The Person That Turns Over the Most Rocks Wins the Game

Rob Smith, Jr., 2/16/13:

There is a crisis, but Smith won't tell you any more than that it exists.

But, boy howdy, it's a Big Red Crisis!

God Will Know His Own

Rob Smith, Jr., 12/28/12:

It's true -- in all of those countries that have violent video games but strong gun restrictions (i.e., pretty much the entire rest of the civilized world), there are mass murders just as violent as in the US, only using other methods.

Oh, wait -- it's the opposite of that. Why do cartoonists insist on declaring things that can easily be proved wrong?

Asking for It

Rob Smith, Jr., 11/21/12:

Retailers, with their scandalously skimpy Black Friday prices and their hedonistic advertising come-ons, are seducing red-blooded Americas, who of course cannot control their impulses.

Therefore, we need a national retail policy with real teeth, enforced on the federal level, right?

Time to Leave the Nest

Rob Smith, Jr., 10/1712:

Romney is so ideologically blinkered that he seriously thinks a man-sized bird with stubby arms (not wings) is capable of flight.

Even worse, he apparently doesn't realize it's a costume.

Mitt I Love You But We Only Have 14 Hours To Save the Earth!

Rob Smith, Jr., 9/10/12:

...and then replacing it with something extremely similar -- since the original was based on right-wing plans from the Heritage Foundation -- that doesn't have the stink of liberalism on it.

And if that wastes two or three years, who cares? It's not as if anybody dies from lack of health care!

Bad, Bad Paul Ryan

Rob Smith, Jr., 8/18/12:

Paul Ryan, who has just joined the Romney ticket barely a week ago, is already completely out of control -- and, in contrast to his smart, principled, wonky reputation, he's actually a vicious junkyard dog resorting to the lowest level of politics.

And, apparently, Smith is so ecstatic about this development that he's neglected entirely to have any joke in this particular cartoon.

Who Am I Kidding? I Can't Build a Cat.

Rob Smith, Jr., 7/20/12:

Anything that we don't create utterly without any help from anyone else in the world, or building on existing knowledge, is completely useless.

Also, y'know, government sucks! Anarchy now! Let the Randian job creators make their immortality potions in their entirely personally-owned and not at all government-connected research labs!

Note the Subtly Sexist Attack on Michelle Obama, As Well

Rob Smith, Jr., 6/29/12:

Yes, it would be best if the USA had a single-payer health care system, eliminating the high cost of maintaining a private-sector system of insurance and employing doctors directly by the state to keep those costs down as well.

Congratulations, Rob! You're a socialist!

He Won the Sandbox

Rob Smith, Jr., 2/30/12:

Higher gas prices are literally the only thing that right-wingers have to complain about Obama's presidency, and so they're left praying that gas companies and speculators continue to make windfall profits to help their guy out in November, and studiously ignoring the fact that petrochemicals are sold on a global market which is only affect to a tiny degree by anything the US does.

Corporations of the World, Unite!

Rob Smith, Jr., 3/23/12:

If you don't let corporations do every last thing they want to do, you're a dirty stinking Commie!

Also, nothing in the world is allowed to have the same initials as anything else.

Ignorance *IS* Strength!

Rob Smith, Jr., 3/17/12:

What you don't know can't hurt you.

And Smith means that literally -- that people will only get upset, or sick, or injured, by things that they know about. So that means, logically, that if we teach our kids only about abstinence, they physically can't get pregnant, and if we ignore all emissions controls, our air will never make anyone sick.

Didn't Even Try To Work in a Solyndra Reference, Tsk-Tsk

Rob Smith, Jr., 3/10/12:

Smith really, really hates Obama, and projects his feelings of overwhelming anger onto how he wishes the President would react to things.

I haven't found any news story of Obama even mentioning the flares, though several satire sites say that the Republican candidates are blaming him for them.

Also: is Obama a world-devouring giant, or does he have teeny-tiny staffers?

I'm Getting Nuttin' for Christmas

Rob Smith, Jr., 10/5/11:

Why on earth would candidates waste money to target people who can't vote?

Now, a return to the old saloon style of vote-buying, with free drinks and a ride to every nearby polling place -- that I could definitely see.

Two-Headed Janus

Rob Smith, Jr., 8/26/11:

All of those little people to the left are millionaires, since that's who Buffet said should pay more taxes.

And they made their money in the stock market, which is, Smith insists here, nothing more than gambling.

You can look for intellectual coherence here, if you like, but I don't think you'll find it.

Word-Association Game

Rob Smith, Jr., 8/5/11:

Remember: Tea Party members are generally young, happy people, despite anything you might have thought or seen.

Similarly, liberals love guns.

Or perhaps I should just note that Mr. Smith cartoons for The Glen Beck Program, and make one of those "know what I mean?" expressions.

A Common Attitude Among Republicans

Rob Smith, Jr., 5/14/11:

To translate: "Golly, those black people do like President Obama, don't they? And don't they shuck and jive very entertainingly, as well!"

You can almost smell the condescension dripping off of this cartoon.

Bitches Ain't Nothin'

Rob Smith, Jr., 3/22/11:

Women are obnoxious henpecking harridans! Especially when they're black, and double especially when their husbands are powerful! Ha. Ha. Ha.

Rob Smith, Jr.: 2/11/11

Rob Smith, Jr., 2/11/11:
Politicians have high opinions of themselves. Although, let's be honest: no one connected with Glen Beck should be tossing any brickbats....

Rob Smith, Jr.: 2/8/11

Rob Smith, Jr., 2/8/11:
Talking with your mouth full is rude, and only liberals would be rude. Smith would also like to point out that ever eating anything other than celery sticks after mildly calling for better nutrition standards is so totally hypocritical, man!

Rob Smith, Jr.: 2/4/11

Rob Smith, Jr., 2/4/11:
The new GOP majority in the House has already gutted masses of domestic spending programs. Also, anything government does that doesn't have a gun or bomb in it is girly stuff, anyway.