Friday Nite Lites: Elephants on Parade
Posted: September 28, 2012 Filed under: 2012 presidential campaign, Mitt Romney, open thread, Political and Editorial Cartoons | Tags: BOA, polls, replacement refs 50 CommentsHey y’all, it is Friday!
This one up top I found on Facebook (h/t dakinikat)…it sets the tone perfectly.
There are a bunch of cartoons with puffed up elephants this week:
Cagle Post » GOP Stealing Election
Cagle Post » Romney Tax Returns
This next one doesn’t have an elephant, but it is from an artist down under…funny what even other countries see in Romney:
From Florida: Cagle Post » LOCAL FL Merit Retention Vote
Cagle Post » Replacement Ref Bailout
From my man Luckovich:
9/26 Mike Luckovich cartoon: Replacements | Mike Luckovich
And now two from Pat Bagley:
Cagle Post » Mitt’s Comic Stylings
This next one is fabulous:
I love the belly on that one.
Sending thoughts out to both Boston Boomer and Wonk the Vote, both have come down with colds…get better!
This is an open thread.
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I know it is an open thread, and this link may be disturbing but: All the Missing Horses: What Happened to the Wild Horses Tom Davis Bought From the Gov’t? – ProPublica
Read the rest…
What next? Lets slaughter all those stray dogs and cats and eat them? And I’m not even a vegetarian, but I’m rapidly getting to that point. My daughter is a vegan, son a vegie and I don’t eat meat often so it wouldn’t be a problem however once in awhile I do like a piece of chicken and fish. Given this, I may swear off any meat of any kind.
The statement that the finest meat yada yada reminds me of a horror movie I saw a long time ago, but the meat was human.
That is really upsetting to me, this is the kind of thing that no one reports during election years. it just falls way back on anyone’s radar. I wish i knew what to do to help. I will look to see if anyone is trying to help get this man away from any animal.
check with Connie. She’s very much involved with animal issues and will direct you.
McCaskill slamed them for not passing the farm bill today………….you know that is part food stamps. I can only think that they have plans on canning the horse meat, and feeding it to those who are starving. And who stands to gain from this? Davis.
The BLM must know it’s being fooled, and should enforce their regs.
My other thought is that as a vegetarian, I don’t see much ethical difference between eating cattle, horses, deer, or other “food animals.”
Oooo, got some juicy links here:
Romney’s Plan to Win Virginia: Lyme Disease | Mother Jones
GOP Senate Candidate Akin: ‘Free Enterprise’ Means Being Allowed To Deny Equal Pay To Women | ThinkProgress
GOP Pollster advised Akin to Withstand Controversy like David Koresh Faced the ATF in Waco | Right Wing Watch
Akin should set himself on fire? OK.
Akin appears to hate women. Probably yet another Republican self-loathing closet case. That’s my guess.
His wife looks like Michael Palin…but that is just my opinion. 😉
These damned people are the scum of the earth!!!!!
With ‘Dreams From My Real Father,’ Have Obama Haters Hit Rock Bottom?
Ralph, just went to that site from a link on Pierce’s site, and could not believe that crap. Do these cretins know how that makes them look to the outside world, never mind the majority of thinking Americans. Disgusting filth. Even Larry Flynt would not stoop that low. I’ve been alive a long time, and I must admit, even with the distasteful “Chimperor” crap during GW’s regime, I have never, ever seen this level of disrespect for a sitting President outside of the Clinton derangement period, and that I thought was the height of shamefulness. Do these people believe that the Presidency is a media event? Do they believe that they should treat the position and the occupant the same as TMZ or E or radaronline treat movie people, because that’s exactly what they are doing.
Those miserable assholes are out there because their lousy hate sells and they can make a buck off it. What I want to know is who the rich scumbag is that’s paying for that damn movie to be sent to voters all over the place. They all should be tarred and feathered but that guy should go first!
By the way, this has Koch and Rove’s stink all over it. It’s the modern equivalent of leafletting church parking lots.
They still do that.
“These damned people are the scum of the earth!!!!!”
Abso-damned-lutely!!!!
Tin soldiers and Ryan coming
We’re finally on our own
This autumn I hear the drumming
Mitt’s toast in Ohio
I was living in society then, and here am I now……….it ought to bother everyone, because it is the same………….isn’t it.
Too close for comfort, especially for Occupy.
JJ, i was so upset about Tom Davis, I forgot to tell you funny round up of cartoons!
Thank you PD, I know that post was upsetting, I wonder what Connie has to say about it.
This caller is what this country has come to
http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/why-should-you-get-care-when-i-have-w
The real shame is that more people could afford it if was a nationalized plan because the cost savings alone with that would mean people COULD afford it at more levels. So many people that work don’t get health insurance now. They don’t even have to be on the “dole”. Selfish and stupid! Leave the insurance companies to gap and luxury type plans and give every one a basic plan and it would clear up so many people’s problems and even save that nut money.
No one remembers Regan passed a law to make emergency rooms take all patients.
That ass wouldn’t care about that though. He’s only concerned that someone else may do as well as him and, because he works, they shouldn’t. Just another petty story from the plantation way of looking at life.
I should have added, Regan did that to keep the insurance company’s raking in that money so he didn’t look like a heartless bastard. And just look what it reaped, people who have the money to buy insurance are mad at the poor and not at the people who won’t take out the middle man. Same can be said about the way student loans work. I could go on.
They have to hand out cash to businesses in this country. It became apparent in the 80s they couldn’t compete on their own merits.
Honestly, Dak, I have great reservations about Obama, I wanted to wait until the election is over to voice what I want the left to do to let him know just how angry some us are. The truth is I’m not crazy and I wouldn’t vote for a republican if I were waterboarded.
I’m not keen on him either but the Republicans have gone way beyond being marginally worse. Look at Akin. Look at Palin. Look at Bachmann and West. These folks are insane and stupid. There’s more of them waiting in the wings too. The Republican party needs to be severely beaten at this point. They’ve been taken over by extremists.
It’s not just those fringe people. Look at Ryan. Look at Eric Cantor. I could go on and on.
Oh, I know everyone here feels generally like me I was looking forward, if he is re-elected and how we and make him do the right things.
How do we “make him” do the right things? That philosophy didn’t work so well after Obama won in ’08.
I think he’s evolved. We just have no idea how far. Hopefully, we get to find out. A lot of good stuff happened when Pelosi was on her way out so maybe they want mess up the next chance. I think he came in thinking his great personality was just going to get folks to roll over for him. Obviously, he’s been disabused of that notion. Maybe a good dose of humility will now make him more open to doing the right thing.
pdgrey: “if he is re-elected, how do we make him do the right things”
Why, the same ways that worked so well in the first term, when he used his filibuster-proof majorities to pass a stimulus bill that’s finally put the country on a green energy path, and to pass his single-payer health plan, and the homeowners’ plan that saved millions from foreclosure. Gosh, I could go on. As a staunchly anti-war President, there’s the peace dividend, too.
Of course, in a second term he won’t have to worry about re-election, so he may be bit less responsive to voters.
(Am I furious and frustrated? Yes. Yes, I am. Why do you ask?
As I said elsewhere, given how horrible Romney’s promises are, I can understand people voting for this piece of work anyway. But nothing can make it a good alternative.)
JJ…..Great cartoons. thanks for the roundup!
Ditto. Sorry JJ, got caught up and forgot to thank you for your time and efforts. I love Friday cartoon night (as well as the rest of the week from all the front pagers and all of the commenters). I don’t comment often, but I hope you all know how much I appreciate your wonderful insights.
JJ, me 2! These are high points.
TY 😉
Indeed. Fifthing the thanks for the great cartoons!
Forgive me if this has already been posted.
Wow, i haven’t seen it, that’s a good ad.
Ann Romney strikes again:
Ann Romney: biggest fear is for Mitt’s “mental well-being”
Well That’s interesting. He’s supposed to be ready for the 3AM call and his wife is worried about his mental well being? Methinks princess Ann once again stuck her foot firmly in her mouth.
Lovey never worked in PR
Just an interesting tid-bit
Dr. Lawrence Britt has examined the fascist regimes of Hitler (Germany), Mussolini (Italy), Franco (Spain), Suharto (Indonesia) and several Latin American regimes.
Britt found 14 defining characteristics common to each:
1. Powerful and Continuing Nationalism
2. Disdain for the Recognition of Human Rights
3. Identification of Enemies/Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause
4. Supremacy of the Military
6. Controlled Mass Media
7. Obsession with National Security
8. Religion and Government are Intertwined
9. Corporate Power is Protected
10. Labor Power is Suppressed.
11. Disdain for Intellectuals and the Arts
12. Obsession with Crime and Punishment
13. Rampant Cronyism and Corruption
14. Fraudulent Elections
http://ratical.com/ratville/CAH/fasci14chars.html
Hmmm, let’s see, do those characteristics fit any country these days?
You only need two to join the club. Detention without trial. And torture.
The rest are downstream consequences of being in the club.
Ok I going to lighten up
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/09/28/jay-smooth-why-do-all-stories-about-romney-make-him-sound-like-such-a-dick/
That’s a good one. I’ve wondered that too. His family doesn’t appear to know that they are captured by some one who acts like a cult leader.
It’s like that Twilight Zone episode “After Hours” I think Mitt is the mannequin. He just didn’t make it back to the 9th floor. Or the New republican party (2010 circa) This Twilight Zone is just for them.
Here it is if you have 20 minutes.The Obsolete Man (Romney Wordsworth)
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JJ, you have a fantastic eye for the best cartoons! I need the mental-health benefits of laughter, especially these days.