Comments on: WHAT were they thinking? http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818 Fri, 10 Sep 2010 04:47:30 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Jimmy Mac http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818&cpage=1#comment-39105 Jimmy Mac Wed, 18 Feb 2009 23:30:14 +0000 http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818#comment-39105 "WHAT were they thinking?" THINKING! The NY Post? The only faint weasling opportunity they have is to attack Al "The Attack Dog" Sharpton. Otherwise ....... Want to take a bet whether any of the Senate or House Republican leadership comes out and castigates or even tut-tuts against the Post on this? And we know that Rush Humbug and Sean Hairbrained will excoriate the Post. Yep. I can hear it now: freedom of speech! First Amendment rights! It's all because of Obama's bad actions! “WHAT were they thinking?”

THINKING! The NY Post? The only faint weasling opportunity they have is to attack Al “The Attack Dog” Sharpton. Otherwise …….

Want to take a bet whether any of the Senate or House Republican leadership comes out and castigates or even tut-tuts against the Post on this? And we know that Rush Humbug and Sean Hairbrained will excoriate the Post. Yep. I can hear it now: freedom of speech! First Amendment rights! It’s all because of Obama’s bad actions!

]]> By: Frances Rossi http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818&cpage=1#comment-39080 Frances Rossi Wed, 18 Feb 2009 19:48:25 +0000 http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818#comment-39080 You would think that even the New York Post would be beyond the monkey humor at this point. Clearly not and not defensible in any way if you ask me. You would think that even the New York Post would be beyond the monkey humor at this point. Clearly not and not defensible in any way if you ask me.

]]> By: Bob Nunz http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818&cpage=1#comment-39073 Bob Nunz Wed, 18 Feb 2009 18:27:04 +0000 http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818#comment-39073 The Post publishing this, then defending it is neither a surprise nor out of character with their long running Murdoch style approach to events. But in the continued anti-bipartisan mood fueled by Rush and the toxic House of Reps situattion, what's not to expect? I think the folks who voted for change will be further angered at the anti-Obama forces who will continue in their bubbles for whatever reason. Kind of like polarization in the American Church and the kind of comments piosted on blogs (like thecomments on the ones at America at least on Mickens or BXVI,Pelosi and Deal Hudson,) The Post publishing this, then defending it is neither a surprise nor out of character with their long running Murdoch style approach to events.
But in the continued anti-bipartisan mood fueled by Rush and the toxic House of Reps situattion, what’s not to expect?
I think the folks who voted for change will be further angered at the anti-Obama forces who will continue in their bubbles for whatever reason.
Kind of like polarization in the American Church and the kind of comments piosted on blogs (like thecomments on the ones at America at least on Mickens or BXVI,Pelosi and Deal Hudson,)

]]> By: william collier http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818&cpage=1#comment-39069 william collier Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:07:43 +0000 http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818#comment-39069 Dumb and insensitive. The Post notes that "Sean Delonas' Cartoons do not run every day." We can be thankful for small favors. Dumb and insensitive. The Post notes that “Sean Delonas’ Cartoons do not run every day.” We can be thankful for small favors.

]]> By: David Nickol http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818&cpage=1#comment-39065 David Nickol Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:44:44 +0000 http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818#comment-39065 There has been no report that the chimp was rabid, and chimps are not monkeys, so The Huffington Post is being sloppy on those two points. I think the implication was almost certainly intended to be that the bill was so bad it was written by berserk chimps. One of the criticisms of the bill is that it was <i>not</i> written by Obama, who delegated the task to congress. But it's a horrible cartoon, especially considering that someone lies in the hospital at the moment, suffering from horrifying injuries, who may very well not survive. Editorial cartoons of course use news events in this way, but I don't recall one where an accidental tragedy of such a personal and gruesome nature was used while the story was still playing out. It doesn't really make the political point very well, and it's just cruel considering what the victim and the chimp owner are going through. There has been no report that the chimp was rabid, and chimps are not monkeys, so The Huffington Post is being sloppy on those two points.

I think the implication was almost certainly intended to be that the bill was so bad it was written by berserk chimps. One of the criticisms of the bill is that it was not written by Obama, who delegated the task to congress.

But it’s a horrible cartoon, especially considering that someone lies in the hospital at the moment, suffering from horrifying injuries, who may very well not survive. Editorial cartoons of course use news events in this way, but I don’t recall one where an accidental tragedy of such a personal and gruesome nature was used while the story was still playing out. It doesn’t really make the political point very well, and it’s just cruel considering what the victim and the chimp owner are going through.

]]> By: Mollie Wilson O'Reilly http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818&cpage=1#comment-39059 Mollie Wilson O'Reilly Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:31:21 +0000 http://www.commonwealmagazine.org/blog/?p=2818#comment-39059 I don't understand what point the cartoon is trying to make... and I <i>definitely</i> don't understand why nobody thought better of running it! I don’t understand what point the cartoon is trying to make… and I definitely don’t understand why nobody thought better of running it!

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