"Cartoongate" is a new video release of old cartoons about presidential elections. The films go back as far as 1944 with a selection directed by Chuck Jones (of Bugs Bunny fame) called "Hell-bent for Election" - a political allegory depicting FDR as a diesel train, racing a rival train championed by right-wingers. Other selections include Eisenhower spots produced at Disney studios, a Reagan satire made in 1984, and a Popeye vs. Brutus fight to get Olive to the polls. Neil Rauch reports on the medium that packed a message with a punch.
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