I wouldn't have believed it possible!
A sweating, bald man at a lectern with a glass of water and a stack of papers stands behind a seated man who holds a newspaper headed 'Thurmond outtalks Morse for a new Senate record' and gestures with an open palm. The cartoon presents the record-length speech as an ordeal and an oddity; the technique is a weak-fit use of ridicule through caricature (name-calling), as no epithet appears.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- August 31, 1957
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Eisenhower Administration
- Leader
- Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Warn or inform
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives, Records of the U.S. Senate, Jim Berryman Political Cartoons (NAID 5730852), retrieved October 3, 2026
- Rights
- Public domain (U.S. government work)
Jim Berryman, Washington Evening Star. National Archives and Records Administration, Records of the U.S. Senate, 5743247 (NAID 5743247).
Text on the object
THURMOND OUTTALKS MORSE FOR A NEW SENATE RECORD...! JIM BERRYMAN WASHINGTON STAR
