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Friday, October 14, 2005
mike responds to friday’s comments
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
hi everybody, thank you all for taking time to post your comments. i want to address a couple of the comments and then tell you about a fun idea i have.
first off, because i’m such a lousy typist, everything’s going to be lowercase, because it’s a little quicker for me.
next, there are numerous comments about me not being fair and balanced. well, it’s not a cartoonist’s job to be fair or balanced.
i do agree that i hit president bush often. there are two reasons for that. first,whoever’s in charge, whether it’s bush , clinton, etc., becomes my main character, kind of like my own garfield the cat. when clinton was president, i hit him all the time, especially for monica. that said, i look back on the clinton years nostalgically as the time when a president lied to us about sex, not war.
the second reason i hit bush is because i think he’s the worst president in american history and judging from the latest polls, more and more americans agree with me. among african-americans his approval rating is 2%!
another thing i want to mention is my political orientation, which would be best described as a conservative democrat. in 2008, i will probably vote for whom i consider to be the best democrat, because under bush, the economic focus has been on helping the rich. i’d like to have a president who cares about the poor and middle class. but what will be more important than democrat or republican, will be competence. that’s what we’ve lacked the last five years and after iraq, giant deficits that leave us economically vulnerable, katrina, michael brown, harriet miers etc., etc. i want competence. and if the most competent presidential candidate is a republican, that’s whom i’m voting for.
ok, here’s an idea i think might be fun. for those of you who think i’ve been unfair to bush, here’s your chance to right a wrong. post a cartoon idea that highlights something you feel bush has done right. if you think his handling of katrina was great, come up with a cartoon idea on that and post it. i’ll choose the three best ideas, post them and then you all can vote on which is best. i will draw up the winning entry exactly as described and post it on ths site for a week and send the original drawing to the winner.
Karl Rove waits
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
yo, yo, yo, party people, welcome to my blog!
this is my first official post. i’m not sure how this whole thing is going to develop. if i come up with ideas that cynthia tucker rejects, i’ll occasionally post the rough sketches, so that you all can call and email cynthia to tell her how unfair she is. sometimes i’ll mention things that interest me and see if they interest you. i’ll occasionally monitor what you all are posting and respond. i’m a one-fingered typist, so my posts will be short. i look forward to your feedback.
mike luckovich
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