Mike Luckovich

By BugMeNot

November 3, 2005 09:42 PM | Link to this

Someone remind Luckovich that we don’t care …

By RW-(the original)

November 3, 2005 09:56 PM | Link to this

Aaron Brown gets canned and ml puts angel wings on him. mike we’re still waiting for the Rosa Parks tribute, after the debacle the dems made out of her funeral she could use a fitting tribute.

By McCleod

November 3, 2005 10:34 PM | Link to this

RW-(the original:)

We net denizens have heard all the right wing talking points you push a hundred times already.

Neither they, nor your pathetic personaliy attracts.

I do think it is quite informative that you’re masters had to go with trashing another funeral by lying about it.

You’d think they would try to get something unique cooked up.

Rove really is slipping, isn’t he?

Or maybe he’s only had so many lies in the first place and has to start repeating them.

Now go get your dime for posting that crap, but you’re terribly overpaid.

By grant

November 3, 2005 11:04 PM | Link to this

Re: Brownie…a genuinely funny “toon” Well said!

By RW-(the original)

November 3, 2005 11:26 PM | Link to this

McCleod,

I watched all six and a half hours of the Rosa Parks funeral. I saw Al Sharpton do an excellent job of capturing the magnitude of the moment and laying out a proper challenge to those in attendance. I admit that was a little shocking.

I also saw Bill and Hillary Clinton make self serving speeches, Louis Farrakhan (sp?), and Jessie Jackson give completely over the top tirades that smeared the memory of Mrs. Parks.

In between I saw an endless parade of democratic politicians falling all over themselves to get noticed.

All the while, two white horses stood fully harnessed waiting to pull the caison from the funeral. These horses had to be watered down and repeatedly calmed, as the three hour service dragged to more than double it’s planned time.

Rosa Parks was a great force for change in this country and in ways you will never understand shaped my life and my conservatism. So I watched every minute of her funeral out of respect and will not stand by while you take your cheap disgusting partisan shot at me.

Put down the bottle and pick your fight another day, but don’t dare question ny sincerity in this.

By RW-(the original)

November 3, 2005 11:29 PM | Link to this

ny=my

By Greg Girtman

November 3, 2005 11:54 PM | Link to this

So Mike, who won the contest for a favorable Bush cartoon? And don’t say no one, there wer some good ones I read.

By jay

November 4, 2005 12:18 AM | Link to this

Dang Mike, those are some mighty fine breasts. Mike L you’re a pervert.

By Andy

November 4, 2005 04:54 AM | Link to this

Another pinko “news” man bites the dust.

By candide

November 4, 2005 06:51 AM | Link to this

After being emotionally rung out by Chris Matthews and Keith Olbermann I never could stay up long enough or sober enough to listen to Aaron Brown. But if our local Fascisti hate him there must have been something good about him.

By candide

November 4, 2005 06:55 AM | Link to this

I don’t understand why Dubya is portrayed as having big, stuck-out ears. He has quite normal ears. It is his profile that is disturbing. He has his mother’s small but hooked nose (could he be one-eight Arab or something?); then his brow is monkey-like, denoting perhaps low intelligence, but we knew this already. He looks nothing like his tall, patrician father; although he is six feet tall his physique makes him look little and wide. I do think it all goes back to his b*** mother, one of the dumbest first ladies we have had, although she had one good trait: no sign of believing in astrology. Can you believe it: for 8 years we were ruled through Ronnie Reagan by an astrologer. Reminds me of Renaissance German emperors and Italian despots.

By candide

November 4, 2005 06:59 AM | Link to this

While I am on this roll, let me say that some of our Republican politicians are really physical repulsive. Senator Frist looks like a dog in profile, and of course Princeton did nothing for him. He is as dumb as he looks. He can do heart surgery but medieval men knew that surgeons were no smarter than barbers. Rick Santorum, that paragon of virtue and marital values, looks like a cleaned up Mafia type. Senator Pat Roberts of Kansas looks like he can be trusted to cover up anything the Bush regime doesn’t want revealed. Is there a physiological reason for the mess we are in? Too many dumb Republicans with evangelical genes and little in the way of gray matter.

By Bobb

November 4, 2005 07:14 AM | Link to this

I don’t watch much TV news, but I don’t think I ever watched this guy. I’d rather read the news and commentaries from multiple sources instead of joining the cult of some TV news personality. Too much hype. Too mcuh noise. Just my personal preference.

By Bill

November 4, 2005 07:21 AM | Link to this

RW, I salute you for sticking with all 6 1/2 hours - you are certainly one of the few (and maybe the only one) that did. Your passion and sincerity are obvious in your second posting and I respect that. I am curious, and genuinely so, how Ms. Parks “shaped” your conservatism.

I recall clearly the events of the day that were to make her the icon she is today. I recall equally well the prevailing “conservative” attitude of the day and how her single defiant act enraged it. I dare say there are few “conservatives” today who would readily admit to how they really felt back then. I just wonder, RW, is that how Rosa Parks galvanized (or shaped as you say) your conservatism. God, I hope not.

By Anti RW

November 4, 2005 07:27 AM | Link to this

So RW— you watched all 6.5 hours of the Rosa Parks funeral. Hmm…if that were the case, that would likely mean that A) you don’t have a job or B) you have way too much time on your hands. I think Ms. Parks deserves the highest of honors for her contribution to this country, but that’s a long time to watch TV in one sitting.

But I’m most intrigued by your comment on how Rosa Parks shaped your conservatism. That really makes no sense to me. Conservatives do not wish the federal government to have over-reaching power over states rights—so are you saying that the civil rights acts are part of a conservative ideology? I should also mention how so many conservatives from the South supported the civil rights movement. A lot of you conservatives on this forum who are from the south, probably had parents or grandparents who in fact did not support the civil rights movement (see: the socially progressive counties such as Forsyth and Hall). If it wasn’t for the liberals in government and regular citizens who demanded social change, Rosa Parks’ brave actions would not necessarily have led to the critically important civil rights laws passed under LB Johnson. Most conservatives did nothing to support the civil rights movement, if not try to stop it. RW, wake up and smell the coffee. I think there’s a morning show on 96ROCK that really caters to your ignorance.

By Mark Kelly

November 4, 2005 07:34 AM | Link to this

Aaron Brown was the last sane voice on American cable television news (Sorry, Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, fake news may provide sanity to the day but it isn’t real news). Time-Warner has botched so many things with CNN it is no small surprise that they can a real professional. What a sad day for American journalism.

Time to bring in the clowns, CNN … not Jon and Stephen … that Fox News crowd; the only thing missing with them is the white face paint and rubber noses!

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 08:00 AM | Link to this

well, ya know if Mr. Brown was an outed butt-pirate like Anderson Cooper, he’d been promoted to Chief Correspondent instead of handed his walking papers.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 08:01 AM | Link to this

kinda makes you wonder what Aaron Brown wouldn’t do to keep his job that Anderson Cooper did to keep his…..

By Andy

November 4, 2005 08:02 AM | Link to this

Anti RW: Rosa Parks funeral took 6.5 hours because of all of the blowhard lib politicians releasing all of the pent up hot air nonsense so common to their losing party. For instance, Billy Clinton shared that he, when just a boy of nine years, showed solidarity with Rosa by sitting in the back of the bus.

By Malachi

November 4, 2005 08:05 AM | Link to this

Out of curiosity RW, how many conservatives or members of Bush’s administration were in attendance at Rosa Parks’ funeral? I didn’t watch the service, and just wanted to know.

If anything, Condoleeza Rice should have been there. If it wasn’t for Mrs. Parks defiance, she would probably be cleaning somebody’s house or working in a segregated society.

By Brent

November 4, 2005 08:11 AM | Link to this

Now wait a minute JoeBobb and Weave, leave the sexuality comments out of this. And how do you know what goes on in Anderson Cooper’s bedroom and what goes on in Aaron Brown’s bedroom when you should be concerned with what goes on in your own?

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 08:16 AM | Link to this

Well, Brent-over-for-anyone, I would imagine that if old Anderson had done anything to keep his job then it’d have been done in the board room or executive can (no pun intended but it funny now that I think of it). Just seems a little too coincidental that Anderson was outed and a couple of days later he’s promoted and Aaron Brown is dropped (was going to write canned but if he were a butt-pirate he’d probably still have his job).

By gttim

November 4, 2005 08:17 AM | Link to this

Well, Bush did manage to drag Alito to the Rosa Parks Viewing for a photo op! But bush has never met a photo op he can pass up, especially if he can get a minority in there. Mission Accomplished!

Rosa Park fought against the conservative push to keep the status quo. As usual it was the liberals on the winning side as civil rights became law. But liberals always win those battles, no matter what the conservatives say or how they try to demonize liberals. The liberals win on civil rights, women’s rights, environmental rights, voting rights. The conservative fight back, mostly to give corporations rights they never should have, and to take away from the lower and middle class, but they always lose in the end. Why? Because conservatism is only good for the “ruling” class. They use religion to drag rubes with them, but them drop them off when economics come into play. These fools are just too stupid to see how they have been used.

By Ricky

November 4, 2005 08:20 AM | Link to this

Gttim, lets get your facts straight. Most of the members of Congress who voted against the Civil Righs Act were Democrat, including Sen Robert Byrd, a former member of the KKK. So no it wasn’t liberals on the winning side, it was the Republicans. And who initially free the slave, Abe Lincoln, a Republican. It appears you have bought into the Democratic revionist history

By Dave

November 4, 2005 08:30 AM | Link to this

Ricky, You’ll have to excuse gttim. He’s just confused. It looks like “GT Tim” appears to be from the old rambling wreck and has succumbed to the double standards down there where the priveliged are allowed to get away with anything and everyone else just has to deal with it.

By Ricky

November 4, 2005 08:31 AM | Link to this

Gttim, here are some more facts for you. 21 Democratic Senators voted against he Civil Rights Act while only 6 Republicans did. While the chief opponents were Democrat Senators Sam Ervin, of later Watergate fame, Albert Gore Sr., and Robert Byrd. Senator Byrd, a former Klansman whom Democrats still call “the conscience of the Senate”, filibustered against the civil rights bill for fourteen straight hours before the final vote. The House of Representatives passed the bill by 289 to 126, a vote in which 79% of Republicans and 63% of Democrats voted yes. The Senate vote was 73 to 27, with 21 Democrats and only 6 Republicans voting no. President Johnson signed the new Civil Rights Act into law on July 2, 1964. Playing the race card and calling Republicans racist is getting old and is just not true.

By Anti Ricky

November 4, 2005 08:39 AM | Link to this

Ricky,

Take a history class, will you? The Democrats who opposed the civil rights legislation are mostly senators from the South. These “Democrats” were not liberals (although some like Byrd became progressive over time). Many southern Democrats from the 60s have similar political ideology as conservative Republicans today.

By candide

November 4, 2005 08:46 AM | Link to this

Yes, it’s unfair to talk about Democrats being against civil rights, since they were southern democrats and now are all republicans. At least southern democrats were consistent in their pro- confederate stance. It is the republicans who were hypocrites, living off Lincoln but really not caring a darn about blacks. The whole Southern strategy of Nixon and Goldwater was to use racism to get votes. They succeeded. Give me an old southern Democrat racist any time rather than a republican racist.

By Andy

November 4, 2005 08:55 AM | Link to this

These libs can change history around all they want. Let’s take a look at today’s racial disparities- which recent administrations/ campaigns have had the most minorities, which political party is calling the oppositions black candidates “oreo cookies,” which party affilition newspapers have drawn Condoleezza Rice has a house slave and a monkey in their political cartoons? Which party would you most expect to play the race card?

And look at how much the democrats have done for their loyal voters over the years, they’ve given them so much.

By Dusty

November 4, 2005 08:57 AM | Link to this

Well, RW, seems like you upset some of the “complainers and explainers”. Keep up the good work. Rosa Parks did what she knew was right even at her own risk. She set a strong and dignified example for all people.

By M.S.

November 4, 2005 09:04 AM | Link to this

Aaron who? The only time anyone watches CNN anymore is when there is A news story big enough for the big media cool-aid drinkers to pull there faces out of the sports page long enough to see what’s going on.It dosn’t take A genius to figure out that CNN’s dropping rating’s are due to it’s left wing bias.When they were the only all news channel the right winger’s had no where else to go. Now there is Fox so goodbye CNN. Most of the left wing base is off watching ” The simple life” or some other such idiocy.

By MJK

November 4, 2005 09:11 AM | Link to this

Very funny ‘toon, Mike. I don’t think AB will be missed. I watched Newsnight in spite of him, definitely not because of him.

By Marcus

November 4, 2005 09:14 AM | Link to this

It’s a shame that the passing of Rosa Parks has given yet another opportunity Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Louis Farrakhan to stick their face infront of a TV camera.

By Ricky

November 4, 2005 09:17 AM | Link to this

Who has had more blacks in their administration? Bush has had alot more than Clinton. Big suprise. The Dems just demgogue about advancing the cause of minorities, the Reps are the ones that actually do it. The Dems want to keep the blacks in the status quo because they think that way the will continue to vote heavily Democratic. But things are starting to change. There are more and more conservative blacks running for office. And what do you think will happen to the Democratic party when they stop getting 90% of the black vote? No more Democratic party thats what.

By RW-(the original)

November 4, 2005 09:33 AM | Link to this

Bill,

I wasn’t able to have my views shaped by the “events of the day” as they unfolded as I was born in 1955.

When I was six years old my family moved to Augusta. One of my earliest memories, of that area, was a gas station that had three rest rooms. Men, women, and colored. I never met a soul that could give me a decent reason for that, until 1974. That someone was Rosa Parks.

Mrs. Parks was one of the most gracious and unpretenious people I had and have ever met. She told me simply that some just didn’t believe all people were equal and one day, if everyone was just treated the same, the day would come that skin color wouldn’t matter. I see conservatives today as most fitting this ideal. Modern day liberals seem to think that minorities, in general, and blacks in particular aren’t capable of success on their own. I find this despicable.

I think the problem with the conservative/liberal labels are the ever changing definitions of the terms.

Some here are saying that all southern Democrats are now Republicans and therefore racist. It wasn’t Republicans that were throwing Oreo cookies at Michael Steele the other day.

Others seem strangely interested in my schedule, I have no idea how this relates to this or, for that matter, any topic. It is amusing, though.

With that, I’ll see you another day. My apologies to ml for derailing the topic of whatever he scribbled today.

By hewhoasks

November 4, 2005 09:47 AM | Link to this

RW:

In your posts today you seem sensible, sensitive, and intelligent. You do say some things that are worth arguing against - but there’s no imperative that I do so so I won’t.

As far as the horses go, I think they’d have needed water wherever they were. They got the water.

6 1/2 hours is long, probably too long. Rosa Parks got on a bus, sat down, and said she wouldn’t move. That was a lot quicker, that’s how she’ll be remembered.

By sct

November 4, 2005 09:57 AM | Link to this

Hey JoeBob, speaking of fired media types, how’s it going with White House favorite Jeff Gannon/James Guckert these days? Are you keeping up with his website?

By E. Lewis

November 4, 2005 09:58 AM | Link to this

I really like Aaron Brown and Andersen Cooper. Unfortunately for both, perhaps, Mr Cooper is the pretty boy-du-jour in this corporate media so of course he is going to get more prime-time face-time.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 10:32 AM | Link to this

Jeff & James who? Sorry these names don’t ring a bell down here at the trailer park. What happened to them? They get caught holding hands and taking long showers together?

By Joel K. Jones

November 4, 2005 10:37 AM | Link to this

Aaron Brown didn’t go to New Orleans and stand out in the nothingness of that place and try to look intelligent. Instead, he stayed in the newsroom, and gave out the news like a newscaster of his caliber should be doing. Anderson Cooper doesn’t have the honest face that Aaron has.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 10:42 AM | Link to this

Have to hand it to Aaron Brown. At least he didn’t get down on his knees and beg for his job.

By sf

November 4, 2005 10:46 AM | Link to this

Tom Cruise would probably agree with you JoeBob and tell Anderson Cooper that there’s really no such thing as being gay and that he should try vitamins and exercise.

By SarahConnah

November 4, 2005 10:48 AM | Link to this

How many of you recall this little exchange between “Wookie Blitzer” and President Clinton a few weeks ago? Clinton (avoiding an inappropriate, irrelevent question from “The Wookie”): “Now Wolfe, your tryng to create a story here.” Wookie: “It’s my job to create news…” CREATE new’s?!

They’re all useless new’s dramatists.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 10:54 AM | Link to this

Wolf Blitzer? Oh please! He’s about as credible as Dan Rather. Anybody who solicits political views from Shawn “puffy” Combs and Madonna has lost all credibility as a serious news anchor.

Besides with a name like “puffy” and “puff daddy” he’s probably a butt pirate too!

By sct

November 4, 2005 11:04 AM | Link to this

This from Wikipedia:

Jeff Gannon stayed over on numerous occasions at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. White House overnight trysts were not uncommon, according to Secret Service logs of Jeff Gannon’s White House entries and exits, requested by Rep. Louise Slaughter (D-NY) and Rep. John Conyers (D-MI) using the FOIA (Freedom of Information Act). White House logs furnished by the Secret Service show that the gay fake reporter Jeff Gannon (a.k.a James Guckert) stayed overnight at the White House on many occasions — even when press conferences or briefings were not scheduled.

Bush Daddy W, kinda has a ring to it!

By Eric

November 4, 2005 11:07 AM | Link to this

Hey JoeBob, your comments betray you. Everyone knows that those who have such a public averson to homosexuality are really closet homosexuals themselves. Of course there’s nothing wrong with that except for the fact that it’s so hypocritical. You’re not fooling anyone JoeBob. I just hope you’re not doing it with your twin brother, BillyBob.

By Dar

November 4, 2005 11:13 AM | Link to this

Anyone who makes the statement that modern day libs are against blacks moving out of the status quo is dippy. Anyone who thinks that modern day repubs give a dang about any black cause worth listing is even more dippy. As Mike so eloquently stated, Mr. Bush has an approval rating among African-Americans of 2%. Is this even possible? It’s too laughable to be possible. Of course there are conservative African-Americans. But as a whole, this group is savvy enough to recognize the wolf in sheeps clothing hawking himself as a president for the people. Give me a break…

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 11:13 AM | Link to this

Well sounds like old Eric is open for business. Or should we call you Ben (Ben Dover)? Doesn’t really bother me that you dressed up like a pirate (waist-up) on halloween and went down to sword fight with the boys at the Heretic. I just think it’s a little too convenient that Anderson Cooper was outed and a few days later he’s taking over Aaron Brown’s slot (no pun intended).

By Eric

November 4, 2005 11:19 AM | Link to this

Say what you like JoeBob. Failed attempts at being clever won’t help you. Your secret is out.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 11:28 AM | Link to this

Eric, just because your most recent boyfriend put your sorry behind out on the street doesn’t mean you can come in to the blogs and troll for new partners. Sorry but I’m taken. That reminds me, since you’re such a big abortion supporter, did you talk to your mommy about the abortion she should have had a few years back?

By Eric

November 4, 2005 11:37 AM | Link to this

Poor thing, not funny, not clever, not very smart and certainly not very desirable. Why don’t you try and be a man. Just admit the truth about yourself. It’s okay. Being gay is nothing to be ashamed of. You’ll feel much better about yourself if you’ll just admit it and get on with your life.

By Andrew

November 4, 2005 11:40 AM | Link to this

CNN is losing it…badly. They keep Wolf Blitzer and get rid of Brown…if they weren’t the only alternative to Faux News (except for Olbermann on MSNBC)…I’d turn them off in a heartbeat!

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 11:41 AM | Link to this

Eric, that’s pretty weak. Is that the best you can do? Kinda expect it out of you though. For example, kimberly and others smack you around and after you come back with one of your really WEAK positions, you run away crying. Need a tissue? I’m sure you’ll find plenty in the men’s room when your trolling for new play mates.

By Midori

November 4, 2005 11:48 AM | Link to this

JoeBob,

In reading this thread, I must agree: you have serious issues with homosexuality.

You need to embrace it, not ridicule it.

Each and every one of your posts had an inappropriate remark, for some reason, about homosexuals.

Why do you hate yourself?

As I said: embrace it, and own up to what you are.

By Eric

November 4, 2005 11:49 AM | Link to this

It’s not working JoeBob. Anyone who isn’t man enough to stand up for himself and accept reality hardly qualifies as anything except weak. That describes you, not me.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 11:52 AM | Link to this

Eric that really is kinda lame that you have to get Midori to come to your rescue. Grow a pair and come back with something of substance.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 11:55 AM | Link to this

Midori, that the tactic of questioning the sexual preference of anyone who objects to homosexuality is pretty lame too. I’m sure between you and Eric you can scare up enough IQ points to come up with an intelligent response.

By Eric

November 4, 2005 11:57 AM | Link to this

I don’t need anyone to defend me JoeBob. I have no reason to be defended. I’m afraid it’s you who’s so defensive. Your reality is showing again.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 11:57 AM | Link to this

then again, maybe not. I’ve read both your posts before and you both seem rather juvenile and of lackluster intelligence. Maybe you’ll get some help when the smart people show up for the blog. Until next time, watch out for the vice cops Eric.

By joebob

November 4, 2005 12:01 PM | Link to this

Eric, Seems that you do need someone to run to your defense since you seem to be able to start an arguement with a stupid statment and undefensible position and then respond with ridiculous quips. How juvenile. COme back when you grow up.

By Eric

November 4, 2005 12:03 PM | Link to this

“Lackluster intelligence”? Keep trying JoeBob.

By Midori

November 4, 2005 12:07 PM | Link to this

JoeBob,

I’m not questioning your sexual orientation.

I’m questioning why you hate your sexual orientation so much that you have to ridicule it and others.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 01:10 PM | Link to this

COME ON you two!!! Oh, you don’t agree with something so that must mean you are one. You’re really huring my feelings by suggesting that I’m gay because I voice opposition to it. This is boring! IS that the best you can do? . Oh well, maybe you’ll have something better next week.

By kimberly

November 4, 2005 01:35 PM | Link to this

JoeBob, they’re right, Dude. The only people who bother to “voice opposition” to someone else’s sexual preference are those who are conflicted inside about their own desire for said preference. Seriously. Why else would you CARE? You wouldn’t.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 01:47 PM | Link to this

Kimberly, I really expected more than that from you too. You walked right into that one. Eric was baited and he fell for it - hook, line and sinker. Sad thing is, he didn’t even stick around. I’ve read your posts before and really didn’t expect you to fall for it too and especially pick up on and defend their comebacks in resonse to such an obviously baited post.

By JoeBob

November 4, 2005 01:49 PM | Link to this

I’m not Ashton but you’ve been punked. Enjoy your weekend!!!!

By Ava

November 4, 2005 03:06 PM | Link to this

I don’t watch CNN or Fauz news. I stopped watching CNN with any regularity at all after they canceled “Style With Elsa Klensch” (yes, it’s been that long)!

Give me Brian Williams over any of the guys currently on the other channels, CNN & Fox included. I hope ABC will fill Peter Jennings’ position with Charlie Gibson— he’s got such an honest face and earnest demeanor. I like him and Brian Williams because they seem to believe that the news, not the news anchorperson, should be the focus.

By Jason P

November 4, 2005 03:45 PM | Link to this

That last one by K.B.S. sure was long, and I can’t reproduce stats like that. However, why is Bush supposedly hurt so much by the advisor of his VP, alegedly lying to a grand jury; and liberals choose to forget/ignore the Lying under oath the BOTH of the Clintons did. Bill, about the Monica affair, was a serious crime about a non-serious offense. Valerie Plame’s name being “leaked” is a non-issue as well, since she was not a covert agent at the time, and there is no crime against that. How about the White Water hearings, and the Documents that Hillary “lost” (has done a great job of hiding)?! ONE person in the Bush administration has been indicted. Do the people answering the Polls know or rememmber How many people associated with the Clintons are IN JAIL, or were pardoned by them?! No, probably not. You see, the average american only remembers what the TV told today, or yesterday at best. So, these polls, conducted by the media, reflect what the media wants us to perceive from the “events” of the day. The withdrawal of H Meirs used to try and humiliate Bush, because the liberals are so terified of his next nomination. Meirs was also the target of so many angry conservatives, because she didn’t have the track record that Alito has. So the polls show that “self-described conservatives” are at an all time low in their support. Hangover from Meirs which he will rebound from. My main point, is that the polls reflect what the media has been bombarding the public with for weeks. So now the liberal mainstream media (oxymoron not intended) has it’s “facts” supported by pols, that are heavily influenced by the false impressions they’ve been dishing out. Sad

By hewhoasks

November 4, 2005 03:53 PM | Link to this

Jason P

The investigation into the entire Wilson-Plame affair is a direct result of a request from the CIA to the Justice Department for such an investigation. The CIA, Plame’s employer, found leaking her status to be a serious issue. The Ashcroft Justice Department also apparently found it serious enough to begin an investigation.

The classified memo on Air Force One that contained information about Plame was marked (S), for “secret.”

By kimberly

November 4, 2005 04:12 PM | Link to this

Jason P., You begin your rambling with the assertion that you cannot reproduce stats. You cite no specific sources, and you equate incidents that are both completely unrelated and completely incongruent with regard to the security and interests of the citizens of this nation. One thing you manage to do successfully is parrot phrases from the GOP talking points memos, which make the rounds at FOX news and CNN. But in doing so, like I said before, you fail to support them with facts or adequately demonstrate their relevance to each other or to us. I’d like to say “nice try,” but you don’t even merit that.

By Charles Cheves

November 4, 2005 07:13 PM | Link to this

Anybody who supports Bush is either stupid, ignorant of the facts, or wealthy and greedy.

By TrueConservative

November 5, 2005 09:11 AM | Link to this

not true charles- I think many Bush supporters really dont want to look so bad they’ll just regergitate whatever frank Luntz tells them to (most of them have never heard of the man who is putting the words in their mouths either) another thing is guilt- many of them fell for the “Im a Patriot because I do what Im told” ” family values” “bring back the pride” advertizing campaign and (like Bush) they just cant admit they were ever wrong- that would mean they would have to be responsible citizens and Patriots arent responsible citizens in Republican land Tools are-

By TrueConservative

November 5, 2005 09:15 AM | Link to this

BTW- Frank Luntz thats the advertizing guru who came up with all the pretty names like “clear skies initiative’ and “Family Values”- he’s a pro turd polisher check him out

By katie

November 5, 2005 05:25 PM | Link to this

You people are all morons. You’re arguing over a cartoon. It’s supposed to be funny. So laugh, or don’t. Don’t get into arguements. Don’t you people know you can’t ever win an arguement over politics? Here are some comments for you dipwads. Anti RW: Look who has time on their hands now You’re posting on a forum for a cartoon and being an a-hole. Don’t accuse people of having too much time on their hands when obviously you do too(or you’re not doing your job.)

Ricky: No words can describe how ignorant you are.

I know Mike on a very personal level. He’s a great guy. If you don’t like his cartoons, suck it up.

I’m 14 years old and I have more sense than you people. I found this post very entertaining.

By Timbo

November 6, 2005 11:21 PM | Link to this

This is what happens when you give a bunch of rednecks computers.

By sallee

November 7, 2005 11:55 AM | Link to this

The cartoon in the Tampa Tribune today on Aaron Brown was so true. I wrote a complaint email to CNN last week. I cannot abide Anderson Cooper and to replace Mr. Brown with him is such an insult. Cooper is what I call an “alarmist” reporter. Loves to shock. When he comes on, we turn to another channel.

By Dick G

November 8, 2005 02:15 PM | Link to this

I am a friend of Aaron Brown, and to begin with, I thought that the way CNN handled his departure was disgraceful. He had a loyal following who he should have had the opportunity to thank for viewing his show these last 4 years. When he had the desk on 9/11, he did a wonderful job for CNN, and was just the person to do the reporting in his style for this tragic event. He will be missed.

By Dave From Woodstock

November 9, 2005 03:17 AM | Link to this

Rosa Parks was a great force for change in this country and in ways you will never understand shaped my life and my conservatism. So I watched every minute of her funeral out of respect and will not stand by while you take your cheap disgusting partisan shot at me.

Ever break your arm patting yourself onthe back?

By Dave From Woodstock

November 9, 2005 03:29 AM | Link to this

Why can’t we ever stick to the subject matter of the cartoon? Who cares if JoeBob is gay?

By Lorraine J

November 12, 2005 09:29 AM | Link to this

Mike, as usual your work is what I look forward to seeing in Newsweek…and this time I nearly fell off the toilet chuckling as I read your Brownie cartoon. How appropo!