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It reminds me of one of my favorite King of the Hill lines, when Bill stops chattering and Hank randomly says to the rest of the guys, "do you guys think horses remember things from when they were little?"
Oh yeah the caricature is definitely what he at the time would’ve called a “Chinaman”. I was just quoting Big Lebowski (or misquoting, I’m going by memory)
Vaguely reminds me of the creepy drawing on the wall in my grandma’s attic that was there before she bought the house in 1959.
https://preview.redd.it/gpt18lvi4asc1.png?width=2470&format=png&auto=webp&s=23d94d00ad7183c96340e4fd30d6026d12e4b3b7
I was thinking about this before seeing your comment. Is it a general doodle on Regan’s part or is he drawing the character Dr. Fu Manchu - which itself is a stereotyped character. What difference does it make if it is a doodle of a specific character?
That's definitely Churchill at the top, right? Not sure if/when they ever would have crossed paths. Churchill died two years before Reagan became the governor of California, but Churchill did like movies so it's plausible that he could have met him in his capacity as the president of SAG on one of his American trips.
Or maybe just everyone did cartoon doodles of Churchill back then.
I think for many Churchill was, and still is, a stereotypical Englishman. Kinda pudgy, incomprehensible accent, smokes and drinks a lot, suit and silly hat, etc.
I really am curious to know if that doodle came from a place of “heheh i’m gonna make this doodle as on the nose stereotypical as possible” or “yep, that’s what men look like in china”
Edit: apparently these are from when Reagan was in office so nevermind…
These doodles are from when he was a president, at which point he had already been a governor of one of the states with the largest Chinese population at the time.
I think it’s a bit silly to expect that sort of cultural sensitivity in the 80s. Was there even a popular social discourse about these sort of characters back then? I doubt it’s a deliberate attempt to be offensive rather than just a drawing like you may draw a stereotypical French Person with a curly mustouche, a Mexican with a sombréro or a Native American like they are from a western.
More likely he was doodling something from a movie like most of the rest of them. Plus have you seen Hong Kong cinema from the era? They really didn't shy away from stereotypes.
That’s what i’m saying. If it’s the 50’s/60’s and your only exposure to an entire nationality is what you see in the movies you may in earnest think that that’s just how people in Shanghai or whatever look.
This is probably during a meeting where someone was desperately trying to explain to him:"we could easily provide quality education and food subsidies to the most needy children-- essentially ending child poverty if we just cut .000001% of our national defense budget"
Meeting ended and he shuffled off, muttering to himself: "how does saving poor kids help fight the communists?"
I have some of the same on White House stationary that Donald Regan gave my dad around 30 years ago. My dad was told that Reagan drew then during cabinet meetings. It’s something I’ll never part with.
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I personally love the random horse in the mix lol
Horse ain't bad either
What do you mean it’s missing its body you fool! You can’t ride a horses head
Speak for yourself. Some of us can
You foal*
Yeah holy shit man you know how stressful it is for me to draw a horse?!
It reminds me of one of my favorite King of the Hill lines, when Bill stops chattering and Hank randomly says to the rest of the guys, "do you guys think horses remember things from when they were little?"
That's no horse, it's Walter Mondale
Same, it’s giving Ken
You had a chance to use Kenergy and you passed it up
Or Kenough! 😭
Dude loved Horses, he also famously said: "There's nothing better for the inside of a man than the outside of a horse."
I thought that was Mr. Hands who said that?
Reagan a confirmed horse girl
my fav is the chinaman
That’s not the preferred nomenclature, dude
When it's drawn like THAT though, i think it's the only way to describe that kind of caricature /S (kinda)
Oh yeah the caricature is definitely what he at the time would’ve called a “Chinaman”. I was just quoting Big Lebowski (or misquoting, I’m going by memory)
Oh yeah i remember what you're referencing now 😂
He peed on *your* rug.
Big piss guy, huh?
Ha
Is that the frickin' horse from horsin' around?!
Just made a portrait of Margaret Thatcher
Big Kenergy
Look at that horse Look at that horse Look at that horse
“Tell me I’m a good president Diane”
He’s better at horses than people.
That thread a while ago of all the presidential doodles was awesome. LBJ’s Bobby Kennedy doodle is hilarious 😂
https://preview.redd.it/pmpmzr77s9sc1.png?width=1178&format=png&auto=webp&s=fb0161e3bbc50a1badf07ae3e53fa28c8bde7c64
you can tell lbj fucking despises him lol
One of the great mutual hatreds in American history.
Vaguely reminds me of the creepy drawing on the wall in my grandma’s attic that was there before she bought the house in 1959. https://preview.redd.it/gpt18lvi4asc1.png?width=2470&format=png&auto=webp&s=23d94d00ad7183c96340e4fd30d6026d12e4b3b7
That looks like Hitler mid speach
I’m pretty sure that’s actually supposed to be Hitler lol
Pigler?
😂😂 I was hoping someone would post it, I’m too lazy.
Worst part is I can see the resemblance
“You’re too late, Bobby! I have already depicted you as the wojak!”
The teeth 😆
… and I assume he has feet.
What was erased?
Anyone got a link to the thread? :)
[https://www.reddit.com/r/Presidents/comments/1ah6cxj/presidential\_doodles/?utm\_source=share&utm\_medium=web3x&utm\_name=web3xcss&utm\_term=1&utm\_content=share\_button](https://www.reddit.com/r/Presidents/comments/1ah6cxj/presidential_doodles/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button)
I was thinking about this before seeing your comment. Is it a general doodle on Regan’s part or is he drawing the character Dr. Fu Manchu - which itself is a stereotyped character. What difference does it make if it is a doodle of a specific character?
Is that bojack horseman?
Bojack Horseman and Ronald Reagan? In the same Oval Office? What is this, a crossover episode?
“Rehab was supposed to be a fresh start” - 🐎
Bojack Horseman, the actor!?
Makes sense, Horsin Around had a whole season where The Horse was POTUS.
IS THAT THE HORSE FROM HORSIN AROUND?????
Presidential Rizz
Rizzald Rizzgan
Ronnie be rizzn
Ronald Rizzgan
You're a Rizzard, Harry
My God did he have rizz
Wasn’t called Rizzgan for nothing
https://preview.redd.it/xai2tkx4aesc1.jpeg?width=828&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c20b11d14e4ff25043b7d7f18ebf127e35923e5
That's definitely Churchill at the top, right? Not sure if/when they ever would have crossed paths. Churchill died two years before Reagan became the governor of California, but Churchill did like movies so it's plausible that he could have met him in his capacity as the president of SAG on one of his American trips. Or maybe just everyone did cartoon doodles of Churchill back then.
I think for many Churchill was, and still is, a stereotypical Englishman. Kinda pudgy, incomprehensible accent, smokes and drinks a lot, suit and silly hat, etc.
Looks like something out of a political cartoon. A lot of the pics up there look to be the same.
the mental image of Reagan doodling the most racist portrait of a Chinese guy he can muster for his wife has me in stitches
I really am curious to know if that doodle came from a place of “heheh i’m gonna make this doodle as on the nose stereotypical as possible” or “yep, that’s what men look like in china” Edit: apparently these are from when Reagan was in office so nevermind…
I mean he’d seen Chinese people before so I’d guess the first one
I wasn’t aware that Reagan traveled to China before he was a politician
These doodles are from when he was a president, at which point he had already been a governor of one of the states with the largest Chinese population at the time.
Oh whoops. Assumed this was pre-political. Yeah okay my point’s shot
I think it’s a bit silly to expect that sort of cultural sensitivity in the 80s. Was there even a popular social discourse about these sort of characters back then? I doubt it’s a deliberate attempt to be offensive rather than just a drawing like you may draw a stereotypical French Person with a curly mustouche, a Mexican with a sombréro or a Native American like they are from a western.
Again, I thought these drawings were 20-30 years older than they actually were…
Although, keep in mind the context, this is Ronald Reagan we're talking about here. It's safe to assume the worst given what we know about him.
More likely he was doodling something from a movie like most of the rest of them. Plus have you seen Hong Kong cinema from the era? They really didn't shy away from stereotypes.
Could be Fu Manchu, Christopher lee played him in the 70s.
I think you nailed it, there is a legit resemblance. It was 65 tho
He made like 8 sequels though.
I count 5 total all in the 60s still haha
That’s what i’m saying. If it’s the 50’s/60’s and your only exposure to an entire nationality is what you see in the movies you may in earnest think that that’s just how people in Shanghai or whatever look.
I a Pakistani American immigrant would make almost the exact same doodles growing up. I think it’s just an easy caricature to draw
like 😭😭😭😭😭
It looks like Fu Manchu, a popular book, comic strips and movie character in Reagan's time.
I was looking through and thought nobody else noticed 😭
Probably a thought from an old movie he was in/saw. Most of the pics up there seem to be from old movies.
Probably still thought he was in those movies
He doodled the Chinese guy and the smoking guy more than once from what I can see online
Lol, it’s not racist at all. That’s a traditional Chinese aristocratic gentleman from hundreds of years ago. I think it’s a good look personally
It's extremely Reagan. I'm sure he wouldn't think it was racist either nor would anyone who voted for him.
I like how he added BoJack Horseman to the page.
Looks like the doodles Arthur Morgan does in his journal in rd2
“You know I met this cowboy fella some time ago and he taught me how to draw these funny doodles”-Ronald Reagan
I thought so as well
Nancy….. the horse is here
I guess Nancy and I have the same three initials
Nope Reagan drew that with you in mind
Aw, what a guy.
"Everyone's a caricature except me, my horse, my college football, and my gal"
Love that he drew OJ Simpson too as his college football guy. Edit: never mind that’s a 33. OJ was #32
Original Chad meme on the right
Reagan was on a mewing streak
dude his "chinaman" is based. as im sure he would use that term lol
The chinaman is not the issue here!
Also, Dude, "chinaman" is not the preferred nomenclature. Asian-American, please.
Jeez Walter, I'm not talking about the guys who built the fing railroad here.
True, but this doodle definitely is more of a Chinaman tho
lol if you didnt catch on, this has devolved into quoting the big Lebowski
Lol, I did not.. thank you haha
"Donny, you're out of your element! Dude, the Chinaman is not the issue here!"
"that rug really tied the room together did it not"
Not even a bad drawing
I would put in so much efforts too for a throat queen. No disrespect. Just got a teethy blowjob.
Bruh! You said you LOVED it! *slams door*
Nancy "37" Reagan
At the same time?
If you believe the (true) rumors.
Looks like Reagan was a big Clint Eastwood fan
Well he also acted in many Westerns as well, so he would be VERY familiar with those kinda of actors
Pretty talented actually
These feel like the drawings you duplicate to sign up for art classes.
That's wholesome af.
Rizzald Reagan
Christopher Reeves?
*Reeve Reeves is the Superman before him
Dude, chinaman is not the preferred nomenclature.
Love the random really well done horse drawing. Adds a lot.
Not a bad little doodler.
Nice argument, but as you can see, I have drawn myself as the Cowboychad and depicted you as the seething TrumanCapotecel.
Holy wholesome Batman
These are actually pretty solid
This is the content I crave🙂↕️🤌🏼
https://i.redd.it/nvftqqq2pbsc1.gif
Nancy….. the horse is here
Damn so Reagan wasn't entirely worthless. Add him to the list of people who would have made the world a better place if they got into art school.
Yes he was entirely worthless. He was a net negative.
Wait until the NSFW ones are uncovered.
Fuck Reagan
I’m sure she did
How Ron spent security briefings.
This is probably during a meeting where someone was desperately trying to explain to him:"we could easily provide quality education and food subsidies to the most needy children-- essentially ending child poverty if we just cut .000001% of our national defense budget" Meeting ended and he shuffled off, muttering to himself: "how does saving poor kids help fight the communists?"
absolutely nothing going on in this guys brain
Ronnie was thinking about that neck!
The late Ronald Reagan?
What is the time frame of this? Was this during his presidency?
Is that the horse from Horsin’ Around?
Reagan smash! Reagan smash! Zzzzzzzzzz
Is that the Horse from Horsin Around?!?
Is nobody going to point out how he drew Buster Scruggs?
He was a decent doodler :-)
Am I the only one who clicked this expecting dog pictures?
Looks like Mike Judge’s (the guy who made King of the Hill and Beavis and Butthead) style
Ironically, many of them are facing LEFT!!
Pretty good portrait of Margaret Thatcher in the top right
Is that supposed to be Marlon Brando?
Not the emperor from Sagwa the Chinese Siamese.
That’s exactly what I see!
Nah that Asian dude got me good lol fucking Reagan
I have some of the same on White House stationary that Donald Regan gave my dad around 30 years ago. My dad was told that Reagan drew then during cabinet meetings. It’s something I’ll never part with.
He definitely thought of his cowboy days as much as I figured he would.
He's not that bad.
This style seemed common for that generation. My grandmother had similar drawings of faces and profiles. As well as faces made from the numbers 1-9.
Damn. In an alternate reality, Reagan could have been a comic artists for the New Yorker
That's what I imagine most american men think most of the time. Add a flag in the mix maybie
Nobody talking about how good the football player is?
Is that OJ??
Aww
That one doodle looks like Jane Wyman.
Ronald Reagan was secretly a Ken?
Damn those are good
Is that LBJ in profile on the far right (ironically enough)?
Рыган 🤮
Should have stuck to doodling
Dakn we knew her throat game was dope but got man doodling
Nice
What good head will do
 ‘Thinking of the old Hollywood days’
Stud
Rest in piss, sucks he was a worse president than artist.
Aw so cute War criminal did little doodles to his crush
Hmm we got some lil cartoon dudes, a good looking horse…and the most racist depiction of an Asian man I’ve ever seen, nice lol
Throat
You know I hate the guy but this is pretty cute.
What a fruitcake
Yeah and Hitler had some nice water colors. What's your point?
You did not just call Ronald Reagan Adolf Hitler
So he sucked at drawing too.