Lion In Winter Watch: Pat Oliphant

If you're one to see things in terms of causes and fighting effectively or not on their behalf, you may be worried or delighted that cartoons like this Pat Oliphant piece on Gov. Sarah Palin are being used to recast the upcoming presidential election as a culture war instead of a referendum on policy, philosophy and national direction. Neither those concerns nor our political views should dim our appreciation for what a total ass-kicker Oliphant remains this relatively late into his career. He and Tom Toles may be the only political cartoonists left that go knives out after what they're criticizing and manage to do it without giving off a strong second impression of "hey, look at me going after this person." Plus in Oliphant's case you get classically beautiful editorial cartoon art -- his caricatures of the Republican candidates in the linked-to cartoon are idiosyncratic, recognizable and highly amusing.
 
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