Electoral democracy is a game dominated by diminished expectations. Year after year, we settle for candidates and feel relieved when disaster is averted by the election of a slightly less disastrous, yet still disastrous candidate.
Softened Up
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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This is just a variation on the “Voting for the lesser of two (or more) evil” meme.
DanD
Ted, I saw your “U-Turn” comic on Sputnik. I liked it. Thanks for supporting and being a part of Sputnik!
Yeah Hillary’s just a sleazy Steyer/Soros tool. Hell of a step up. Rubio’s a younger Latino Bush.
Citation for the Cruz/Rubio ‘Latino hating’?
I voted for Obama both times, and I was disappointed – some people will claim that he had his hands tied behind his back by the rupubelickhands and others may say that he never intended to do much of what he promised, but I will often wonder what might have been whispered in his ears to make him stand down from pulling us away from the Middle East, expanding the droning and allowing the corpserations and economic self-interests to continue their activities…. maybe a little “leave half your brains in Dallas” whispers?
the “zapruder” film…from the shooter’s view?
Any softer, Ted, and we’d just be jellied protoplasm spreading out on the surface of the table – or more likely, the floor….
Don’t say it’s deliberate !….
Henri