Halloween Political Cartoons

Published October 31st, 2006 - 11:50 pm

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They can’t all be rightwing! Here are five good Halloween political cartoons:

Club Blue

Published October 31st, 2006 - 10:10 pm

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Tell It Like It Is
The Neville Brothers, Bonnie Raitt, Greg Allman, Herbie Hancock
at the Storyville Jazz Hall, New Orleans, 1988

MORE CLASSLESS REPUBLICANS

Published October 31st, 2006 - 10:07 pm

Posted by QuestionGirl in Election

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RICHMOND, Va. — A heckler who confronted Sen. George Allen at a campaign appearance Tuesday was put in a chokehold and slammed to the floor by three of the Republican’s supporters in an incident captured on video.
Mike Stark, a liberal blogger and first-year University of Virginia law student, approached Allen at an event in Charlottesville, [...]

ANOTHER NO CLASS REPUBLICAN

Published October 31st, 2006 - 10:04 pm

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SUNRISE, Fla. — The funny girl wasn’t laughing.
Super diva Barbra Streisand had a drink lobbed at her Monday after a skit with a George W. Bush impersonator that poked fun at the president.
Streisand’s publicist, Dick Guttman, said a paper cup filled with some sort of liquid was thrown on stage but apparently did not hit [...]

KERRY’S COMMENTS CHANGE NOTHING….NADA….NICHTS…..NIENTE

Published October 31st, 2006 - 7:05 pm

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Who has insulted our troops? Who lied about Saddam having WMD’s to send our kids into war, and who thinks that’s oh so funny……making jokes about it, while our kids continue to die in Iraq??? Who sends soldiers suffering with PTDS back into war? Who cuts funding for traumatic brain [...]

RUMSFELD: IRAQ TO BOOST SECURITY FORCE

Published October 31st, 2006 - 5:46 pm

Posted by Mirth in Congress, Iraq, Middle East, Pentagon, Rumsfeld

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said on Tuesday Iraq was expected to build up its security force beyond the goal of 325,000, as high levels of violence persist in the country.
With training of Iraqi security forces crucial to U.S. hopes of reducing its own troops in Iraq, Rumsfeld said he had received [...]

CAN’T GET NO

Published October 31st, 2006 - 5:32 pm

Posted by Mirth in Miscellaneous

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Stones May Pay for Concert Delays
Rolling Stones fans can’t get no satisfaction—all because Mick Jagger can’t get no Robitussin.
The venerable rockers have been forced to cancel their second U.S. show in three days while the AARP-eligible frontman recovers from yet more vocal hiccups.
But considering the fan backlash, Jagger may now wish he’d just popped a [...]

HUBBLE TO BE REPAIRED

Published October 31st, 2006 - 5:08 pm

Posted by Mirth in Miscellaneous

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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.
NASA Administrator Michael Griffin on Tuesday approved sending a space shuttle to repair the 16-year-old Hubble Space Telescope, reversing his predecessor’s contentious decision to nix the mission.
Griffin’s announcement was greeted eagerly by astronomers who feared Hubble would deteriorate before the end of the decade without a mission to add new camera instruments, sensors [...]

CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY FINAL MID-TERM REPORT

Published October 31st, 2006 - 4:43 pm

Posted by Mirth in Election, Voting

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CQ Weekly has released its final special report before the 2006 midterm elections, complete with analysis of every competitive race in the country by the staff of CQPolitics.com.
This final overview of the political landscape finds the Nov. 7 elections shaping up as a collision between the Republican Party’s fundraising and voter turnout proficiency with [...]