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"RIGHT—WE'VE COMPLETELY OVERCOME THE OLD FIVE O'CLOCK SHADOW"
As the 1968 presidential election neared, Herblock illustrated Republican Party candidate Richard M. Nixon in the shadows for having refused a televised debate with the Democratic Party candidate Hubert Humphrey. From the time Nixon had been elected to Congress in 1948, Herblock portrayed him with a five o'clock shadow, a symbol of his mud-slinging politics. When he was elected president, Herblock gave him a free shave before returning to attack his politics and policies.
"Right —We've Completely Overcome the Old Five O' Clock Shadow," 1968. Published in the Washington Post, October 25, 1968. |