I commented below about the Chuck Asay cartoon reprinted this morning in the AGN. Goes something like this . . .
BUSH AND ELEPHANT TO IRAQI PARENTS PUSHING A PERAMBULATOR LABELED "IRAQI VOTE": What a beautiful child! It is my hope that she will grow up to honor her courageous parents!
KERRY AND DONKEY TO SAME PARENTS: Humph! I'm afraid it's not a democracy yet!
It occurs to me that a more accurate cartoon would have shown Bush and his buds Rummy and Condi in fraternity shirts walk up to the Iraqi parents (Yes, I know that Condi is technically a woman; I still think she works as a frat-boy):
BUSH: (to Iraqi man) Hey, dude, guess what? I'm that kid's father.
RUMMY AND CONDI: (high-fiving each other) Woo-hoo!
BUSH: (to Iraqi man who looks puzzled) Dude! I SLEPT with your WIFE! She was HOT. I im-perg-na-rated her!
RUMMY AND CONDI: (more high-fives) Mission ACCOMPLISHED, dude!
The cartoon would be titled "State of the Union Triumphalism"
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That is the nature of the conservatives. They can see things only in black and white, good and evil. The bravery displayed by the Iraqi people can't be denied, but anyone who thinks life will change much for them is sadly mistaken. They are still occupied by a foreign military force that has killed innocents by the thousands, has wrecked their country's infrastructure, polluted the land with depleted uranium and is never, ever going to leave. They just don't get the irony of democracy at gunpoint. Or perhaps they do, but feign ignorance in order to toe the Republican line, which is even worse.
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