Dan Wasserman, Boston Globe
Analog - Term used to describe something or someone that is outdated, antiquated, or just old school in a lame way. Opposite of digital, as in cool and upbeat.
Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press
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- Is there any precedent for another former President or Vice President having the kind of week that Dick Cheney had these past few days? Not that I can remember. It was one in which "The Dick" embraced Rush Limbaugh and condemned Colin Powell, essentially exiling him from the Republican Party. Cheney did so in mocking terms which, I'm sure, endeared him to the few moderates left inside his political party
When an advisor warned him against conflict with the Catholic Church, Josef Stalin contemptuously demanded, "How many divisions does the pope have?"
Willliam J. Hamblin and Daniel C. Peterson, The Pope's Division
Jeff Danziger, Syndicated Political Cartoonist
Just the two of us
We can make it if we try
Just the two of us
Just the two of us
Building castles in the sky
Just the two of us
You and I
Grover Washington, Jr. and Bill Withers, Just the Two of Us
Pat Oliphant, Universal Press Syndicate
Taylor Jones, Politicalcartoons.com
Mark Streeter, Savannah Morning News
Jeff Darcy, Cleveland Plain-Dealer
Ben Sargent, Universal Press Syndicate
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- Given the high-profile 'Dick and Rush Show' of the past week, how exactly is it affecting the Republican brand? A Gallup Poll released just today confirmed that the Republican Party -- which not long ago had solid support amongst rural and suburban voters -- is losing ground across all demographic groups. Moreover, the Democratic Party leads 53% to 39% by party identification -- a remarkable change since the 2000 Election
Political Party - Parties often espouse an expressed ideology or vision bolstered by a written platform with specific goals, coalition among disparate interests.
ox·y·mo·ron - A rhetorical figure in which incongruous or contradictory terms are combined, as in a deafening silence and a mournful optimist.
R.J. Matson, New York Daily News and Roll Call
Kirk Walters, Toledo Blade
R.J. Matson, New York Daily News and Roll Call
Drew Sheneman, New Jersey Star-Ledger
Steve Benson, Arizona Republic
Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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- Is Dick Cheney helping the GOP commit political suicide or is he a cunning Machiavellian who is years ahead of everyone else? The more help he receives from his friends at FOX News -- who are flailing around to find a credible opposition voice to Barack Obama -- the worse off he seems to be doing. Here are a couple of comments from a recent National Journal Political Insiders Poll in which 57% of Republicans said former Vice President Dick Cheney has "hurt the Republican Party since leaving office"
Representative comments:
"Anything that reminds the public of the Bush administration harms the party's ability to turn the page. If he'd had any concern for his public image when he was in office, he wouldn't have to worry as much about defending his reputation now."
"There is nothing Dick Cheney can say or do to help the Republican Party today. The best thing he can do is disappear for the next 10 years."
R.J. Matson, New York Daily News and Roll Call
Jeff Stahler, Columbus Dispatch
Nate Beeler, Washington Examiner
Gary Markstein, Copley News Service
David Horsey, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
If there was any doubt that this chickenhawk was shameless and devoid of morals in his conduct during eight years of the Bush Regime, these cartoons below reveal the man's true character
Stuart Carlson, Universal Press Syndicate
Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune
R.J. Matson, New York Daily News and Roll Call
Steve Sack, Minneapolis Star-Tribune
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- Are we finally going to see the dawning of another "Age of Aquarius?"
Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius!
Aquarius!
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
Let the sunshine, let the sunshine in, the sunshine in
The Fifth Dimension, Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
Dave Granlund, Politicalcartoons.com
John Sherffius, Boulder Daily Camera
Obama's not exactly been getting a free ride on this agonizing issue of torture practices under the Bush Administration. While Republicans are using their traditional diversionary tactics, many Democrats have a simple message for the President: enforce the law and uphold the best traditions of this country
"For all of you defend-Obama-at-all-cost cheerleaders who are about to descend into my comment section and other online venues to explain how Obama did the right thing because of National Security, I have this question: if you actually want to argue that concealing these photographs is the right thing to do, then you must have been criticizing Obama when, two weeks ago, he announced that he would release them. Otherwise, it's pretty clear that you don't have any actual beliefs other than: "I support what Obama does because it's Obama who does it." So for those arguing today that concealing these photographs is the right thing to do: were you criticizing Obama two weeks ago for announcing he would release these photographs?"
Glenn Greenwald, Salon
Rob Rogers, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Stuart Carlson, Universal Press Syndicate
Ted Rall, Universal Press Syndicate
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- What qualities is Barack Obama looking for in the next nominee for the US Supreme Court? The Republicans, true to form, are behaving "illogically"
Matt Bors, Idiot Box
THE DREADED 'E' WORD.... When Justice David Souter announced his retirement from the Supreme Court, President Obama described his ideal justice as a person of intelligence, excellence, integrity, and empathy.
Stuart Carlson, Universal Press Syndicate
Almost immediately, "empathy" became a terribly scary word to conservatives, who said it was "code" for "judicial activism." (The irony is, phrases like "judicial activism" and "strict constructionist" are themselves code words for the right.) It led the erudite chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Steele, to tell a national radio audience last week, "Crazy nonsense empathetic! I'll give you empathy. Empathize right on your behind!"
Steve Benen, Washington Monthly
Tim Eagan, Deep Cover
Chip Bok, Akron Beacon-Journal
I'm not a huge 'Star Trek' fan but I do like many of the episodes I've seen of the original series in re-runs. Not unlike many of you, my favorite character is Mr. Spock played by Leonard Nimoy.