Doonesbury Under Fire for Listing Palin Qualifications
Oh, Gary Trudeau is such a bastard. You won’t believe what he did. He summarized the Sarah Palin situation in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Sunday comic, Doonesbury.
Tim Graham will have none of it. In an article on NewsBusters.org, Graham quotes the entire strip—in case his readers are smart enough to read words, but can’t understand pictures. He accuses Trudeau of slinging mud, even though Trudeau actually presents a summary that anyone with half a brain should find persuasive.
Graham also criticized Doonesbury for, get this, not being funny: “Doonesbury. I remember when that strip was funny. Disco was king.” Graham apparently doesn’t get that the contents of Trudeau’s strip are actually…disturbing.
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That’s fantastic. Kudos to Gary Trudeau for speaking his mind. Political satire is always appropriate. Too bad for the Repubs that the truth hurts.
Thanks Gary! Too bad there wasn’t enough space to mention John McCain cheating on his first wife after she was crippled in a car accident.
http://www.factcheck.org/askfactcheck/did_john_mccain_cheat_on_his_first.html
the difference between politicians and people is that when people are insulted they are able to laugh it off. A politician will always resort to ‘verbal violence’ or just become downright nasty.