Liberty is an inherently offensive lifestyle. Living in a free society guarantees that each one of us will see our most cherished principles and beliefs questioned and in some cases mocked. That psychic discomfort is the price we pay for basic civic peace. It's worth it. It's a pragmatic principle. Defend everyone else's rights, because if you don't there is no one to defend yours. -- MaxedOutMama

I don't just want gun rights... I want individual liberty, a culture of self-reliance....I want the whole bloody thing. -- Kim du Toit

The most glaring example of the cognitive dissonance on the left is the concept that human beings are inherently good, yet at the same time cannot be trusted with any kind of weapon, unless the magic fairy dust of government authority gets sprinkled upon them.-- Moshe Ben-David

The cult of the left believes that it is engaged in a great apocalyptic battle with corporations and industrialists for the ownership of the unthinking masses. Its acolytes see themselves as the individuals who have been "liberated" to think for themselves. They make choices. You however are just a member of the unthinking masses. You are not really a person, but only respond to the agendas of your corporate overlords. If you eat too much, it's because corporations make you eat. If you kill, it's because corporations encourage you to buy guns. You are not an individual. You are a social problem. -- Sultan Knish

All politics in this country now is just dress rehearsal for civil war. -- Billy Beck

Friday, September 17, 2004

OK, Now that Photobucket's Back Up: Cartoons!

Let's abuse my bandwith privileges again and see what some of my favorite political cartoonists have to say about RatherGate. First up, the LA Times's Mike Ramirez with the "black eye" image I've been expecting:

Next, AOL News's Bob Gorrell, with the correct understanding of the situation:

I said the same thing as Robert Arial of South Carolina's The State: Just keep giving Dan the rope, he's making the noose and stepping onto the trap door.

Interestingly, several cartoonists have jumped on the Watergate/Nixonian meme, such as Gary Varvel of the Indianapolis Star,

Larry Wright of the Detroit News,

Chuck Asay of the Colorado Springs Gazette,

and Doug Marlette of Tribune Media.

But Kirk Walters of the Toledo Blade cuts right to the heart of the matter:

CBS has burned what credibility they had by continuing to defend obvious forgeries and refusing to admit what those forgeries mean to their campaign smear story.

Note: I didn't do a cartoon collection on the sunset of the "Assault Weapons Ban" because I really didn't feel the need for a RCOB™ moment hour.

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