Northern Hospitality
A donkey in a tattered coat marked 'Thurmond Democrats' is kicked off the steps of a house labelled 'Fair Deal Democrats' by a boot marked 'McGrath', while a ragged elephant in a top hat on the far side of a fence asks 'Goin' my way, pal?'. The tell is name-calling by label and caricature, reducing each faction to an animal figure; this is a weak fit, and the cartoon argues the Thurmond faction was expelled and courted by the Republicans.
Propaganda techniques used in this cartoon
- Date
- August 17, 1949
- Period
- Cold War
- Made by
- Washington Evening Star (cartoonist Jim Berryman)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Cartoon
- Issuer type
- Media
- Regime
- Truman Administration
- Leader
- Harry S. Truman
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Persuade or win support
- Theme
- Elections and party politics
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- U.S. National Archives (NARA), 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, 5743146 (NAID 5743146).
Text on the object
MCGRATH THURMOND DEMOCRATS "FAIR DEAL" DEMOCRATS GOIN' MY WAY, PAL?
