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Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Republicans. Show all posts

2010/08/26

A Grassroots Movement


India ink and watercolor lampblack wash on bristol board;
reprints can be found here

The discontent is indigenous, but its current form and momentum is definitely not of its own doing.

2008/01/16

COTD: 08.01.16

Chaos and confusion are sweeping through the ranks of the GOP, and there's only one thing I have to say: Thank you, Mitt Romney--you've done this country a great service. With any luck, Giuliani and Thompson will rise to the occasion and take Florida and South Carolina, respectively.

Cartoons of the Day:

Lisa Benson (On the GOP's disarray)



Lisa Benson
Victor Valley Daily Press
Jan 16, 2008


Bob Gorrell (Also on the GOP)



Bob Gorrell
Creators Syndicate Inc.
Jan 16, 2008


Nick Anderson (On mudslinging)



Nick Anderson
Houston Chronicle
Jan 16, 2008

2007/12/14

Roughin' It: Mendacious Melodies

No, I don't "heart" Mike Huckabee, and I certainly find no purchase in Romney's feeble attempt to imitate JFK. Permit me, then, to inveigh against these two American theocrats.

2007/12/12

Roughin' It: At the Intersection of Bull and #$%&


As one of my dear friends remarked so brilliantly a while ago, Congress is the antonym of progress. Judging by to-day's morning business--if you can really call it that--I'd say that his assessment was categorically correct. I'd provide a detailed litany of transgressions and travesties, but (1) I believe in human rights, wherefore I shan't torture you with such sordid and offensive details, and (2) there simply isn't enough space on the Internets for such a catalogue. Anyhow, here's my take on this morning's operative phrase, "broken Congress."