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A Cartoon For You

by Michael D.|  November 5, 200810:36 am| 34 Comments

This post is in: Election 2008

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Sketched on the fly last night by Mike Luckovich – AJC

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  1. 1.

    "Fair and Balanced" Dave

    November 5, 2008 at 10:46 am

    This one is pretty good too

    (H/T Oliver Willis)

  2. 2.

    Foxhunter

    November 5, 2008 at 10:50 am

    Luckovich rocks. Gets my office all in a tizzy when he put them big ears on Gee Dubya…he’s the best reason to look at the AJC.

    I wish they would go ahead and call this damn Chambliss/Martin race…

  3. 3.

    littlesky

    November 5, 2008 at 10:52 am

    Perfect. I adore Luckovich.

    Michael Reagan on CNN: GOP sucks forever if they’re not Ronald Reagan.

  4. 4.

    JL

    November 5, 2008 at 11:06 am

    This site has been updated also. http://www.palinaspresident.us/

  5. 5.

    Notorious P.A.T.

    November 5, 2008 at 11:34 am

    I’ll miss President Palin. "I’m a maaaaverick!"

  6. 6.

    demimondian

    November 5, 2008 at 11:35 am

    @JL: That’s the first response which really triggered a catch in my throat.

  7. 7.

    Scrooge McDuck

    November 5, 2008 at 11:41 am

    I don’t get it.

  8. 8.

    dr. bloor

    November 5, 2008 at 11:43 am

    I wish they would go ahead and call this damn Chambliss/Martin race…

    They’re waiting to see if Chambliss can clear 50%. If he can’t, he’s facing a December run-off.

  9. 9.

    iluvsummr

    November 5, 2008 at 11:43 am

    @JL: Wasn’t sure what to
    expect :-). Yes we can. We did!!!!

  10. 10.

    JGabriel

    November 5, 2008 at 11:46 am

    What Freaks Me Out About This Election [Kathryn Jean Lopez]

    … is how oblivious to facts people have been. Everything about Obama’s judgment and radicalism — whether Sean Hannity or Stanley Kurtz or Andy McCarthy etc. is telling you about it — was essentially deemed irrelevant (including largely by the McCain campaign, save for Palin eventually talking about Ayers). Abortion? Near no one outside a handful of conservatives were talking about his record on infanticide — beyond abortion.

    While even many of Lopez’s fellow wingnuts are finding it within themselves to attempt at least one moment of graciousness and declare – if hypocritically – their pride in America’s first black president, that was the best Kathryn Jean could come up with. Infanticide.

    You stay classy, K-Lo.

    .

  11. 11.

    forked tongue

    November 5, 2008 at 11:52 am

    That palinaspresident update is wonderful. Choked me right up all over again.

    If that’s what you say you’re not getting, Scrooge, click on the "view original site" link.

  12. 12.

    Incertus

    November 5, 2008 at 11:56 am

    @JGabriel: Let her screech. She was irrelevant before and she’ll become even more so. Look at Ann Coulter–she all but disappeared for the last six months of this cycle, popping up near the end on Fox but nowhere else. That schtick gets old real quick.

  13. 13.

    dr. bloor

    November 5, 2008 at 11:57 am

    While even many of Lopez’s fellow wingnuts are finding it within themselves to attempt at least one moment of graciousness and declare – if hypocritically – their pride in America’s first black president, that was the best Kathryn Jean could come up with. Infanticide.
    You stay classy, K-Lo.

    What do you suppose makes Buckley spin faster in his grave–her vapid thinking or her inability to craft a coherent sentence?

  14. 14.

    Gus

    November 5, 2008 at 11:58 am

    The wingnut reactions I’m finding most entertaining are posts on my local newspaper sites in response to articles detailing Obama’s win. I learned that we’ll now be a Muslim nation, we’ll now be a socialist nation, and because Obama wants to cut the military budget by 25%, we’ll now get attacked like on 9/11.

  15. 15.

    Esther

    November 5, 2008 at 12:14 pm

    Everything about Obama’s judgment and radicalism — whether Sean Hannity or Stanley Kurtz or Andy McCarthy etc. is telling you about it — was essentially deemed irrelevant…

    Can’t speak for anyone else, but I find those messengers to be highly irrelevant.

  16. 16.

    Tsulagi

    November 5, 2008 at 12:18 pm

    @Incertus:

    Look at Ann Coulter—she all but disappeared for the last six months of this cycle

    Several times I wondered what was happening with Annie. She was never shy about bulldozing her way to a mic and got off on people taking offense at her bullshit. I would have thought she’d be salivating over this prez cycle. Did she go through neocon menopause or something?

  17. 17.

    demimondian

    November 5, 2008 at 12:25 pm

    @Incertus: Personally, I’m glad to read The Corner today. They’re celebrating the win on Yes on 8 in California, for instance, while blithely ignoring the fact that the victories they’re getting are progressively narrower. They’re still in denial of the fact that they’re in retreat everywhere outside the South.

  18. 18.

    Geeno

    November 5, 2008 at 12:32 pm

    @dr. bloor:
    Her inability to craft a sentence – Buckley was a grammar Nazi. Those who lacked the ability to communicate in flawless English were …. "lacking".

  19. 19.

    NR

    November 5, 2008 at 12:36 pm

    Anyone in the mood for some schadenfreude? Go check out a PUMA blog.

    My favorite quote from the front page there:

    Sarah was a good choice who rejuvenated the Republican ticket.

    Clueless to the end.

  20. 20.

    Ash Can

    November 5, 2008 at 12:37 pm

    @JGabriel:

    What Freaks Me Out About This Election … is how oblivious to MY facts people have been.

    Fixted.

  21. 21.

    MileL

    November 5, 2008 at 12:49 pm

    Ann Coulter pissed of the conservative base in 2006 with her John Edwards is a fag comment. She’s still out in the cold for the most part.

    I’m wondering what Joe the Plumber is gonna do now.

    I think Ed Rollins had it right – he should get a truck with Joe the Plumber and a 1-800 number on it and start making money. That will pay way better than whining about socialism.

  22. 22.

    Xanthippas

    November 5, 2008 at 12:53 pm

    Hillbuzz is hilarious. PUMAs are now wondering if Hillbuzz has perpetrated a fraud upon them. Really though, the victims’ own astounding stupidity should be a defense to charges of fraud, at least in this case.

  23. 23.

    Josh Hueco

    November 5, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    Slightly OT, but I’ve been lurking the message boards here at BU and one of the threads asked if that now Obama was president is whose football tickets is he going to take from in order to give to others. Someone said, Only if you’re a student at Howard University. They just don’t get it. They never will get it. They will always cling to their resentments and blame everyone else for their problems, while the rest of the nation moves forward.

  24. 24.

    Dave

    November 5, 2008 at 12:55 pm

    I think the question everyone has forgotten to ask is "How is Obama’s victory good for John McCain?"

  25. 25.

    The Other Steve

    November 5, 2008 at 12:58 pm

    Oh yeah, the sharp knives are out!

    NEWSWEEK has also learned that Palin’s shopping spree at high-end department stores was more extensive than previously reported. While publicly supporting Palin, McCain’s top advisers privately fumed at what they regarded as her outrageous profligacy. One senior aide said that Nicolle Wallace had told Palin to buy three suits for the convention and hire a stylist. But instead, the vice presidential nominee began buying for herself and her family—clothes and accessories from top stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus. According to two knowledgeable sources, a vast majority of the clothes were bought by a wealthy donor, who was shocked when he got the bill. Palin also used low-level staffers to buy some of the clothes on their credit cards. The McCain campaign found out last week when the aides sought reimbursement. One aide estimated that she spent "tens of thousands" more than the reported $150,000, and that $20,000 to $40,000 went to buy clothes for her husband. Some articles of clothing have apparently been lost. An angry aide characterized the shopping spree as "Wasilla hillbillies looting Neiman Marcus from coast to coast," and said the truth will eventually come out when the Republican Party audits its books.

  26. 26.

    Paul L.

    November 5, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    I already have a standard/preview for President Obama’s golden age of enlightenment.
    Lets see if the Democrats can deliver
    …
    Good evening my fellow Americans. In 2000 when you overwhelmingly made the decision to elect me as your 43rd President, I knew the road ahead would be difficult. We have accomplished so much, yet challenges lie ahead.

    In the last six years, we have been able to stop global warming. No one could have predicted the negative results of this. Glaciers that once were melting are now on the attack. As you know, these renegade glaciers have already captured parts of upper Michigan and northern Maine. But I assure you, we will not let the glaciers win.

    Right now in the second week of May 2006, we are facing perhaps the worst gas crisis in history. We have way too much gasoline! Gas is down to nineteen cents a gallon and the oil companies are hurting. I know that I am partly to blame, by insisting that cars run on trash.

    I am therefore proposing a Federal bail-out to our oil companies because hey, if it were the other way around, you know the oil companies would help us.

    On a positive note, we worked hard to save welfare, fix Social Security, and of course, provide the universal health care we all enjoy today. But all this came at a high cost. As I speak, the gigantic National Budget Surplus is down to a perilously low 11 trillion dollars. And don’t get any ideas. That money is staying in the very successful lock box. We’re not touching it. Of course, we could give economic aid to China or lend money to the Saudis again, but right now we are already so loved by everyone in the world that American tourists can’t even go over to Europe anymore without getting hugged.

    There are some of you would like to spend our money on some made-up war. To you I say, "what part of lockbox don’t you understand?" What if there’s a hurricane or a tornado? Unlikely I know, because of the anti-hurricane and tornado machine I was instrumental in helping to develop…but what if? What if the scientists are right and one of those giant glaciers hits Boston? That’s why we have the lockbox.

    As for immigration, solving that came at a heavy cost, and I personally regret the loss of California. However, the new Mexifornian economy is strong and El Presidente Schwarzenegger is doing a great job.

    There have been some setbacks. Unfortunately, the confirmation process for Supreme Court Justice Michael Moore was bitter and divisive. However, I could not be more proud of how the House and Senate pulled together to confirm the nomination of Chief Justice George Clooney.

    Baseball, our national pastime, still lies under the shadow of steroid accusations. But I have faith in Baseball Commissioner George W. Bush when he says, "we will find the steroid users if we have to tap every phone in America."

    In 2001, when I came into office, our national security was the most important issue. The threat of terrorism was real. Who knew that six years later, Afghanistan would be the most popular spring break destination, or that Six Flags Tehran is the fastest growing amusement park in the Mideast…

  27. 27.

    ppcli

    November 5, 2008 at 1:04 pm

    … is how oblivious to facts people have been. Everything about Obama’s judgment and radicalism — whether Sean Hannity or Stanley Kurtz or Andy McCarthy etc. is telling you about it — was essentially deemed irrelevant (including largely by the McCain campaign, save for Palin eventually talking about Ayers). Abortion? Near no one outside a handful of conservatives were talking about his record on infanticide — beyond abortion.

    .
    One of the best parts of this election was watching the Rove playbook fail so drastically. The Fox network became the "all Ayers, all the time" network, and nobody besides the 23%ers was fooled. They called the Democrats un-American, and it backfired. They called people "socialists", "Marxists", etc. and the public (besides the 23%’ers) just yawned. Happy days.

  28. 28.

    John S.

    November 5, 2008 at 1:08 pm

    Nice to see that Paul L. will remain as irrelevant as ever.

    I at least give him credit for being consistent, although I deduct points for failing to tie in Duke lacrosse.

  29. 29.

    Dan

    November 5, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    A super-big FUCK YOU to this guy:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXOLCR9FHvs

  30. 30.

    JL

    November 5, 2008 at 1:13 pm

    @The Other Steve:

    You forgot to add this section from the same article..
    At the GOP convention in St. Paul, Palin was completely unfazed by the boys’ club fraternity she had just joined. One night, Steve Schmidt and Mark Salter went to her hotel room to brief her. After a minute, Palin sailed into the room wearing nothing but a towel, with another on her wet hair. She told them to chat with her laconic husband, Todd. "I’ll be just a minute," she said.

  31. 31.

    JasonF

    November 5, 2008 at 1:24 pm

    Great stuff about Governor Palin’s wardrobe. Are they still planning to give the clothes to charity? If so, I suggest an auction. Invite Rich Lowry and you could pay off all the campaign’s debts with the proceeds from a single pair of panties.

  32. 32.

    Paul L.

    November 5, 2008 at 1:27 pm

    The Feds assured the Obama team that it had not been hacked by its political opponents. (Obama technical experts later speculated that the hackers were Russian or Chinese.) A security firm retained by the Obama campaign took steps to secure its computer system and end the intrusion

    So that is why the Credit Card AVS was disabled for donations on the Obama website?
    And TOS missed this part.

    Nasty and false accusations following a defeat say more about the person who made them than they do about Governor Palin."

  33. 33.

    dmsilev

    November 5, 2008 at 2:02 pm

    This is worth a giggle. myiq2xu:

    What the hell do we do now?

    One of the most disturbing things this past year (there are several) was the complete abandonment of principles, ethics and respect for the truth by so many members of Left Blogistan. If we PUMAs are to have any relevance in the future we must firmly adhere to liberal principles and ideals, including, but not limited to, honesty, objectivity, equality, fairness and logic.

    -dms

  34. 34.

    "Fair and Balanced" Dave

    November 5, 2008 at 3:00 pm

    Look at Ann Coulter

    I’d rather not, thanks.

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