Toon: Obama Defends His Patriotism...
...and takes a big old step to the center, Clinton-style. Yuck. As a big fan of the separation of church and state, his proposal to expand Bush's government funding for faith-based programs has me particularly pissed off. After the Bush years, I want LESS religion in my politics, not more, thank you very much!
Obama does say he won't allow govt-funded religious groups to discriminate based on religion in hiring. But he says nothing about sexual orientation or other non-federally-protected categories. I really hope he's not ok with funding organizations like the Salvation Army that outright refuse to hire gay folks.
I told you I was finding all his change talk a lot harder to believe in. Blech.
Before anyone freaks out on me: calm down, I'm not saying there's no damn difference between Obama and McCain. McCain is a horrible right-wing conservative, and nothing is going to stop me from voting for Obama. And I hope to hell he wins. I just wish I was voting for a real progressive, not a pandering free-trade-loving "bipartisan" Clintonian centrist.
P.S. The sad thing is, I didn't think I'd ever have to draw an Obama-critical cartoon (except for the one I did a while back about how none of the candidates but Kucinich supported marriage equality). And I certainly do plan to spend most of my ink this election season going after McCain. But I was just SO MAD listening to the way Obama was talking this week that I couldn't hold back.
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"The sad thing is, I didn't think I'd ever have to draw an Obama-critical cartoon"
Really? He set himself up for this by portraying himself somehow above "old" politics--as if he makes political decisions on some higher level.
His moves over the last two weeks have been pretty infuriating.
Good cartoon.
I mean that I originally thought I might wait until AFTER he was safely elected to critique him in a serious way. But yeah, that didn't last long.
Did you guys seriously think he wouldn't make a hard move to the center as soon as he won the nomination? You know he's running for President of THIS COUNTRY, right? And that in order for him to do us any good at all, he has to WIN?
Come on now. He's playing smart. Criticize him once he gets in office, not for what he has to say to placate the rubes and balance the fact that the fourth estate is now so completely worthless the candidates have to game it to get elected.
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marc:
too roight.
he has to pander at least a tiny bit to some of those crazy nudnicks who think he's a gun hating, baby eating, liberal Marxist communo-fascist Muslim. He might even fool some of them. Or atleast confound them long enough to maybe outrun OldMan McBush.
That thing he did there. I sees it.
Loved your toon. Here's my take:
http://www.politicker.com/ideological-changes-you-can-believe
Missed you in San Antonio. Jeff Parker was campaigning on your behalf. Hopefully I'll see you around one of these days.
Yeah, that was the first AAEC I've missed since 2003. I'll be there in Seattle, though!
First, allow me to introduce myself.
As you can clearly see, my name is Brandon, and I discovered your blog while researching a school assignment one night.
I was quite impressed by your "50 Shots" cartoon, so I posted it on my blog, and made a self-reminder to revisit yours when the time was appropriate.
Second, in response to your most recent post about Barack Obama's politically convenient policy shifts, I'd like to say the following...
I don't like double-talk anymore than you or any other like-minded constituent, but I agree with Marc.
While it is important for Obama to not alienate his democratic base of supporters, in order to win the general election he MUST lure those voters who share considerably different values and principles, but have nonetheless been disaffected by the Bush Administration.
John McCain, for all his professed conservatism, is not a quintessential conservative. He will not endear himself to republican voters in the same way that Bush did in 2000 and 2004.
There is a seam in the GOP's fabric, and Obama, like any politician worth his salt, seeks to exploit it.
Furthermore, the evangelical movement seems to be undergoing a schism, as the agenda of the religious right (anti-abortion, anti-gay marriage, etc.) may be giving way to truly ethical issues, like poverty, and environmental preservation/protection.
Anyway, I'm looking forward to engaging you in a discourse on these matters in the future.
Until then...
Hi Mikhaela,i was just "brought back" to "the Boiling point" after hearing your feature on Phil Jupitus' homage to the comic strip radio show on Radio four this morning.
"Bush versus My Cat" has remained a long term favourite,but,of course that reminds me of the point you make about not earning anything from the internet(slightly guilty shrug)..
As far as Obama goes,i'm with you in finding the whole religious zeal thing really alarming,that ,along with talking up the possibility of "taking out" AlQieda targets on the Pakistan border with that famous "surgical strike" ability(i see he is visiting "Busharraf" today,casing the joint personally,for another,ongoing "remote War",that the locals feel has already started)...If anything, he reminds me of the grinning arse Blair..now there's a comic strip on a plate,Blair as Peace envoy!..thats right ,enable two entirely "elective" Wars while you are IN power,then ,convert to Catholicism in retirement in order to take up the "real work",judged by God alone!..In the U.K. we are of course "shoulder to shoulder" (oh those sickening Bush/Blair press conferences!)..more like joined at the hip these days.
Our mainstream media covered every beat of the nomination campaign,as Barack and Hilary tore each other apart! Hilary fighting on,beyond the point of defeat ,it seemed..and apart from the proposed bombings of Pakistan and ,in Hilary's case the "nuking" of Iran should they lift a finger towards Israel,just what are their policies? or ideas? Obamas slogan "yes we can" is surely the copyright of "Bob the builder"
http://www.bobthebuilder.com/uk/index.asp?origref=
So,apart from the mass of ever-hopeful Liberals like me ,at least he's got the toddler vote...
cheers
Chris Morrell
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