Economic catastrophe looms as the two parties lock in an epic ideological clash.
Dem vs. GOP Budget Smackdown!
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication and WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a contributor to Centerclip and co-host of "The Final Countdown" talk show on Radio Sputnik. He is a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "2024: Revisited."
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You forgot the square where they go out in public and pretend to be fighting each other furiously, and then make a deal on the “last day”
This is awesome, but yet, the putting on a front for the public would have been a nice touch if there were space for it
It’s like a silent “e.” It’s assumed and inconsequential.
To Ted’s credit, in the title square they have knives drawn. Everyone knows what will happen….they’ll raise the debt ceiling with no strings attached, but they’ll find a way for the Republicans to let it happen without losing face. It’s remarkable how they all go after Social Security, when we all know that Social Security does not contribute to the debt or deficit at all, it’s self sustaining.
You never go wrong relying on the ignorance of the American public.
Ted…I have to ask….Why is the knife Obama is holding a Khopesh blade? Are you playing the Muslim card here???
Sarcastically, yes.
Khopesh? I thought it was a sickle 🙂
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sickle33.jpg
@WillGere, it is definitely a khopesh blade, it doesn’t have the necessary curvature for a sickle.
Vas joke comrade.
Dig the crazy flag eh?
Nazi era except a Black Cat replaces the swastika 🙂
In the event that the weapon Mr Obama is holding is indeed intended to represent a Khopesh, I suggest that rather than «Muslim card», Ted is here playing the «New Dynasty card» as the weapon seems to have gone out of use after the fall of the latter, more than a thousand years before Islam became a glint in Mohammed’s eye. But then again, the battle between Messrs Obama and Boehner does seem entirely symbolic and the khopesh was used to symbolise the royal sword well into Ptolemaic if not Muslim times – perhaps Mr Obama fancies himself a descendent of Alexander the Great ?…
Henri
I suspect the cat face on the flag is Ted’s version of Art Spiegelman’s “Maus” logo crossed with Hello Kitty.