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Cartoon(s) of the Week – As Romney gets closer to the debates…
Tony Auth of Newsworks.org:
Romney plans health care for the 47%…
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Rob Rogers in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette:
Is Romney sure he wants to cut off about half the contributors?
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Kevin Siers in the Charlotte Observer:
Isn’t Romney the king of mixed messages?
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Nick Anderson in the Houston Chronicle:
At least he has Ryan to depend on…
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David Horsey in the L.A. Times:
Now if he could avoid the bad dreams…
Related articles
- Tony Auth’s farewell as staff editorial cartoonist for The Philadelphia Inquirer (nextlevelofnews.com)
- Eastwood and Romney (Cartoon) (themoderatevoice.com)
Cartoon(s) of the Week – Romney’s Problems
Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
Romney has a popularity problem…
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Kevin Siers in the Charlotte Observer:
… and a focus problem…
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Tony Auth (formerly) in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
…and an image problem…
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Jeff Koterba in the Omaha World Herald:
…and a communication problem…
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Mike Luckovitch in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
… but now, without real Republican competition, he is finding himself.
Cartoon(s) of the Week – You Can’t Always Get What You Want… Thank Goodness!
Drew Sheneman in the Newark Star-Ledger:
So, if you get elected we’ll drop the big boy on Iran?
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Tony Auth in The Philadelphia Inquirer
So, if you get elected we’ll eliminate education?
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Tom Toles in The Washington Post:
So, if you get elected we’ll reduce population by increasing the death rate?
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So, if you get elected you’ll be able to mandate gas prices?
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David Horsey in the L. A. Times:
So, if you get elected you won’t get eaten up by your own deficit policy?
Related articles
- Inquirer cartoonist Tony Auth leaving after 40 years (philly.com)
- The Meme of the Year is ‘Meltdown’ (thinkprogress.org)
- Cartoonist Tony Auth Leaving Philadelphia Inquirer (philadelphia.cbslocal.com)
Cartoon(s) of the Week – Merrily We Run Along…
Tom Toles in The Washington Post:
Mitt keeps up with the news…
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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Newt shows his well earned knowledge of marriage…
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Mike Luckovich in the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
The Super PACS keep us all up to date on where Democracy stands…
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Signe Wilkinson in the Philadelphia Daily News:
…and the Republican World is changing its point of view…
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Matt Davies of Tribune Media Services:
… except on Citizens United and Gay folks.
Cartoon(s) of the Week – Solving our problems won’t be easy…
Hey… sorry I missed CotW last weekend… got caught up in a number of activities and only realized on Tuesday that it hadn’t been done. But…We’re BAAAAACK!
Nick Anderson in the Houston Chronicle:
The Deficit Committee sure looks unpromising…
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Dana Summers in the Orlando Sentinel:
Warren Buffett doesn’t seem to be convincing other rich folk to do their share…
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Tom Toles in The Washington Post:
Not everyone’s goal is PREVENTING disaster…
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Lee Judge in the Kansas City Star:
But there’s so much to keep Political Cartoonists busy…
Cartoon(s) of the Week – The Debate gets us Nowhere because…?
Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
Watching our Congressional Leaders negotiate with the President on raising the debt ceiling has given me a really negative opinion of the House…
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… For one thing, they listen to the least politically knowledgeable people…
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Lee Judge in the Kansas City Star:
… and the spend so much of their time trying to get through legislation which does not add to the solution of the major economic problems…
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Tom Toles in the Washington Post:
…and many of the right wing folks, led on by their radio stars, try to make us think there is no real problem…
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Jim Morin in the Miami Herald:
… so, wouldn’t it be nice if they had real leaders who responded to all of us?
Related articles
- If you don’t laugh, you have to cry (mhasegawa.wordpress.com)
Cartoon(s) of the Week – Women vs. Corporations (and Society in general)
Jim Morin at the Miami Herald:
So the Supreme Court thinks more of Wal-Mart than it’s poorly treated female employees…
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Kevin Siers in the Charlotte Observer:
… and their lawyers were reduced to second raters…
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Jeff Danziger of the New York Times Service:
… but perhaps the second raters are actually IN the Supreme Court…
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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
… and women are persecuted by society in general…
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Joel Pett in the Lexington Herald Leader:
… of course, we are following precedents from other countries.
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – It doesn’t matter which Party… there are things we need to know.
Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
It’s time to reevaluate our elected officials and figure out who they work for…
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Signe Wilkinson at Philly.com:
… or think of what they could be spending our tax money on… things we need…
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Pat Oliphant in the Washington Post:
… and what about those who are trying to get into office… will they bring us back to our earlier evil?
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Nick Anderson in the Houston Chronicle:
Why can’t the media spend it’s time on important things instead of sensation?
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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
…And, above all, when will parties ignore their competitive idiocy and evaluate policy by seeing what really works?
Related articles
- Tooning in (stevenhartsite.wordpress.com)
- Riverbend warned about tobacco (knoxnews.com)
- IT’S A DRAW: Toles: A chip off the Herblock (politico.com)
- Sad Lament for Tom and Jerry Part XLIV (firstcapricorn.wordpress.com)
Cartoon(s) of the Week – Some Questions Regarding Republican Primary Candidates
Tony Auth in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
What sets Tim Pawlenty apart from the other Candidates? Nothing.
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Jeff Danziger in the L.A. Times:
Who do the Media Controllers on the Right want for a Candidate? Someone with their weight on issues.
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Don Wright, Tribune Media Services:
Who do the ordinary Republican voters want? Who knows?
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Milt Priggee in the Puget Sound Business Journal:
How do we know if a Candidate is in the race or not? Hard to tell…
Cartoon(s) of the Week – Who’s to Blame?
Joel Pett in the Lexington Herald-Leader:
Things are the same all over…
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Jim Morin in the Miami Herald:
…but it’s good to know who to blame…
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Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
… and wouldn’t you know it was those evil teachers destroying our economy…
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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
but it is all who you believe…..
Cartoon(s) of the Week – Wisconsin and the Economy
Hard decisions this week… there were so many good cartoons and so many important news stories to comment on. Anyway, here are my finals:
Signe Wilkinson in the Philadelphia Daily News:
So Democracy for Workers costs more than an Arm and a Leg!
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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer (big week for Philly):
It’s all about Organizing…
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Joel Pett in the Lexington Herald-Reader:
It’s helping us become one big country again…
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Ben Sargent of the Austin American-Statesman:
The attention to detail is what makes everything work…
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Cartoon(s) of the Week – We’ve compromised without knowing how to pay off the debt…
Tony Auth in The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Perhaps we really believe that we can, eventually, get out from under our debt to China…
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LUOJIE in the China Daily, Beijing, China
I don’t think the Chinese are expecting a payoff soon…
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Lisa Benson of the Washington Post News Group:
… and a short term win can have REAL consequences…
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Steve Sack in the Minneapolis Star Tribune:
… of course, when the Republicans take over Congress, it may be clear that the Democrats have LEARNED from them.
Related Articles
- It’s Pathetic How Blatantly This Chinese Political Cartoon Serves The Government’s Interest (businessinsider.com)
- Media Week: China Daily to launch newspaper in UK (blogs.journalism.co.uk)
Cartoon(s) of the Week – Here Comes Santa Claus
Joel Pett in the Leington Herald-Leader:
Ah, the holidays… doesn’t everyone think about sharing?
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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
…and, to some, it is better to TAKE from everyone…
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Clay bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
… and GIVE to the folks who need it least…
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Jeff Danziger in the Los Angeles Times:
… and don’t look up the chimney for Santa Claus.
Related Articles
- Population media awards go to me and other more worthy journalists (grist.org)
- Cursing CEO Causes Internet Sensation (prweb.com)
- Amazon.com eyes Chattanooga, Bradley facilities (knoxnews.com)
Cartoon(s) of the Week – The Big November Show
Ben Sargent in the Austin American-Statesman:
It’s the election season and we’re all invited to The Show…
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Tony Auth in the Philadelphia Inquirer:
One side of The Show has its own Network….
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Stuart Carlson at Universal UClick:
It’s sometimes hard to tell who the sponsors of The Show are…
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Clay Bennett in the Chattanooga Times Free Press:
…so let’s settle in for the show with a nice cup of Tea.