Lefty Political Cartoonist Ted Rall Nails It!

Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight

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The first debate is next week. Does anyone seriously expect the candidates to serve up anything other than simplistic, base-pleasing platitudes?

Some people might watch or DVR the debates primarily to see jabs, facial expressions, etc. Otherwise one might save a lot of time by simply reading the transcripts.

Of course, there might be a gaffelicious moment or two!

Here's a short bit of commentary with which most people will agree:

The Wrong Side Absolutely Must Not Win

It doesn't matter how many goofy cartoons you post.

The fact is that the two candidates are as different as Night and Day.

Mitt Romney has shown the world what a milksop buffoon he is.

Some people seem to think that because he has money he must automatically also be smart.

Well, Newsflash! He's not, he's just heartless in how he makes money.

He has voiced his contempt for the poor and would return this country to the failed policies of Bush.

. . . A President worthy of the name must be a President for all the people and President Obama has shown the compassion which is totally lacking in his opponent.

President of ALL the people??

The only time I can remember the Country being this divided was back in our Vietnam War days.

President Obama has been a failure in doing the one thing he pledged to do above all else, bring us all together.

He is still my President, hopefully only untill Jan 2013.

Here's a short bit of commentary with which most people will agree:

The Wrong Side Absolutely Must Not Win Originally Posted by CaptainMidnight

Another good find CM, though I would argue the power to appoint justices to the Supreme Court is still a paramount concern and ideologically and fiscally important.

It doesn't matter how many goofy cartoons you post.

The fact is that the two candidates are as different as Night and Day.

Mitt Romney has shown the world what a milksop buffoon he is.

Some people seem to think that because he has money he must automatically also be smart.

Well, Newsflash! He's not, he's just heartless in how he makes money.

He has voiced his contempt for the poor and would return this country to the failed policies of Bush.

. . . A President worthy of the name must be a President for all the people and President Obama has shown the compassion which is totally lacking in his opponent.




Originally Posted by Fast Gunn

How about the MBA and the law degree from Harvard? How about turning the Winter Olympics around? What does Romney have to do to prove his intelligence? Cure cancer?

Your post is just a bunch of Obama talking points. You're like a parrot.

Well, thanks, but we've got bumper stickers too.

. . . Four more years!

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It doesn't matter how many goofy cartoons you post.

The fact is that the two candidates are as different as Night and Day.
are you making a derrogatory comment about Mitt being white?!!!!!
Mitt Romney has shown the world what a milksop buffoon he is.

Some people seem to think that because he has money he must automatically also be smart.
Oh, another believer in the "you didn't build that" communist philosophy.....
Well, Newsflash! He's not, he's just heartless in how he makes money.
you believe that because you don't understand capitalism and free enterprise......you don't even know the definition of "outsourcing".....Bain Capital did not outsource, they did something else, you just don't know what it is.........my suggestion to you is to boycott every "evil" corporation. Don't buy their products. Teach them a lesson.....
He has voiced his contempt for the poor and would return this country to the failed policies of Bush.No....the successful policies of REAGAN!!!!!!!!!!!

. . . A President worthy of the name must be a President for all the people and President Obama has shown the compassion which is totally lacking in his opponent.

Compassion, Odumbo Has made the lives of poor people worse.......they are worse off now than 4 years ago, that's compassion???? HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA! HA!


Originally Posted by Fast Gunn

YOU HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF BEING THE FIRST HOMOSEXUAL WITH DOWN-SYNDROME I HAVE EVER COMMUNICATED WITH.......IT WAS INTERESTING.....

It doesn't matter how many goofy cartoons you post. Originally Posted by Fast Gunn

And it doesn't matter how many times you post affirmations of your goofy Obama idolatry, he's still an abject failure.

Yes, the candidates are -- as you say -- as different as night and day. But that isn't the point of the cartoon, is it? Which is, obviously, that neither candidate is likely to offer up anything other than simplistic platitudes and talking points aimed at pleasing selected constituencies. We've had a substance-free campaign, and I see no indication that we'll see anything other than substance-free debates.

. . . Four more years! Originally Posted by Fast Gunn

Four more years of what?

Reckless, out of control spending leading to structural deficits of about 8% of GDP? Would you like to try to tell us what we're getting for all that money? It sure ain't buying us much of a recovery. Perhaps you can tell us why you think it was wise to stack even more failure atop the fiscal irresponsibility of the Bush era.

And please don't try to tell us that Dodd-Frank was much of an accomplishment. It's little more than a crony capitalist shuffle; 2,300 pages of arcane legalese that does nothing about TBTF and little about the other serious problems presented by excesses in the financial sector. It hardly even rises to the level of being classifiable as "feelgood legislation." Additionally, it hampers prospects for recovery in the small business sector by imposing a far more onerous burden on smaller community banks than on giant institutions. That's one reason the megabanks have gotten even bigger; they've been able to buy assets on the cheap from small banks that could no longer compete.

Although it's clear that Obama has no intention of making anything even remotely serious in the way of tough decisions affecting the economy, I'm not sure that Romney would either. His entire political history shows that his views are quite "flexible", depending on what constituencies he deems it expedient to pander to at any given point in time. The problem is that today we need a tough decision maker willing to risk his political future by stepping on a few toes.

Obama obviously does not fit the bill. Would Romney? Color me skeptical. It's probably a moot point anyway, since the probablity that Romney will be elected isn't very high, and it's dropping fast. So it looks like we'll see four more years of no presidential leadership in a deeply gridlocked and politically dysfunctional nation.

Another good find CM, though I would argue the power to appoint justices to the Supreme Court is still a paramount concern and ideologically and fiscally important. Originally Posted by I B Hankering

Quite right!

I just thought the piece was sort of funny, since it could be glommed onto by people on both sides of the political divide.

These social changes are massive undertakings that take long years to accomplish.

Look around at the world at large. I see poverty, rebellion, and war.

. . . Do you see any of that in this country?

President of ALL the people??

The only time I can remember the Country being this divided was back in our Vietnam War days.

President Obama has been a failure in doing the one thing he pledged to do above all else, bring us all together.

He is still my President, hopefully only untill Jan 2013. Originally Posted by Jackie S

Will Obama have his teleprompter at the debate?
How far in advance do you think the Obama team will have the questions?

Rmoney IS a cartoon!

Obama is a joke too, Little Stevie, as you would obviously realize if you were capable of critical thinking.

Are your thought processes so muddled by blind partisan bias that you can't see that?

Judging from your myriad posts in this forum, that seems to be the case. Otherwise you would have understood the cartoon and would agree with its simple and unambiguous message.