For me, this is all about the 3-pane vertical of ascending irritation, but it was just easier to slap this thing together instead of extracting the comic and writing out an explanation.
(CORRECTION! Evidently, it’s a 4-pane comic, as can be seen in this horrible scan.)
The book I pulled this from says this is Zachary Taylor, but this place says maybe it’s Winnie Scott? I say it is metal.
Oh, Book. Look at you! (Seriously, Look at Book.)
The Nixon spots the cranberries.
The Nixon enjoys the cranberries.
The cameraman ruins the Nixon’s cranberry enjoyment experience.
ON THIS DAY TODAY IN THE HISTORIES:
Sept 6, 1901, McKinley is shot by an anarchist. The GOP is stunned, as they’d put TR in the VP slot to try and keep him quietly tamped down for a bit. The rest of the country is stunned because the president was shot. Anyway, here’s a beer tray from the 1900 campaign. 2012 candidates, take note: Beer trays.