christiefan915
Catalyst
...just in case your newspaper thinks it's too hot to handle.
The week in Doonesbury...
- Thread starter christiefan915
- Start date
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
LMOA! Trudeu nails it again! LOL...just in case your newspaper thinks it's too hot to handle.
christiefan915
Catalyst
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
Well considering that Gary Trudeu has been one of the nations leading political satirist for 40 years.....yea......you might be out of touch.
cawacko
Well-known member
Well considering that Gary Trudeu has been one of the nations leading political satirist for 40 years.....yea......you might be out of touch.
After looking it up I guess in retrospect I have heard of the Doonesbury cartoon though admittedly I wouldn't have known the author's name.
W
WinterBorn
Guest
Normally I would be the one out of touch, being an old fart and not watching tv. But you really don't know Doonesbury?? wow
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
We understand Wacko. We're aware that comic strips are pretty much beyond the literary skills of most USC grads.
SmarterthanYou
rebel
doonesbury was a funny comic when I was 14. after that, it just became a repetitively nauseating blurb of liberal emotions depicting their viewpoint of how things ought to be. the other side of limbaugh's coin, so to speak.
christiefan915
Catalyst
Wednesday
PostmodernProphet
fully immersed in faith..
I haven't been following him lately......what icon has he been using to substitute for an image of Obama?.....or does he only do that for conservative presidents........
He used a Waffle for Clinton. I think he's said it is "too hard" to come up with an icon for him. I would use one of those change dispensers you hang on your belt...
christiefan915
Catalyst
Thursday
christiefan915
Catalyst
Friday
Cancel 2016.11
Darla
Wow, Trudeu is doing one of the boldest things anyone can do in our current atmosphere - he's openly mocking the so-called "sanctity of life" culture.
The man's got guts. I think it's awesome but I wouldn't want to be getting his hate email right now.
The man's got guts. I think it's awesome but I wouldn't want to be getting his hate email right now.
christiefan915
Catalyst
Funny you should mention that. I was just on Slate reading the blowback, and most of the comments were civil even when the writer didn't like the strip. Trudeau gave an interview to WaPo on 3/11. I liked this comment.
Q: Going back through the history of the strip, I'm surprised not to see a previous abortion strip in “Doonesbury’s” dossier. Have you tackled abortion before?
A: No. Roe v. Wade was decided while I was still in school. Planned Parenthood was embraced by both parties. Contraception was on its way to being used by 99 percent of American women. I thought reproductive rights was a settled issue. Who knew we had turned into a nation of sluts?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifes...out-abortion/2012/03/11/gIQAL7Is5R_story.html
Cancel 2016.11
Darla
Wow, he is awesome. Thanks for the link.
apple0154
MEOW
EXCELLENT, CHRISTIEFAN!
I don't get the local paper for a number of reasons, one being it's too Conservative. Much appreciated your posting Doonesbury.
Mott the Hoople
Sweet Jane
For the world of me I can't understand why Repelicans would chose this time, a national election year, to make this topic an issue. Maybe it was unavoidable with the recent rash of neanderthal legislature who've attacked womens reproductive rights. I don't know but the electoral consequences should be frightening to the GOP. With the nations political divide as narrow as it it is, there's no room for error when it comes to political strategy. You can't afford to alienate any specific groups or demographics let alone one as large as women.
Some basic math shows that. We have an electorate that is approximately 1/3 Republican, 1/3 Democrat and 1/3 independent. Now probably not a lot can be done to alienate those who identify them selves by party label. So winning national election depends on winning over the independents. Now considering half of those independents are women who by definition are NOT political ideologues and you can see where the GOP has dug a pretty big hole.
If Romney is the GOP candidate I expect to see a tremendous amount of back pedling on this issue. If Santorum is the GOP candidate then I see this issue contributing significantly to a landslide defeat for the GOP.
The GOP needs to get off of these issues and focus on the economy and national debt. Those are issues they can win on.
Some basic math shows that. We have an electorate that is approximately 1/3 Republican, 1/3 Democrat and 1/3 independent. Now probably not a lot can be done to alienate those who identify them selves by party label. So winning national election depends on winning over the independents. Now considering half of those independents are women who by definition are NOT political ideologues and you can see where the GOP has dug a pretty big hole.
If Romney is the GOP candidate I expect to see a tremendous amount of back pedling on this issue. If Santorum is the GOP candidate then I see this issue contributing significantly to a landslide defeat for the GOP.
The GOP needs to get off of these issues and focus on the economy and national debt. Those are issues they can win on.
I don't think they chose the issue or the time. I think it was deliberately brought up by Obama and the democrats in congress as a wedge issue and the republicans foolishly fell for it.
It would be better for them, IMHO, to let the catholic church fight the battle against legislation that requires them to "sin" than it would be to take up the drive against it. Not every problem has a solution in government, nor should be argued during a campaign.
Much like Santorum's newest addition of "porn" into his "important" issues. It's idiocy. We have larger issues to contend with that we need to drive as a priority during the campaign. Promising to stop internet porn is just losing the important message for static.
It would be better for them, IMHO, to let the catholic church fight the battle against legislation that requires them to "sin" than it would be to take up the drive against it. Not every problem has a solution in government, nor should be argued during a campaign.
Much like Santorum's newest addition of "porn" into his "important" issues. It's idiocy. We have larger issues to contend with that we need to drive as a priority during the campaign. Promising to stop internet porn is just losing the important message for static.