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Four-panel Simpsons screenshot grid. Top left: sign reading "REPUBLICAN CONVENTION INSIDE". Top right: banners reading "WE WANT WHAT'S WORST FOR EVERYONE" and "WE'RE JUST PLAIN EVIL" over a cheering crowd. Bottom left: sign reading "DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION INSIDE". Bottom right: banners reading "WE HATE LIFE AND OURSELVES" and "WE CAN'T GOVERN!"

The Simpsons Skewer Both Party Conventions

A Simpsons both-sides gag: the Republican convention banners admit evil, while the Democratic ones admit they hate life and can't govern. Classic 90s Springfield satire.

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Four-panel Simpsons screenshot grid. Top left: sign reading "REPUBLICAN CONVENTION INSIDE". Top right: banners reading "WE WANT WHAT'S WORST FOR EVERYONE" and "WE'RE JUST PLAIN EVIL" over a cheering crowd. Bottom left: sign reading "DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION INSIDE". Bottom right: banners reading "WE HATE LIFE AND OURSELVES" and "WE CAN'T GOVERN!"

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