I'm surprised nobody asked why I gave this thread the title I did.

I'll bite. Why?

The Republican Party (GOP) adopted the elephant as its mascot largely due to a political cartoon by Thomas Nast, published in *Harper's Weekly* in 1874. In the cartoon, Nast depicted various political groups as animals, with the elephant representing the Republican vote. The elephant was shown as strong but easily spooked, a metaphor for how the party was powerful yet vulnerable to manipulation.

Over time, the image stuck, and Republicans embraced the elephant as a symbol of strength, dignity, and intelligence. Today, it remains the official mascot of the GOP, just as the donkeyalso popularized by Nastbecame the symbol of the Democratic Party.

Contrast that with the deer in the video.
The deer is so "goddam mean", picking on the guy who only getting his morning coffee.

The deer is also stupid because if it continues that guy would be able to kill it. The deer is on self annihilation path.

… the video cracked me up when on full screen loop. Nobody had the same reaction. I offered up some humor.