowa State College to take his first flyer at statewide office, wasted no time on temper last winter when ...

Political Pattie’s in Washington, D.C., removed the Republican elephant and Democratic donkey from its logo just after opening as critics bashed the new bar for showing the GOP mascot. Owners of ...

The Republican Party (GOP) elephant mascot sits on display in the exhibition hall during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on Friday, Feb. 28 ...

When and why did the elephant become the symbol of the Republican Party and the donkey the symbol of the Democratic Party? Political donkey, elephant go back to 1870s Skip to main content Skip to ...

The Democratic symbol, is traced to an 1837 caricature of President Andrew Jackson seated on a donkey titled, "The Modern Balaam and his Ass." "In the early days, political symbols were flexible.