Inspired by the announcement that Obama is going on a charm offensive to convince us that he cares about our pain. He cares…but he ain’t gonna do a goddamn thing about it.
Democratic Deevolution
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, 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 "The Stringer."
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There is a large segment of the population (mostly single white older women and feminized men) that expect the President to care for them and take care of them.
Just curious if you are going to address the Molly Norris “situation”, and how will you blame America.
Isn’t there still a fatwa on Rushdie also after over 20 years? And he still goes out in public. I think there is more fear behind these fatwas than necessary, especially in America. I think Iraqis and Afghans have more to fear from drones than Molly Norris has to fear from fatwas.
US 395: They’re called “Republicans”. Bush’s entire schtick was “I’ll keep you safe from the bad guys”, and people let him get away with war crimes just so they’d feel safe and protected. Or have you forgotten the personality cult those assholes were building around the commander in chief?
Well Grimgrin, keeping us safe from external enemies is the role of the federal government. .Taking care of your every need is not.
Al, why don’t you tell that to Theo van Gogh’s family. Or Daniel Pearl’s as well.
Hate on Al, hate on.
No, you are the hateful one using 1 or 2 examples of extremism to bash Muslims.
You are like a fucking parrot with your “Theo van Gogh” shit. That is all I read on Islamophobic blogs, van Gogh this, van Gogh that. Theo van Gogh is the John Birch of Islamophobia.