Mar 31, 2011

Screw You Guys, I'm Going Home

Joel Pett, 3/30/11:
This has the air of a cartoon that's responding to some very specific news item -- presumably, that Newt Gingrich stole a presidential seal from an inner-city school somewhere, one that's also the alma mater of some NBA star.

Perhaps it's a belated response to Gingrich's criticism of Obama filling out an NCAA bracket, two weeks ago?

The most recent Gingrich news, of course, is that he's worried that the US will become “a secular atheist country, potentially one dominated by radical Islamists.” As do we all! But that has little to do with basketball.

Frankly, Editorial Explanations is stumped. Any theories are welcome.
Posted by Andrew Wheeler at 12:01 PM
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2 comments:

  1. Anonymous12:36 PM, March 31, 2011

    Maybe it means: the kid has a never-will-happen pipe dream of joining the NBA. He tells this to Newt after seeing Newt's never-will-happen pipe dream of being president.

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  2. Clay Jones3:48 PM, March 31, 2011

    I don't get this cartoon either. I'm lost. I think Joel Pett is one of the best cartoonists out there, but this one stumps me.

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