This was the strip I meant to post last week, but life got in the way. Camping with my son led to a lot of back pain. Fortunately, we celebrate the sacrifices we made on the altar of war this[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Posts Tagged politics
This week’s strip ran late. Sorry. This time the problem wasn’t a lack of time to do a strip, but how much time it took to draw this one. Lots of action and poses and details. As for the theme, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This week’s strip ran late. Sorry. This time the problem wasn’t a lack of time to do a strip, but how much time it took to draw this one. Lots of action and poses and details. As for the theme, or[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gaffes are an inevitable part of the long campaign season for the presidency, a problem made worse when they became more expensive, requiring an extra year just to raise money. Throw in more debates, and candidates, brain weary and tongue[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Gaffes are an inevitable part of the long campaign season for the presidency, a problem made worse when they became more expensive, requiring an extra year just to raise money. Throw in more debates, and candidates, brain weary and tongue[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
I still don’t know what to make of the Trump candidacy — which puts me in the same position as anyone else observing the primary process, including the Republican party itself. Like many a leftoid I see the fascistic attributes — the similarities to[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
This Bloomberg poll report is making the liberal rounds, but it is irresistible: At the same time, 70 percent of those who sympathize with the Tea Party, which organized protests this week against President Barack Obama’s health-care overhaul, want a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
Shorter Harold Ford: “Dude, I coulda totally pwned that bitch if you pussies hadn’ta hold me back.” Glad that sideshow’s over. I have not lived in New York in 15 years, but I still take its politics very seriously. I[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
…but Congresscritters do not see inherent conflicts of interest or bribery in the close connections between campaign contributions and contract awards to their donors. “Simply because a member sponsors an earmark for an entity that also happens to be a[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…
From your “liberal” New York Times: But haven’t I read economists saying that a bill that small will make almost no dent in unemployment? Is that sort of thing the only hope for bipartisanship? It depends on what you mean[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…