Mike Luckovich

By Mad As Zell

March 23, 2007 5:04 AM | Link to this

Well, I see that Mike LUCKOPUNK, Poppin’ Jay BOOKMAGGOT, Cynthia Sucker a.k.a. Jihad Cindy a.k.a. QUEEN PINKO and the overwhelming majority of the sorry excuse of an editorial staff of the Atlanta URINAL-CONSTIPATION are once again shamelessly pedaling their brand of angry left-wing, bomb-throwing, moonbat, anti-American, socialist, secular, communist, pinko, atheist lying propagandist smut to a captive audience. Nice little cartoon LUCKOPUNK, but you should be one to point your grubby little maggot finger(s) and accuse the administration of “Imcompetence”, “Corruption”,”Dishonesty” and “Spin” when those four “horsemen” are everyday integral part of the operation at the Atlanta-Urinal-Constipation a.k.a. the Al-Jazeera-Constitution. Those four horsemen you speak of sure do sound like you (Luckopunk), Jay Bookmaggot, Cynthia F—ker and Angela Suck of the lowly esteemed New Yuck Times South/ Atlanta Urinal-Constipation editorial board of pro-Castro, pro-Chavez, pro-Al-Qadea, sellout left-wing lowlife scum. Why don’t you atheist pinko maggots just tell the truth and say that you support HITLERY CLINTON and/or BORAT OSAMA in the great pinko dilemma for the Democrappic nomination for President in 2008 and that you want America to pull out of Iraq in disgrace and lose the “War on Terror”? You Benedict Arnold-flunkee-pinko-atheist-maggot-traitors at the “Ache-J-C” and other assorted left-wing liberal media outlets are a menstrating-soaked, manure-soiled bloodstain on the journalistic profession and a shameful disgrace and embarrassment to the American People. Why should the American People have to read through left-wing flame-throwing, assassination of character, lies, distortion and liberal spin just to try and stay informed. You (Luckopunk, Bookmaggot, Tucker and Suck) and your commie propagandist rag you call a newspaper have the blood of all 3,000-plus soldiers on your hands and are just as responsible, if not more responsible, as the idiots who have ran this damn war into a quagmire. You and your left-wing flame throwing hitmen assassins can take your anti-American, anti-family, pro-slavery apology, pro-reparations, anti-South,pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, pro-deviant, pro-socialized medicine, pro-Hugo Chavez, pro-North Korea, pro-Castro, pro-Iran, pro-Socialist, pro-atheist, pro-Al-Qadea lies and propaganda, stick them where the sun don’t

By Mad As Zell

March 23, 2007 5:07 AM | Link to this

Well, I see that Mike LUCKOPUNK, Poppin’ Jay BOOKMAGGOT, Cynthia Sucker a.k.a. Jihad Cindy a.k.a. QUEEN PINKO and the overwhelming majority of the sorry excuse of an editorial staff of the Atlanta URINAL-CONSTIPATION are once again shamelessly pedaling their brand of angry left-wing, bomb-throwing, moonbat, anti-American, socialist, secular, communist, pinko, atheist lying propagandist smut to a captive audience. Nice little cartoon LUCKOPUNK, but you should be one to point your grubby little maggot finger(s) and accuse the administration of “Imcompetence”, “Corruption”,”Dishonesty” and “Spin” when those four “horsemen” are everyday integral part of the operation at the Atlanta-Urinal-Constipation a.k.a. the Al-Jazeera-Constitution. Those four horsemen you speak of sure do sound like you (Luckopunk), Jay Bookmaggot, Cynthia F—ker and Angela Suck of the lowly esteemed New Yuck Times South/ Atlanta Urinal-Constipation editorial board of pro-Castro, pro-Chavez, pro-Al-Qadea, sellout left-wing lowlife scum. Why don’t you atheist pinko maggots just tell the truth and say that you support HITLERY CLINTON and/or BORAT OSAMA in the great pinko dilemma for the Democrappic nomination for President in 2008 and that you want America to pull out of Iraq in disgrace and lose the “War on Terror”? You Benedict Arnold-flunkee-pinko-atheist-maggot-traitors at the “Ache-J-C” and other assorted left-wing liberal media outlets are a menstrating-soaked, manure-soiled bloodstain on the journalistic profession and a shameful disgrace and embarrassment to the American People. Why should the American People have to read through left-wing flame-throwing, assassination of character, lies, distortion and liberal spin just to try and stay informed. You (Luckopunk, Bookmaggot, Tucker and Suck) and your commie propagandist rag you call a newspaper have the blood of all 3,000-plus soldiers on your hands and are just as responsible, if not more responsible, as the idiots who have ran this damn war into a quagmire. You and your left-wing flame throwing hitmen assassins can take your anti-American, anti-family, pro-slavery apology, pro-reparations, anti-South,pro-abortion, pro-homosexual, pro-deviant, pro-socialized medicine, pro-Hugo Chavez, pro-North Korea, pro-Castro, pro-Iran, pro-Socialist, pro-atheist, pro-Al-Qadea lies and propaganda, stick them where the sun don’t

By TW

March 23, 2007 8:06 AM | Link to this

Pull off the hoods, Mike! Left to right – Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney, James Dobson, Karl Rove…YEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE - HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

By LuckoDull

March 23, 2007 8:09 AM | Link to this

They want a Commander-In-Chief in the White House who’s sitting tall in the saddle in the war on terror and who isn’t going to stand there and take it, day after day, when the Democrats flog him like a rented mule. The Democrats are hubristic, they’re overreaching, and this phony baloney “scandal” over the fired US attorneys shows that they’re not going to let the truth get in the way of attacking George Bush. Fighting back against people like that would only make George Bush more popular. That’s why he needs to get into the habit of standing up for himself, standing up for Republicans, and standing up for the war on terrorism that we’re currently winning in Iraq and across the world. If Bush is willing to defend himself and give the Democrats hell for the way they’re acting, conservatives and the rest of the American people will respond positively to it.

You’re dam-n right we will.

Now let’s lock this Plame bitc-h up.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

By Charles

March 23, 2007 8:12 AM | Link to this

Before we go there, the Congress needs to subpeona the Clintons on why they fired 93 U.S. Attorneys (but we know why - among the reasons that they were investigating THEM). But that’ll never happen - it doesn’t fit into the Democraps agenda. They’re pathetic!

By Mrs. Godzilla

March 23, 2007 8:12 AM | Link to this

Just how much pleasure does this President get from these guys?

Does it delight him when incompetence lets a city die?

Was the corruption of Nye, Cunningham and Abramoff exciting?

Did he find the dishonesty in the run up to war to be erotic?

Does he light up a smoke after watching Fox media?

This cartoon speaks the truth. The ever increasing reality based community sees it. Some of the last 30% are most certainly unbalanced. Those who have any doubt need only look at the first 10 posts here this morning.

President Bush has the Four Horsemen, but last November, Americans voted in the cavalry.

Peace.

By CARTERJ

March 23, 2007 8:14 AM | Link to this

Dear Mad as Zell;

You certainly are mad, as in deranged. How deluded and crazed with hatred can you become? Open your eyes, realize that your country has been hijacked by Bush and Company crazy, and let a little light into your seriously dark world. Sir, you, like Zell, scare me if you are even remotely serious.

By Corey

March 23, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this

Hey, Mad as Zell, Pinko is so 20th century. Get over yourself. Wake up and smell the coffee.

By Corey

March 23, 2007 8:15 AM | Link to this

Hey, Mad as Zell, “Pinko” is so 20th century. Get over yourself. Wake up and smell the coffee.

By regulator

March 23, 2007 8:17 AM | Link to this

Incarcerate Andi Now!

By CARTERJ

March 23, 2007 8:19 AM | Link to this

Dear Mad as Zell;

You certainly are mad, as in deranged. How deluded and crazed with hatred can you become? Open your eyes, realize that your country has been hijacked by Bush and Company crazy, and let a little light into your seriously dark world. Sir, you, like Zell, scare me if you are even remotely serious. This is a great, world-class cartoon. Luckovich is the country’s best editorial cartoonist, along with Mr. Fish. As Jack Nicholson would say, you can’t handle the truth.

By Truthsayer

March 23, 2007 8:20 AM | Link to this

Luckodull, you really got one off today. Good blog. However, you must understand, the libs here betrayed themselves yesterday. They believe any liberal Jacka** party sin can be excused as long as “he/she means well.” Well, so did Attila the Hun! They excuse the blatant racism of Robert C. Byrd, the murdering Ted Kennedy, even though he is an active DRUNK, and all of the corruption and lies of the Clinton Administration and repeated protestations by Billery of “I can’t recall!” All of this is excused because they are committed socialists who are just trying to do their best for us poor fools who are too child-like and stupid to make our own financial decisions, so our taxes must be raised and our medical decisions made for us and our children educated (oops, I mean indoctrinated) in government schools run by incompetents who keep the bad teachers and fire the ones who are actually trying to teach (a regular event in Cobb County in places like Kell High School where 1/3rd of the faculty left at the end of one year in disgust).

Yes, all sins can be excused by the simple statement: “But he means well, even if he is wrong.” The plain stupidity of that speaks volumes.

INDICT WILSON AND PLAME NOW!!!!!!!!!!!

By Reece

March 23, 2007 8:28 AM | Link to this

Something must be in the water today, the Renamblicans are in an absolute tizzy.

By Eric

March 23, 2007 8:29 AM | Link to this

Wow! Miss Thang has gone off the deep end today. You need to get some help….soon.

By Eric

March 23, 2007 8:34 AM | Link to this

This is one of your best efforts, Mike. That’s saying something.

By Buy Danish

March 23, 2007 8:38 AM | Link to this

Heh. O’Reilly uncovered this factoid last night - Feinstein complained to Attorney General Gonzales about Carol Lam because her guidelines to prosecute illegal immigrants was too restrictive - i.e. - too few were being prosecuted.

Now Feinstein is singing in the Parrot Choir.

LuckoDull,

I believe the fired U.S. Attorneys were Bush appointees. That does not change the fact that his administration has the right to fire attorneys if they are not effectively pursuing their priorities.

Moving right along -

France finally does something right, although the mere fact that Editors can be prosecuted for this at all is pretty scary. Gosh, it’s not as if they leaked national security secrets to WaPo, er, Le Monde.

Paper wins Mohammed cartoon case.

By IN THE NEWS

March 23, 2007 8:41 AM | Link to this

ITS NOT SO MUCH THE ONES THAT GOT FIRED

ITS THE ONES THAT CAVED…

Federal prosecutors took the first steps toward reducing the prison sentence of former Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff, currently scheduled for release in 2011 for a Florida fraud conviction.

Documents filed in federal court say Abramoff has provided “substantial assistance” in a separate Washington corruption scandal investigation and continues to work with investigators from his prison cell in Cumberland, Md.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul F. Schwartz did not recommend how much Abramoff’s sentence should be cut.

Given what’s come out about the US Attorney purge in the last few weeks, this should raise a few alarms. Shall we wait to see if any indictments/convictions result from Abramoff’s “substantial assistance”?

By IN THE NEWS

March 23, 2007 8:43 AM | Link to this

FROM ROBER RIECH

The Other 85 U.S. Attorneys

The real question isn’t whether the eight U.S. attorneys were fired because they refused to carry out the Republicans’ political agenda. It’s obvious to anyone with a brain capable of processing information that’s exactly why they were fired.

The real question concerns the other eighty-five U.S. attorneys who are still there. What kind of political vendettas have they engaged in, in exchange for keeping their jobs? Until all the information is out about the White House’s and the Attorney General’s political operation, a cloud hangs over the entire federal prosecutorial system. Senator Pat Leahy, whom Dick Cheney suggested copulating with himself, and who now runs the Senate Judiciary, should bear this in mind.

By The Power(lessness) of 'Republican' Thinking

March 23, 2007 8:47 AM | Link to this

All we ever hear from Republicans are negative comments about what Clinton did or didn’t do. They can’t point to positive accomplishments that they have made cause they haven’t made any.

If Republicans directed their energy into actually accomplishing what they had contracted to do (The Republican contract with America]) maybe the general public wouldn’t have the impression that they are a bunch of bad losers whose only attribute is the ability to whine the loudest while they haven’t the competence or integrity to do what they say they will do!

Self Help for Republicans: “The Power of Positive Thinking” by Dr. Norman Vincent Peale

By candide

March 23, 2007 8:55 AM | Link to this

Bush is the most incompetent president, bar none, we have ever had. His administration is one of the least able, most untrustworthy ever.

He should be impeached.

By LMAO

March 23, 2007 9:00 AM | Link to this

We saw the results of this trend in November. The GOP is losing a lot of its members. In fact people have been leaving the party in droves since 2002.

A recent Pew research poll has found a dramatic shift in party identification.

50% of those surveyed identified with or leaned toward Democrats, whereas 35% aligned with Republicans.

In 2002 the Dems and Republicans were about even, each around 35% each

Bush and Co. have destroyed the Republican party. The Bush groupies are so out of touch with reality. Look at the desperation of them here, its so sad.

By Blackadder

March 23, 2007 9:08 AM | Link to this

Excellent ‘toon Mike. Best one in a while!

Geez the wingnuts are really off their meds this morning aren’t they?

All we can do is point and laugh.

By Joel K. Jones

March 23, 2007 9:14 AM | Link to this

Why would a paper with the distinction of being one of the best in the South publish so much trash from one basher of possibly one of the best cartoonists in all of the U.S? Of course, he shows just how much ignorance is in the Great State of Georgia. And speaking of Zell, he is the biggest embarrasment that has ever happened to the State of Georgia. He completely ignored all of those people who worked so hard to get him elected. My name for his is Republicrat.

By RW-(the original)

March 23, 2007 9:15 AM | Link to this

Wow! Finally a cartoon about Democrats. The scribbler even captured the fact that President Bush is playing these fool liberals like a drum. Good job, mikie!

LuckoDull,

It does appear that the adder is all alone in his incompetence. I suppose he’ll be off the blog and on the phone crying to the AJC staff all day today. Although it is Friday so he may want to puff up his chest and claim he wants to punch anybody that won’t let him post at 4:05 in the afternoon which, to that ward of the state government worker, is after hours.

By Kinja

March 23, 2007 9:19 AM | Link to this

Mad As Zell: All I can say is, Wow! Very entertaining rant ;-)

By Truthsayer

March 23, 2007 9:19 AM | Link to this

Powerless - Here it goes then. I guess you don’t actually ever listen to the Republicans. You only listen to your Demogog friends who only focus on the negative. Lets look at the positive things that the Republicans have done: (1) lowered taxes across the board (2) passed the most sweeping welfare reform ever (3) passed a comprehensive medicaide prescription drug program (4)during the Clinton years they balanced the budget even over the objections of Clinton and his chief economic advisor Laura D’Andrea Tyson (5) strengthened the military after eight long years of neglect.

You might not agree with all of these accomplishments, and they are often in the eye of the beholder in poltics, but the fact is we talk about accomplishments all of the time and you are the ones who denegrate them. Clinton even tried to coopt them during the 1996 campaign. He went so far as taking credit for seven of the items on the Contract with America even though he had opposed all of them.

I have been very disappointed in much of what has happened with Bush’s domestic agenda - just as I was with Nixon and Ford. Just way too big government for me. But as far as national security and defense, I think he is much more on target than the cowards and appeasers who constitute the leadership of the Democrat “poddy.”

By LuckoDull

March 23, 2007 9:21 AM | Link to this

Weeks ago, Pelosi proposed attaching a requirement that U.S. troops come home from Iraq before September 2008 to an emergency $100 billion military appropriations bill. When it became apparent she didn’t have enough votes, she responded by adding $24 billion in pork, often in the form of agricultural subsidies used to win over rural Democratic lawmakers who tend to be more deferential on war policy. This is disgusting. That Pelosi insists this extra spending doesn’t qualify as pork is bad enough. But the idea that taxpayer funds are being doled out by the multibillion for unrelated domestic programs to influence a profoundly important vote on Iraq should offend everyone. What does it say for the dozens of House members that this tactic apparently swayed? That on any issue, there is a price at which their convictions are for sale?

Danish: What I was saying^^ is that the “4 horsemen” were holdovers from the Clinton administration and Bush fired them too.

Lock the Plame bitc-h up now!

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ.

By @@

March 23, 2007 9:22 AM | Link to this

So that’s ^^^ your view of the Republicans ml?

I guarantee you…America is watching the Democrats and this is what THEY see.

They’ll be “serving” up their usual “stink”. They never muck out their own stalls.

By RW-(the original)

March 23, 2007 9:23 AM | Link to this

Joel K Jones,

I worked on Zell’s last campaign and didn’t feel betrayed in the least. Anybody that felt that way is an uninformed fool because Zell didn’t hide a thing about himself or his views when he ran to keep Coverdale’s seat in November 2000.

The reason I was willing to work for his campaign was because I didn’t want to see a good man bounced out just because Roy Barnes had betrayed the voters by naming a Democrat to take a Republican seat.

By regulator

March 23, 2007 9:24 AM | Link to this

Put Andi away, he needs assisstance, please help.

By COMMENT FROM TOWNHALL

March 23, 2007 9:25 AM | Link to this

TEX writes: Thursday, March, 22, 2007 2:07 PM Is Edwards Pimping Wife for Votes? If Mrs. Edwards has a recurrence of breast cancer, we should keep her and her children in our prayers. But I would not put it past her sleazebag, slip-and-fall shyster husband to announce this to get the female vote. Here’s what is suspect about this announcement:

Timing. It’s less than a year before the dem primaries and Obama and Clinton have been getting a great deal of press. Furthermore, Mrs. Edwards announced that she had breat cancer during the same year that her husband ran for president last time. I don’t doubt the original 04 announcement, but I do doubt this announcement.

Shamelessness. Democrats are notorious for using people they believe should be immune from criticism as human shields. In the 04 election, they rolled out triple-amputee Max Cleland. Same for Kerry with his ‘I was in Veitnam’ line.

Deflection. This could be to take the heat off of Gore’s absurd testimony about the myth of global warming, to steal attention from the Hillary/Obama ad flap.

By Buy Danish

March 23, 2007 9:30 AM | Link to this

LuckoDull,

First we had the Oil for Food bribery scandal, now we have Pork for Votes.

VETO TIME.

Later folks…

By @@

March 23, 2007 9:31 AM | Link to this

Is there a problem with the server today?

I’ve attempted to post five separate times, and they’re not getting through.

Same problem yesterday.

By LMAO

March 23, 2007 9:33 AM | Link to this

Now granted many in that poll lied. I mean what would you do if you were asked “Are you a Republican?” How embarrassing! I wouldn’t answer yes either. What if family or friends found out?

A good friend of mine, a closet Republican, says he tells people he is a Libertarian, says it saves him much embarrassment and snickering. LMAO!!!

By Blackadder

March 23, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

Ricky Wingnut - Obsess much? I’m flattered that I play such an important part of your daily life but one day you’ll have to realize that there is so much more in this wonderful world of ours. Get out. Explore. You’ll be better for it. You might even see things in a different light and join the sane left.

By RW-(the original)

March 23, 2007 9:36 AM | Link to this

LMAO,

I can’t imagine why you wouldn’t tell a pollster that you’re a Republican. Maybe it’s because you’re a card carrying moonbat!!

Now I’m LMAO!

By IN THE NEWS

March 23, 2007 9:40 AM | Link to this

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST

WASHINGTON — Former Deputy Interior Secretary Steven Griles will plead guilty to one count of obstruction of justice in the Jack Abramoff corruption investigation, The Associated Press has learned.

Griles, an oil and gas lobbyist who became an architect of President Bush’s energy policies while at the Interior Department between July 2001 and July 2005, is the highest ranking Bush administration official implicated in the Washington lobbying scandal.

The former No. 2 official at the Interior Department has agreed to a felony plea admitting that he lied five times to the Senate Indian Affairs Committee and its investigators about his relationship with Abramoff, people involved in the case told the AP.

By RW-(the original)

March 23, 2007 9:41 AM | Link to this

Blackadder aka raving hypocrite and self important moron,

Would you care to glance back to early in the week when you were whining about me day after day while I wasn’t here?

You really should stay in the aviary. You don’t fare well when you get out of your comfort zone of preening parrots. Should we expect another suicide note from you soon?

By the way, I’ll be leaving in a few minutes and won’t be back until late afternoon. Flame away child.

By Night Train

March 23, 2007 9:42 AM | Link to this

RW, you called this one correct!

My first thought upon seeing this toon was “what is luckovick thinking, pointing out the true colors of the democrats like this. The lefties are going to hang him or they will try and spin this to the right”.

This toon is a major slam on the left. Corruption and Dishonesty are definitely characteristic of the current Congress. Spin is the hallmark of the Democratic party. However, Incompetence describes almost ALL politicians both left and right.

By Play that funky music whiteboy

March 23, 2007 9:43 AM | Link to this

I got to say this, even though I loved President Clinton, you could have run the same cartoon 8 years ago - only replacing “Incompetence” with “Interns” and switched the mouse ears with a nice set of chesticles. Remember, the only ones that gave their lives for their country during the Clinton years were a few knuckle-children on a blue dress.

By Walt

March 23, 2007 9:44 AM | Link to this

“But as far as national security and defense, I think he is much more on target than the cowards and appeasers who constitute the leadership of the Democrat”

Bush has played right into al Qaeda’s hands.

He has done exactly what OBL wanted us to. OBL was very surprised when we made -no- reaction to the attack on the USS Cole, which was 3 months before Bush took office.

That is when he authorized the “Planes” operation.

By invading Iraq, we played to the side of the Arab mind that said America is nothing but of latte drinking SUV driving infidels.

And -Bush- made it impossible for moderate Arabs to defend us against such charges.

We can’t possibly kill al Qaeda operatives as fast as we create them. Thanks Schrub.

Nor can we make any return on what it costs us to kill the few al Qaeda operatives that we do catch. We are spending 2-3 billion dollars a month in Iraq.

OBL’s plan is to bankrupt us the same way he bankrupted the USSR.

With the horrible “leadership” we’ve had for the last 6 years, he is on a good course to do it.

I am not sure you can use ignorance as an excuse.

Walt

By regulator

March 23, 2007 9:48 AM | Link to this

@@, click on post. It works every time. Concentrate, I know you can do it.

By RW-(the original)

March 23, 2007 9:51 AM | Link to this

Ptfmw,

First World Trade Center bombing, Somalia, Khobar Towers, Embassy in Kenya, Embassy in Tanzania, USS Cole…to name a few. Just because you are scared to fight back doesn’t mean you aren’t at war.

By LMAO

March 23, 2007 9:54 AM | Link to this

Remember to adjust the Presidents approval ratings accordingly. If the poll says Bush has a 30% approval rating, subtract 10% for an adjusted approval rating of 20%.

Most polls go by the assumption that the parties are still equal in members, so they interview for those polls accordingly. They are not polling enough Democrats to make them accurate anymore, they are using outdated assumptions.

The current approval rating for Bush is 18%.

By Isaac Asimov

March 23, 2007 9:56 AM | Link to this

“My first thought upon seeing this toon was “what is luckovick thinking, pointing out the true colors of the democrats like this. The lefties are going to hang him or they will try and spin this to the right”.

This toon is a major slam on the left. Corruption and Dishonesty are definitely characteristic of the current Congress. Spin is the hallmark of the Democratic party. However, Incompetence describes almost ALL politicians both left and right. “

Now that’s science fiction.

By Blackadder

March 23, 2007 9:57 AM | Link to this

Today is an important day in our history. Today, the U.S. House of Representatives will pass the first binding legislation to set a deadline for withdrawal from the quaqmire in Iraq. The bill isn’t perfect, but it’s a start. This is what the American people voted for last November. This is the direction most Americans thought we’d take after the bi-partisan Iraq Study Group issued its report in December. There is a national consensus that the U.S. must get out of Iraq. The impediment is George Bush. He started this war without a plan. And, he still doesn’t have a clue. Congress has to act because our President won’t.

By Midori

March 23, 2007 9:59 AM | Link to this

I am simply LOVING this toon.

Fantastic job, Mike.

Who left the asylum doors open?

Every right wing looney and his or her momma have come out to bark at the moon via this blog.

By Walt

March 23, 2007 10:00 AM | Link to this

RW Sends:

“First World Trade Center bombing, Somalia, Khobar Towers, Embassy in Kenya, Embassy in Tanzania, USS Cole…to name a few. Just because you are scared to fight back doesn’t mean you aren’t at war.”

Do you recall how vehemently Bush opposed any commision to investigate 9/11?

Do you recall that he refused to testify under oath about the events prior to 9/11?

Do you recall that he refused to testify -alone-?

God Almight above — shame on you.

The 9/11 Commission Report showed that Bush did NOTHING to forestall an attack. Programs to fight al Qaeda he let lapse.

General Tony Zinni has amply been on the record that Iraq, at least, was thorougly contained by Clinton Administration policies.

Clinton probably did all that was possible giving the prevailing political conditions.

Bush did NOTHING before 9/11 to attack al Qaeda and he has done NOTHING effective since.

Walt

By Midori

March 23, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this

Let’s see:

From left to right:

@@, Andy, Buy Danish and RW.

You wingnuts never looked better.

@@: love that hat, dear.

By getalife

March 23, 2007 10:05 AM | Link to this

Excellent toon Mike.

It will get worse before the worst administration ever is gone.

By Blackadder

March 23, 2007 10:06 AM | Link to this

I’m beginning to see a correlation between Bush’s poll numbers/new scandals and the anger and stupidity shown by the wingnuts on this blog.

The lower the poll numbers and intensity of scandals the nastier they become.

Let’s just sit back and watch them foam at the mouth for a while. I always find that entertaining.

By RW-(the original)

March 23, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this

Night Train,

In reality this cartoon could apply nearly across the board to politicians of any political stripe. They probably apply less to President Bush than they do to this or the last Congress though.

LMAO,

While I’m gone how about finding the internals of one of these polls where you claim the samples are even between Republicans and Democrats.

L8R!

By Mrs. Godzilla

March 23, 2007 10:09 AM | Link to this

Blackadder

you are right on!

By Dusty

March 23, 2007 10:11 AM | Link to this

I am constantly amazed at these liberal Americans who consistently knock everything in the finest government in the world, that of the USA.

Somehow, they think that accusing the President of imcompetence, corruption, dishonesty and spin in no way affects the country. Luckovich draws wild horses which can only make me think of Democrats (Thank you, RW). Democrats are running wild and witless.

The first 100 days of “Democratic rule” have been like a street gang on the loose. Nothing but accusations, investigations, war resistence, troop demoralization (time tables and added pork to funding bills), topped off with the most blatant and rude inquisitions I have witnessed on TV (Waxman & Boxer).

Then there is the case against the Justice Department where nothing illegal has been done. The pathetic Plame adventure.

What is wrong with Democrats? Have they lost their minds and now want to lose the country?

The “New Horsemen” who are really donkey Democrats need to be tamed before they gallop off the cliff and try to take us with them.

By Walt

March 23, 2007 10:14 AM | Link to this

I wrote:

“By invading Iraq, we played to the side of the Arab mind that said America is nothing but of latte drinking SUV driving infidels.”

And at the behest of his Neo-con masters, Bush has until recently refused to talk to Iran or Syria.

Do you Bushbots -know- how STUPID that is?

Can you grasp HOW MANY American lives have been lost because Bush did not apply even the first concepts of diplomacy?

The Iraqis are Arabs.

The Iranians are Persians.

They fought a ruinous war against each other from 1980-88.

They hate each other.

Our NO-BRAINER policy from the first day was to drive them apart, and to engage the Iranians in a positive way.

But Bush didn’t do that. He drove them together.

The way to see this is that our military has had to swim against a strong tide of Bush Administration blithering incompetence.

They were set up to fail, and they have failed.

Walt

By RamblinLonghorn

March 23, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this

http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=312

George W. Bush, savior of liberalism

By Night Train

March 23, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this

Sorry blackadder, but the bulk of name calling and “nasties” are coming from the left not the right.

Just keep spinning it, you’re doing your party proud.

By Walt

March 23, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this

Black Adder:

“I’m beginning to see a correlation between Bush’s poll numbers/new scandals and the anger and stupidity shown by the wingnuts on this blog.

The lower the poll numbers and intensity of scandals the nastier they become.”

Definitely concur.

Walt

By RW-(the original)

March 23, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this

Walt,

Should I take from that little childish and uninformed rant that you were for a preemptive invasion of Afghanistan like Bob Kerrey was? If the answer is yes how do you know Iraq wasn’t a good idea?

By Blackadder

March 23, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this

“Somehow, they think that accusing the President of imcompetence, corruption, dishonesty and spin in no way affects the country.” -Dusty

The sad thing is that you think Bush’s incompetence, corruption, dishonesty and spin in no way affects the country.

By TRY AGAIN DUMMY

March 23, 2007 10:25 AM | Link to this

By Night Train

March 23, 2007 10:15 AM | Link to this

Sorry blackadder, but the bulk of name calling and “nasties” are coming from the left not the right.

Did you miss mad as Zell’s repeat-o-gram?

LIAR

BTW some of it seems to have been scrubbed?

By Walt

March 23, 2007 10:30 AM | Link to this

Dusty:

“The first 100 days of “Democratic rule” have been like a street gang on the loose. Nothing but accusations, investigations, war resistence, troop demoralization (time tables and added pork to funding bills), topped off with the most blatant and rude inquisitions I have witnessed on TV (Waxman & Boxer).”

What has been hapeening in the last 100 days is the sort of healthy tension between the Branches of government that the Framers foresaw when they were writing the Constitution.

It is blowing itself out like a big hurricane that is pent up, and pent up and finally explodes in fury because having the corrupt Republican Party in charge of both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue backed up the sewer with scandal and sell-outs and scum and treason.

Shame on anybody who can’t see that.

Walt

By Walt

March 23, 2007 10:32 AM | Link to this

“Sorry blackadder, but the bulk of name calling and “nasties” are coming from the left not the right.”

The bulk of the scum and treason are coming from the right.

Walt

By Lord Doom

March 23, 2007 10:33 AM | Link to this

ATTENTION EVERYONE ON THIS BLOG:

Due to the shameless a*******whipping Doom applied to Buy Danish(@@) and others yesterday, it is now time for Doom to take the next step of online evolution. It will include a new ID and a more focused approach to how I deal with others and express my political views.

Doom is gone for now, I’ll be back later with further details on how this will impact everyone on the Luckovich blog.

By IN THE NEWS

March 23, 2007 10:36 AM | Link to this

IN CASE YOU DIDNT KNOW

GAO Faults US Military Over Munitions in Iraq By Ann Scott Tyson The Washington Post

Report says insurgents took unsecured explosives.

By Joe

March 23, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this

After looking at the 4 horsemen cartoon, I was surprised. I didn’t know that Reid, Pelosi, Schumer, and Leahy served at the pleasure of the President.

By Lord Doom

March 23, 2007 10:41 AM | Link to this

Everyone please ignore the long unreadable post by IN THE NEWS AT 10:36. Doom’s post at 10:33 is much more relevant.

By Walt

March 23, 2007 10:42 AM | Link to this

“By RW-(the original)

March 23, 2007 10:16 AM | Link to this

Walt,

Should I take from that little childish and uninformed rant that you were for a preemptive invasion of Afghanistan like Bob Kerrey was? If the answer is yes how do you know Iraq wasn’t a good idea?”

Everything I have said is backed up by facts and common sense.

If you have some sort of problem with what I said, be -specific-.

But you won’t be, because you can’t gainsay anything I said.

Walt

By getalife

March 23, 2007 10:43 AM | Link to this

RW,

KSM aka “knuckleball” has admitted he did all those terrorist attacks.

War over.

Geez.

By getalife

March 23, 2007 10:48 AM | Link to this

“sad as hell” is a wingnut from the right.

By bon scott

March 23, 2007 10:48 AM | Link to this

A post so “nice”, the delusional Andy posted it twice:

[By Mad As Zell - March 23, 2007 5:04 AM - …You Benedict Arnold-flunkee-pinko-atheist-maggot-traitors at the “Ache-J-C” and other assorted left-wing liberal media outlets are a menstrating-soaked, manure-soiled bloodstain on the journalistic profession and a shameful disgrace and embarrassment to the American People. Why should the American People have to read through left-wing flame-throwing, assassination of character, lies, distortion and liberal spin just to try and stay informed.)[http://www.ajc.com/opinion/content/shared-blogs/ajc/luckovich/entries/2007/03/23/thenewhorseme.html#comment-1084229}

I particularly liked the line “menstruating-soaked”. So Andy. Ohhh, but it gets better. The most anti-American of the posters here can’t resist saying the Iraq mess and terror troubles WEREN’T ALL BUSH’S FAULT!! Medication isn’t enough enough for this schizo. Booze, as we know, is worthless. Only institutionalization will help:

I do give you credit for one back-door admission of responsibility concerning this mess.

{{The AJC has}} the blood of all 3,000-plus soldiers on your hands and are just as responsible, if not more responsible, as the idiots who have ran this damn war into a quagmire.

Sorry, the AJC didn’t send the US into a bloody wild goose chase in Iraq. For one thing, the paper didn’t have the money, the arms, the enlistees, or the authority to do it. And as I recall, the paper wasn’t exactly screaming for an invasion at the time.

The Bush gang did. And no amount of rationalizing and downright lying on your part is going to change that. The blood of those 3000 Americans are on Bush’s hands. You know, “the idiots who have ran this damn war into a quagmire”.

Oh yes. There’s blood on your hands, too.

By Truthsayer

March 23, 2007 10:56 AM | Link to this

IN THE NEWS - You pansies get it wrong all of the time. We did not go in with insufficient numbers. We won the war in less than three weeks. Mistakes were made afterward and maybe we should have raised numbers, and some Democrats were proposing that - e.g. Harry Reid in December, 2006!. However, nothing Bush or his team does will satisfy you and so you will complain if we win tomorrow.

Secondly, the Iranians have just taken British sailors in Iraqi waters. That is a clear provocation. Why did they do it? Because of people like you, Blackadder, Goldie, getalife etc… who loudly cry that we have no business over there, we need to cut and run and surrender now. You folks and the people who MISreport the news and spread DISinformantion and misinformation to the American people through outlets like the NY Times, the Washinton Post, the LA Times, the AJC, NBC, CBS, ABC, NPR, PBS and CNN (Communist and Nazi Newtwork) who have given the radical Islamofascists like Ahmadenijad the idea that we don’t have the national will to fight and we will not stand up for our allies, even such a close ally as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, our Mother Country! We gave Hitler and Tojo and Mussolini that impression in the 1930s with Lindbergh and Borah and other appeasers who insisted on having mass anti-War or “peace” rallies to let the world know we wanted no part in any “foreign” wars.

9/11 made all of this our business. Actually the first World Trade Center bombing and the bombings of the embassies in Africa and the USS Cole made it our business, but ole Billy Boy would have rather had trysts in the Oval Office than actually do something about the people attacking us. He decided it was a “law enforcement problem.” What a naive, cowardly twit he is. Now you and people like you still just want to “talk” to these jerks. You can no more reason with these nuts than you could have reasoned with Hitler. You need to sober up. Blind hatred of the President is not going to save this world from being thrown into a new Dark Age of dominance by Islamic radicals bent on destroying all of Western Civilization.

By IN THE NEWS

March 23, 2007 10:59 AM | Link to this

TRUTHSAYER

IF YOU ARE NOT A PANSY WHY ARENT YOU IN THE SERVICE?

By The Power(lessness) of 'Republican' Thinking

March 23, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

Truthsayer @9:19: Thanks for your list of positives, I’m impressed. Unfortunately I can only wholly agree with a couple of your claims.

(1) lowered taxes across the board- We were reminded yesterday that tax revenues are UP (ask LuckoDull). The current Republican administration has siphoned more tax revenue from the private sector than any administration at any time in the history of our nation, then they spent every last dime and borrowed more. Republicans have not cut taxes; they have simply redirected them to buy votes from their base. The amount of total amount of ‘tax’ money that they have seized from the private sector has actually increased.

(2) passed the most sweeping welfare reform ever- Done during Clinton’s watch. Bush’s record has been stagnant in that respect but I’ll grant that most of the fat had already been trimmed when he got the ball.

(3) passed a comprehensive medicaide prescription drug program- I agree 100%. The Democrats should hang their heads in shame. Since this is the largest entitlement program to come along since the ‘Great Society’ I’m frankly surprised that you list it as an accomplishment. I think that a large number of your co-partisans would disagree.

(4)during the Clinton years they balanced the budget even over the objections of Clinton and his chief economic advisor Laura D’Andrea Tyson- I remember Clinton shutting down government in order to get a balanced budget proposal, but let’s agree that this was actually a bipartisan accomplishment. Neither Clinton nor the Congress could have done so alone.

(5) strengthened the military after eight long years of neglect- This one the Republicans should hang their heads in shame over. The current administration embarked on a course of converting the military to a leaner more efficient fighting force with tragic consequences. This might come to be known as ‘Rummy’s Folly’ in the future. Sending our boys into combat without sufficient troop strength, armor, equipment, logistical support, and planning is IMHO the greatest failure of this administration.

Continued with my own list of positives—————————>

By The Power(lessness) of 'Republican' Thinking

March 23, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

My own positives list? Bush has a Presidential personna (at least until he speaks- LOL), he is tenacious and committed. He has reset the national mood to a more conservative focus (even Democrats are falling all over themselves to be more conservative these days). He has championed family values more positively than his predecessor. He has bucked his own faithful in order to find a responsible solution to the immigration crisis and the medicare Rx exclusions. He has many other positives, I challenge all here to find at least one thing they can say positive about Bush. If I can do it so can you.

By regulator

March 23, 2007 11:02 AM | Link to this

Andi, Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital is a nice public faclility, James Brown was once an inmate there, I know you don’t have a job, go to your local DFACS office, they will help you.

By Walt

March 23, 2007 11:07 AM | Link to this

“If the answer is yes how do you know Iraq wasn’t a good idea?”

Are you serious?

Attacking Iraq was an egregiously BAD idea and this was known in great detail -beforehand-.

And everything that has happened in Iraq was both predictable and predicted.

Didn’t you watch Senator Webb’s Democratic response to the State of the Union?

Didn’t you -know- that the CENTCOM plans - drawn up over ten years - posited that 380,000 US troops would be required to subdue Iraq?

Don’t you know -anything-?

But it looked like a no-brainer to the Bushies that if they got some of our guys killed and Bush looked presidential, it would help them in the 2004 election.

They wouldn’t have to depend on a crooked Supreme Court decision to hand them the election.

That’s why they FREAKED over Joe Wilson’s op-ed. Because exposing the false rationale for the war would hurt them in 2004, and they knew that unless they could deflect the truth, they might all wind up in prison.

And God willing, they will.

Walt

By Blackadder

March 23, 2007 11:08 AM | Link to this

“We won the war in less than three weeks.” -Truthsayer

Then why are we still there? And why do you wingnuts keep saying “We’re at war”?

By Walt

March 23, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this

“…..he is tenacious and committed. He has reset the national mood to a more conservative focus (even Democrats are falling all over themselves to be more conservative these days). He has championed family values more positively than his predecessor.”

Hitler did all of that too.

Walt

By Blackadder

March 23, 2007 11:12 AM | Link to this

Walt 11:07

Absolutely true.

By Truthsayer

March 23, 2007 11:16 AM | Link to this

IN THE NEWS - You are making a big assumption there, DEMON-GOGUE!

Powerless - That was the Republicans under Gingrich who shut down the government and they paid a huge political price for it. Clinton opposed the balanced budget and even projected $200 billion deficits as far as the eye could see. You were completely wrong on that one. My sister was Newt’s deputy Chief of Staff at the time. I remember that one well. It was painful.

By IN THE NEWS

March 23, 2007 11:18 AM | Link to this

ITS NOT EASY BEING GREEN…

Los Alamos workers anonymously ask Congress for probe By Darren Goode, CongressDaily

A group of current and former employees at Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico is asking Congress to investigate health, safety, security and management problems there, according to a government watchdog group.

It is unclear how many employees are asking for the investigation because they are not publicly revealing their involvement.

“Due to fear of retaliation by the Department of Energy management, we are sending you an anonymous letter and requesting that Congress initiate an investigation into mismanagement at the Los Alamos Site Office of the Department of Energy,” according to an undated letter to Congress widely distributed Wednesday by the Project On Government Oversight.

Pete Stockton, a senior investigator at POGO, said they received the letter two days ago and have been investigating similar claims for several years.

By Truthsayer

March 23, 2007 11:20 AM | Link to this

Powerless - Clinton signed the welfare reform bill because he had no choice. He had vetoed the IDENTICAL bill twice, but found that it was too popular, so he signed it the third time. He even told his radical supporters on the left that after the election when they won back control of Congress (they still lost) that they could just repeal it. It is still one fo the best pieces of legislation ever passed to undo the absolute miserable failure that was (and is) the Great Society Program.

By Kerry

March 23, 2007 11:21 AM | Link to this

Wow. this one’s a keeper. Mike, you have outdone yourself. My take on why these idiots are in rare form today is that they can’t combat the truth and genius of Mike’s toon. It overwhelms them. This happens a lot when faced on all sides by our administration becoming unhinged.

By Neal Summers

March 23, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this

You knocked another one out of the park, Mike. From left to right: Dr. Strangefeld, Dick “Dr. Evil” Cheney, Al “Qaeda” Gonzalez and Fox “News”.

George W. Bush : the President Quayle we never had….

By Dusty

March 23, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this

Truthsayer,

You do speak the truth. Democrats talk about “clearing up the mess” while making America weaker and more vulnerable.

Democratic hatred of Bush seems to blind them to what they are destroying. Unfortunately, our enemies are quite aware of Democratic efforts which are anything that attacks the Bush administration. The enemy is encouraged by our self annihilation.

Bush has made some mistakes but he has led us through tough times and is still a strong leader. I support his efforts. I see not one person in Congress who is a compelling leader able to lead our country.

By Walt

March 23, 2007 11:25 AM | Link to this

Truth Misnomer Sends:

“You pansies get it wrong all of the time. We did not go in with insufficient numbers. We won the war in less than three weeks.”

Oh, I hadn’t realized the uniformed Iraqi Army carried out the 9/11 attacks.

if the war had been only against the Iraqi Army, that would be peachy keen.

But it wasn’t and isn’t.

Walt

By Truthman

March 23, 2007 11:26 AM | Link to this

Gosh I love to watch the Republican house of cards come a’crashin’ down!!

It is now a regional reactionary party, mostly located in the South (gee, who would’ve thought…lol?) and Utah.

I’ll tell you what: We’ll let “Jesustan” secede from the Union and become the nation it was 145 years ago. We’ll even throw in Utah (watch out for Salt Lake City, though! I hear they believe science and logic).

Then y’all can have your University of Creationism and your Dick Cheney School of Laws I Don’t Have To Follow. You’ll even have Dr. Doom to lead the lynching of the gays and lesbians.

Please rise up and secede from my union.

“Jesustan Forever!”

By Alex Patrick Joyner

March 23, 2007 11:27 AM | Link to this

Brilliant ‘toon today.

Hey Bush lovers…where’re them WMDs? Ouch, that’s what I thought…

By Blackadder

March 23, 2007 11:28 AM | Link to this

The best line of Wednesday’s testimony by Al Gore came from Republican Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, obviously growing a little tired of Joe Barton’s (R-TX) incredulous line of questioning.

“It’s possible to be a conservative without appearing to be an idiot.”

Of course he’s wrong but it’s still a good line.

By getalife

March 23, 2007 11:29 AM | Link to this

Watching the debate about on the Iraq war, it is very clear that Mr. Murtha is a great leader.

The gop will vote against funding the troops.

By Alex Patrick Joyner

March 23, 2007 11:30 AM | Link to this

Brilliant ‘toon today.

Hey Bush lovers…where’re them WMDs? Ouch, that’s what I thought…

By RW-(the original)

March 23, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this

Sheesh…I pop back in and find obfuscating Walt and his little pansy a-ss cheerleader, Balckadder, spreading even more misinformation.

Walt,

Since you never answered the first question the one that starts with “if the answer is yes” is irrelevant.

Bye again!

By Blackadder

March 23, 2007 11:32 AM | Link to this

“George W. Bush : the President Quayle we never had….” Neal Summers

LOL Very nice!

By Blackadder

March 23, 2007 11:34 AM | Link to this

“Democratic hatred of Bush seems to blind them to what they are destroying.” -Dusty

Wingnut loyalty to Bush seems to blind them to what they are destroying.

Dusty ALMOST gets it right every time. It’s just bass ackwards.

By Goldie

March 23, 2007 11:35 AM | Link to this

OMG— excellent ‘toon today, Lucko!

And the Mickey Mouse ears are too appropriate. Once again, I would laugh, but… too many dead because we have Mickey Mouse in the White House!

By IN THE NEWS

March 23, 2007 11:39 AM | Link to this

TRUTHSAYER

AND YOU AVOIDED THE SUBJECT

By Goldie

March 23, 2007 11:39 AM |