Prof. Dr. Holger Kersten
Anglistik/Amerikanistik
Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik

 
 

The American Presidency

The Presidency in American (Popular) Culture -- Links to Online Materials
     
A Presidency Worth Celebrating -- Going back to George Washington's conception of the office Gene Healy | February 18, 2008  
     
The Pop Culture Presidency Excerpt from The Cult of the Presidency: America's Dangerous Devotion to Presidential Power by Gene Healy (Cato Institute, 2008).  
The Cult of the Presidency
Who can we blame for the radical expansion of executive power? Look no further than you and me.

Gene Healy, June 2008

  
     
Portraits of the Presidents and First Ladies    
First Ladies    
Presidential Scandals    
Monuments for American Presidents    
Presidential Programs    
Humor and the President    
  Bushisms  
  The Onion  
  The Daily Show  
  Billionaires for Bush  
  The White House -- Officious Website of George W. Bush  
  Presidential Elections 1860 - 1912 (political cartoons)  
  Kennedy in Cartoon  
  Pat Oliphant's Cartoons: Presidential Campaigns  
  Herblock's History -- Political Cartoons from the Crash to the Millenium: Herblock's Presidents  
     
     
  Using Political Cartoons in the Classroom  
  David Thorn: Early Formulations of American Identity, Ideals, and Ideas |Political Satire: The Influence of Humor  
  Editorial Cartoons Background Information  
  Political Cartoonists Impact Presidential Races
Throughout history cartoonists' influence has varied, but the enduring trade lives on
By Dan Gilgoff, Posted February 28, 2008		  
 
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