It's H-E-double hockey sticks for the lot of you!
Feb 20, 2012
Religion by Democracy?
Terry Wise, 2/18/12:
So few people really understand what it means to be part of an autocratic religion these days -- why, 98% of Catholic women have even used birth control!
It's H-E-double hockey sticks for the lot of you!
It's H-E-double hockey sticks for the lot of you!
Bipartisanship Is Dangerous to Your Health
Charlie Daniel, 2/17/12:
Mr. Massive Heart Attack there is so opposed to a payroll tax cut that it just killed him.
(Either that, or he's so shocked that the Dems and GOP actually worked together that it put him over the edge.)
(Either that, or he's so shocked that the Dems and GOP actually worked together that it put him over the edge.)
Feb 17, 2012
Don't Show This Cartoon in Kansas!
Chuck Asay, 2/16/12:
I'm flabbergasted that Asay even knows how to spell "evolution," let alone is willing to use it in a cartoon.
So it would probably be gauche of me to point out that his conception here is more like Lysenkoism -- the Communist dogma of the erstwhile Soviet Union -- than actual Darwininan evolution as it is currently understood. Ten points for trying, Chuck!
So it would probably be gauche of me to point out that his conception here is more like Lysenkoism -- the Communist dogma of the erstwhile Soviet Union -- than actual Darwininan evolution as it is currently understood. Ten points for trying, Chuck!
Completely Full of It
Ann Cleaves, 2/16/12:
Cleaves's cartoons are always so sweet and open that my first thought -- that this cartoon is deeply, wickedly cynical -- must be wrong.
But then it makes absolutely no sense, particularly since she's neglected to label these civic-minded folks driving to wherever (Washington?) with their truck-loads of money.
But then it makes absolutely no sense, particularly since she's neglected to label these civic-minded folks driving to wherever (Washington?) with their truck-loads of money.
Feb 16, 2012
Biased Media Are Biased
Chuck Asay, 2/14/12:
The lamestream media hate real Americans and are biased.
That's it -- no joke, no commentary on any actual event, not even any real panel-to-panel continuity of concept, just a bald assertion that the people Asay doesn't like are evil doody-heads.
That's it -- no joke, no commentary on any actual event, not even any real panel-to-panel continuity of concept, just a bald assertion that the people Asay doesn't like are evil doody-heads.
Baby You Can Push My Car
Larry Wright, 2/15/12:
When I'm writing run-on sentences anyone can expect to know that sense I'm not making cars running for President good night Mrs. Callabash wherever you are.
A Typical Case of American Blind Justice
Paul Berge, 2/15/12:
Your guess is as good as mine: there's not even enough to Google from here.
Some woman with an "M" in her name, some place where Berge's cartoons appear, is against something, and the courts have ruled against her, possibly repeatedly.
Some woman with an "M" in her name, some place where Berge's cartoons appear, is against something, and the courts have ruled against her, possibly repeatedly.
Way Down Upon the Pawn-ee River
Terry Wise, 2/15/12:
If you can get enough to pay for tuition from a second-hand medium-sized TV, your kid goes to a really cheap college.
Also, I'm assuming that isn't meant to be a huge hole in the upper right-hand corner of the set, but it certainly looks like one.
Also, I'm assuming that isn't meant to be a huge hole in the upper right-hand corner of the set, but it certainly looks like one.
Feb 15, 2012
Cupid Don't Fail Me
Now, one has to expect a certain number of Cupid cartoons on Valentine's Day, but one also hopes they will be different Cupid cartoons.
Glenn McCoy:
Robert Ariail:
And then there's Deb Milbrath, who apparently didn't read the memo carefully enough, since this one doesn't quite make sense:
So the GOP Cupid-elephants are trying to make Romney fall in love with...them? Because he's not campaigning hard enough for the Presidential job already?
Glenn McCoy:
Robert Ariail:
Freedom's Just Another Word For Something I Don't Want to Have To Do
Lisa Benson, 2/14/12:
It's true: Americans are now forced to attend a government church.
No? OK, then they're denied the right to choose their religious leaders.
Not that either? All right, they can't pray in public.
Huh? What religious freedom did we lose? The inalienable right to have organizations running hospitals and schools in twenty-two states deny medical coverage to women?
No? OK, then they're denied the right to choose their religious leaders.
Not that either? All right, they can't pray in public.
Huh? What religious freedom did we lose? The inalienable right to have organizations running hospitals and schools in twenty-two states deny medical coverage to women?
Of COURSE He's Smarter Than YOU!
Joel Pett, 2/14/12:
There are no other reasons why anyone could possibly dislike President Obama or his policies -- anyone even the slightest bit less than enthusiastic is a racist anti-elitist.
Feb 14, 2012
The First Amen-dment
Eric Allie, 2/13/12:
Don't we all know the clause in the 1st Amendment that reads, "Any organization with the most tenuous connection to a religion shall be allowed to ignore any laws it doesn't like?"
Just wait until the Christian Science Widget Manufacturing Group decides on its health care plan!
Just wait until the Christian Science Widget Manufacturing Group decides on its health care plan!
Is This What They Call "Social Insurance?"
Tim Hartman, 2/13/12:
That's right! Every American should have the right to veto payment for any health-care related expense for any other American, no matter what!
Your fat neighbor needs a heart bypass? Denied!
That grumpy kid you never liked gets cancer? No chemo for you, little creep!
Well-care for that fifth pregnancy of Mrs. Holier-than-thou? Sorry, babe, better pray harder!
Your fat neighbor needs a heart bypass? Denied!
That grumpy kid you never liked gets cancer? No chemo for you, little creep!
Well-care for that fifth pregnancy of Mrs. Holier-than-thou? Sorry, babe, better pray harder!
The Only Emperor Is the Emperor Of Ice Cream
Ron Rogers, 2/13/12:
There are two things that confuse me about this cartoon:
1) Are the numbers meaningful? Suited guys like Santorum to the power of 10, his fellow sweater-vest wearers at level 30, and church ladies only like him 5?
2) Is the church lady's left arm actually attached to anything, or is she just clutching a severed stump with her right arm?
1) Are the numbers meaningful? Suited guys like Santorum to the power of 10, his fellow sweater-vest wearers at level 30, and church ladies only like him 5?
2) Is the church lady's left arm actually attached to anything, or is she just clutching a severed stump with her right arm?
Feb 13, 2012
Paging Master Blaster
Mike Lester, 2/11/12:
Lester apparently would like to claim that electric cars actually run on human excrement.
And since, to his mind, anything ecological is evil, that's enough of a reason to avoid it.
But, honestly, if we had a car that ran on human waste, wouldn't that be a great thing? It would solve two big problems at once, and probably make a bunch of people incredibly rich.
And since, to his mind, anything ecological is evil, that's enough of a reason to avoid it.
But, honestly, if we had a car that ran on human waste, wouldn't that be a great thing? It would solve two big problems at once, and probably make a bunch of people incredibly rich.
Can You Help a Fellow American Down on His Luck?
Michael Ramirez, 2/12/12:
The only political organization in the history of the world to ever engage in deficit spending is the current leadership of the US Democratic party.
That's right, isn't it? I mean, if a prior Republican administration -- say, one run by a guy named Bush -- had also run massive deficits, and had both vastly increased spending and cut tax revenue, then this cartoon would be just laughable, wouldn't it?
That's right, isn't it? I mean, if a prior Republican administration -- say, one run by a guy named Bush -- had also run massive deficits, and had both vastly increased spending and cut tax revenue, then this cartoon would be just laughable, wouldn't it?
Spare Change for the Highway Fund?
Lisa Benson, 2/11/12:
So California's unions, in Benson's conception, are trying to get random people to agree to join a "Tax Hike of the Month Club" -- somehow by analogy with a local fundraising table, where you get people to buy band booster stuff or donate to the wrestling team -- and this free-market solution is a bad thing?
Perhaps this metaphor is not quite as coherent as Benson hoped it would be.
Perhaps this metaphor is not quite as coherent as Benson hoped it would be.
Feb 10, 2012
Where's Mean Joe Greene When You Need Him?
Chuck Asay, 2/9/12:
It would have been far, far better to simply let our domestic auto industry collapse -- as Romney wanted -- than to allow the evil scourge of unionism to continue to live for another day.
Why, a union man wants fair pay for an honest day's work! We can't have that!
Why, a union man wants fair pay for an honest day's work! We can't have that!
Are There Any Republicans Left Who AREN'T "Conservative"?
Bob Gorrell, 2/9/12:
For an artist with serious chops, Gorrell draws a horrible, unrecognizable Romney.
Good thing he won't have to draw Romney for the next four years, isn't it?
Good thing he won't have to draw Romney for the next four years, isn't it?
I Don't Think We're in Kansas Anymore...
Russell Hodin, 2/9/12:
I don't have a joke here.
I just want other people to have to look at that horrifying image, the way I had to.
You're welcome.
I just want other people to have to look at that horrifying image, the way I had to.
You're welcome.
Feb 9, 2012
Senator Frothy Flexes
Ross Gosse, 2/8/12:
Merely an unfortunate pun on the candidates name or a deeply creepy and unpleasant glimpse of hell?
(And that's just the art!)
(And that's just the art!)
Getaway Car
Clay Bennett, 2/8/12:
So "Bigotry" is being dragged along the ground of ... America? ... by the car of gay marriage? And he's losing the shoe of righteousness as he tries to hold onto the tin can of popular opinion?
This metaphor may not be completely baked, perhaps....
This metaphor may not be completely baked, perhaps....
I Really Love His Stoneface, Oh
Tom Toles, 2/8/12:
And Easter Island here represents...the Republican party? The lack of enthusiasm for Romney? The desperate wish for any other candidate?
Is this just a really inside-the-beltway take on the lower voter turnout in the GOP primaries and caucuses, or what?
Is this just a really inside-the-beltway take on the lower voter turnout in the GOP primaries and caucuses, or what?
Every Sperm Is Sacred
Mike Peters, 2/8/12:
Not to pick on Peters specifically -- since practically every single editorial cartoonist in the nation has been hitting this erroneous point -- but the recent ruling does not force Catholic bishops or priests to do anything, or for anyone to throw condoms from the pulpit, or similar apocalyptic prescriptions.
What it actually does is deny employers that have some connection to a religious group -- hospitals, non-profit organizations, schools, and whatever other kinds of companies -- any specific exemption to a general list of coverage that a standard health plan should cover.
In other words, these folks asked for special treatment, to not have to pay for things they'd prefer not to or to play by the usual rules, and the government said, "No, you're not really that special, you can handle this."
What it actually does is deny employers that have some connection to a religious group -- hospitals, non-profit organizations, schools, and whatever other kinds of companies -- any specific exemption to a general list of coverage that a standard health plan should cover.
In other words, these folks asked for special treatment, to not have to pay for things they'd prefer not to or to play by the usual rules, and the government said, "No, you're not really that special, you can handle this."
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