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Time for party animals.(Election 2004)(the Republicans and the Democrats)
Will the huge, powerful elephant stomp the donkey this November? Or will the small but frisky donkey kick the elephant's butt?
The two cute mammals are the longtime symbols of the country's two major political parties, the Republicans and the Democrats.
The elephant symbol represents the Republicans, whose candidate, President George W. Bush, is trying to stomp the donkey to win a second 4-year term.
The donkey symbol represents the Democrats, whose candidate, Senator John Kerry, is trying to kick the elephant out of the White House.
Both symbols were created by Thomas Nast, the most famous political cartoonist of the late 19th Century. (Nast also drew the first American Santa--a jolly round-bellied man with a white beard and red nose.)
"The Democrats think of the elephant as bungling, stupid, pompous and conservative--but the Republicans think it is dignified, strong and intelligent," says a story at www.democrats.org, the Web site of the Democratic National Committee.
"On the other hand, the Republicans regard the donkey as stubborn, silly and ridiculous--but the Democrats claim it is humble, homely, smart, courageous and lovable."
- Republican National Committee Launches New and Improved Democrat Debate Bingo...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 24, 2003 700+ words
...the Republican National Committee is launching...improved version of Democrat Debate Bingo...failure." "The democrats are proving they...positive agenda. Democrat debate bingo...the Republican National Committee. Paid for by...
- Florida Democrats to defy party on primary: Florida leaders will refuse to...
- Newspaper article from: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, FL) September 23, 2007 700+ words
...with South Florida Democrats still angry over the...vote. The Republican National Committee, meanwhile, decided...Charlie Crist, Democrats supported the early...votes of millions of Democrats in our state." Indeed...challenging the Democratic National Committee's position ...
- Statement by Republican National Committee Chairman Ed Gillespie on Democrat...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire November 24, 2003 700+ words
...Republican National Committee Chairman...Gillespie on the Democrat Debate...proof the Democrats running for...strategy, the Democrat candidates...Republican National Committee 310 First...Republican National Committee, +1-202...
- Democratic National Committee Chairman McAuliffe Statement on Senate Democrats...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 12, 2003 700+ words
...Senator Daschle and Senate Democrats have again demonstrated...on this nomination, Democrats are demonstrating a...Meneses of Democratic National Committee, +1-202-863...site: http://www.democrats.org/
- Democratic National Committee Chairman McAuliffe Statement on Tom DeLay's...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 4, 2003 700+ words
...PRNewswire/ -- Democratic National Committee (DNC) Chairman Terry...http://www.democrats.org/pdfs/gop...of the Democratic National Committee, +1-202-863...http://www.democrats.org/ http...
- In UM visit, Dean is optimistic about Democrats' chances: During a stop on the...
- News wire article from: Miami Herald (Miami, FL) October 11, 2006 700+ words
...Vasquez Oct. 11--Democratic National Committee Chairman Howard Dean addressed...optimism from Dean and other Democrats. The congressional page...the latest ammunition for Democrats -- placing the formerly...for-grabs category. Democrats have tried to paint the scandal...
- Democrats line up at their national committee meeting to throw barbs at...
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Cannon, Angie January 21, 1995 700+ words
...Gingrich lobbed another grenade at Democrats, his high-profile targets took a...annual winter meeting of the Democratic National Committee. ``I thought on the way over maybe...blaming the media. He's blaming the Democrats. He's blaming Republicans...
- The DNC Race Riot: What black anger means for the Democrats.(some within the...
- Magazine article from: National Review York, Byron March 5, 2001 700+ words
...delegates at the Democratic National Committee's winter gathering in Washington...after the agreement. But the Democrats are not at all united. The...races. For now, centrist Democrats can only hope the firebrands...soon. If it doesn't, the Democrats, so close to victory last...
- After months of taking incoming rounds from the Democrats, President Bush...
- Magazine article from: National Review December 22, 2003 700+ words
...incoming rounds from the Democrats, President Bush returned...second ad the Republican National Committee is running in Iowa. The...spot amounts to accusing Democrats of "somehow aiding the enemy...turning up the heat in the Democrats' chosen kitchen.
- Calendar whirl: new Hampshire loses pride of place. But what will change...
- Magazine article from: The American Prospect Rosenfeld, Sam January 1, 2006 700+ words
...MAY BE A BIT RUSTY AT WINNING presidential elections, but Democrats haven't lost an ounce of their storied devotion to mucking...Capitol Hill for the fifth and final meeting of the Democratic National Committee's (DNC) Commission on Presidential Nomination Timing...
