Canada as seen through the Eyes of New Brunswick Editorial Cartoonists:
The Insight and Humour of Josh Beutel and Bill Hogan
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Josh Beutel, Telegraph Journal, 1980-8-11
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Reference number: MC2806-384
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Scope and Content
This cartoon implies with considerable "black humour," by presenting Ted Kennedy as a cab driver and asking Jimmy Carter where he wants to go, that although Ted Kennedy won't win the Democratic nomination he will have a good to say on the direction of the party and this could be bad for the Democrats chances in the election.
Title
Where to, Mac?
Note
Ted Kennedy was in a bid for the 1980 Democratic leadership against incumbent Jimmy Carter. Nearly ten years earlier he had been accused of being responsible for a woman's death in an alleged drunk driving accident.
Persons
Jimmy Carter
- Born October 1, 1924
- Democrat
- President of the United States, 1977 to 1981
- Created a national energy policy and consolidated governmental agencies
- Enacted strong environmental legislation
- Oversaw the Camp David Accords
- Used human rights as the centre of foreign policy
- Managed the release of hostages in the Iranian Hostage Crisis on his last day in office
- Boycotted the Moscow Olympics
- Defeated in a landslide by Republican Ronald Reagan, 1980
Ted Kennedy
- Born Edward Moore Kennedy, February 22, 1932
- Democrat
- Brother of President John F. Kennedy and former US Attorney General and Senator Robert F. Kennedy (both assassinated)
- Strong advocate of liberal principles
- US Senator from Massachusetts since 1962
- Sometimes criticized for personal conduct (particularly the Chappaquiddick drowning of a young female political aide following a car accident while he was driving)