A self-described liberal, award-winning editorial cartoonist Chris Britt nevertheless delights in skewering deserving politicians of every persuasion. Britt's sardonic, biting cartoons are sometimes controversial, often outrageous and always thought-provoking.
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iamthelorax said, over 3 years ago
I guess Britt has not yet learned the difference between opposing Obama and hating Haitians?
Maybe he’s too blind to see that Obama is not the only person who can help?
Or maybe, more likely, he’s too hypocritical to keep from dragging disaster relief into a “love-my-party-or-your-a-racist-psycho” themed cartoon.
Magnaut said, over 3 years ago
unfair to rush
Bruce4671 said, over 3 years ago
unfair yes, misquoted, often. But rush does it on purpose. He’s an entertainer and want’s controversy. Sometimes he nails it but no one wants to admit that.
Radish
said, over 3 years ago
Great cartoon
iamthelorax said, over 3 years ago
It’s too bad he had to be a chump about the Rush angle, Britt had an awesome commentary on Pat Robertson.
The top half of that strip could have been the whole toon and would have been a great joke on it’s own.
Kylop said, over 3 years ago
Mr Britt, I suggest you expand the ‘toon to include the feedback beneath it.
dtroutma
said, over 3 years ago
He treats Rush AND Pat too kindly.
davesmithsit said, over 3 years ago
Its because they cant factualy argue that they have to trash.
sclark55
said, over 3 years ago
Ya’ll on the left - you don’t like Rush pointing out Obama’s politicizing, or anything that seems like he’s politicizing, the earthquake in Haiti.
Normally, you’re right, it’s not the time to talk politics, and Rush knows that.
But do you honestly think the left trashed Bush over Katrina w/out political motives? Bush was too gracious to respond (yes, “too” - he should have responded to the left’s accusations), but you would like to see the left’s accusations of Bush eventually stick to the right, and thankfully Rush is fighting that.
And you throw in things related to race to make it look like Rush is a racist.
But were there no accusations that Bush reacted slowly out of racism?
The only serious racists today are the ones who think minorities are incapable of getting a job w/out govt help, and that’s the left.
We all want to help the Hatians, and are glad we have the wealth to do so. But if you’re going to politicize things - from Katrina, which from the outset was a dismal failure of govt bodies in LA, to the funerals of Sen. Wellstone and Mrs. King - don’t get your feelings hurt when it’s thrown right back in your face.
4uk4ata said, over 3 years ago
“But do you honestly think the left trashed Bush over Katrina w/out political motives?”
Many people on the left trashed Bush exactly for political motives. People slammed his appointees in FEMA, their lack of preparedness, the “Heck of a job” comment, the general disregard of a public service agency supposed to handle emergencies. Bush was responsible for the people he put into these offices, however indirectly.
Oh, and the photo ops - not the pictures themselves, but that after the pictures little was done to actually help the people. Bush wasn’t blamed for Katrina, not even for preventing it - but for the inadequate response of the federal agencies to it.
Now, Haiti? Rush has complained the the earthquake in Haiti is a political goldmine for Obama. Not that agencies of the Obama administration bungled the relief efforts - though that’s always harder when the relief is in a different country. Not that Obama did photo ops where he got his picture taken and did nothing. He basically stated that the Haiti earthquake, with its hundreds of thousands (probably) of dead and millions of victims, was a political opportunity for Obama and implied it was treated as such.
Never mind the dead and the dying, people, let’s focus on what is important : Obama’s approval ratings.
I don’t think it’s the same thing, not at all. Rush deserves criticism as much as any liberal would have if s/he had said the same thing. As I said in another comment, it is almost as heartless as Madeleine Albright’s answer that if the sanctions on Iraq had lead to the deaths of half a million children, the price would be worth it.