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   Corosive Frog said, 10 months ago

   The right had used so much references to Hitler that it doesn,t have any strenght anymore. The more they use them, the more their credibility follows the Hitler Sophism’s down the drain.

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   becki626 said, 10 months ago

   As usual, Glenn is right on with the observation!

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   ezdeb said, 10 months ago

   I’m not sure what this has to do w/Hitler…Isn’t it an image from the civil rights photo of black children being escorted to school under guard? I’m sure it’s a racist image, not a fascist one. As if Mr. McCoy is less hateful because of that. Expect lots of this. Mr. McCoy’s cartoons are not about policy, but hate toward Mr. Obama personally.

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   danTheForth said, 10 months ago

   So what you’re saying is … I don’t know what it means, but I’m sure it’s racist.

   Good thought process, there. I see a nod to an image from the civil rights movement and the integration of schools, with a modern context of integrating the White House. He may be saying both are a form of “forced integration,” but I’m not sure. Regardless, you might need to review your definition of racist. Referring to race from a different perspective is not necessarily racist.

   Even if Glenn trying to be insulting, Obama is a man first, and a black man second (or even farther down the list). If Glenn ridicules a man’s character and you immediately view it as racist because the man is black, who can’t get past the issue of race? Even if he hates Obama (I don’t think he does), why do you assume he hates him because of his race? He seems to have pretty much the same attitude toward Bill Clinton.

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   edrush said, 10 months ago

   So, Glenn, you’re saying that the Secret Service men are giants among men? Towering over the 6’1” Barack Obama takes some pretty tall tails.

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   Bradley Hall said, 10 months ago

   This is a classic civil-rights image - Little Rock, I think, but it could just as well have been Alabama or Mississippi. From a Norman Rockwell illustration, as I recall. Those are U. S. Marshalls, called in when local police declined to protect the first kids to be integrated into previously all-white schools. They are not Secret Service, and they are not Nazis. Do a little homework, folks.

   McCoy has taken his shots at Obama, as is his right as an American and his job as an editorial cartoonist. But this one and the “God help me,” both seem sympathetic to Obama’s position, if not downright celebratory.

   I often disagree with McCoy’s points of view, but credit where it’s due - he is always a good visual communicator, and for my money he is at the top of his game with this one.

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   oldlegodad said, 10 months ago

   Norman Rockwell did a SatEvenPost cover of this, so is McCoy a plagiarist too?.. I saw the triumph of the SecretService escort going where no black man has gone before

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   danTheForth said, 10 months ago

   I’m pretty sure Glenn meant this as a tribute.

   But those who view him as pure evil have a hard time with that.

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   Corosive Frog said, 10 months ago

   I thought the armbands were a wink to the SS…if it isn’t…my bad…

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    danTheForth said, 10 months ago

    progan01, I think you’re way off. The Rockwell original is looked at as a great moment in civil rights. Except for many detractors’ demonizations, I don’t think there’s any basis for thinking that McCoy wants a return to segregation. Find me a ‘toon that implies othwerwise, and I’ll gladly recant.

    Oh, yeah. And that’s not where the tomato splatter is. It’s behind the girl, in front of the men on the right.

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    curiosity1 said, 10 months ago

    Note, under his signature, McCoy says “Apologies to Normal Rockwell”. I’m not sure what the text is between his signature and the apology however.

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    danTheForth said, 10 months ago

    I think the other text is his home newspaper and distributor.

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    Corosive Frog said, 10 months ago

    Ooooh…So it has nothing to do with toe SS…I really took McCoy for more stupid than he is and I should calm down…

    Sooky Rottweiler says;
    Maybe you could use a rabbies vaccine or two…

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    HUMPHRIES said, 10 months ago

    CF, you’re OK. The connotation is that we’re forced to take him and the secret service will enforce it.

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    danTheForth said, 10 months ago

    No. That’s not the connotation of the Rockwell original, so it doesn’t follow to say that’s the connotation here. You hate Glenn and therefore want him to live down to your expectations. Cognitive dissonance isn’t fun, but sometimes people you hate do things you agree with.

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    lalas said, 10 months ago

    Dan4th you must admit this seems disingenuous on McCoy’s part as he’ll be back tomorrow with his hate.

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    BirishB said, 10 months ago

    If Rockwell, in the original, was depicting the end of “separate but equal” … then is McCoy trying to say the same?

    No matter the interpretation, we cannot ignore the shameful truth in the panel: that there is a history of racial prejudice in America, and it has taken forceful action by brave men and women (even children) to get us to confront our own hypocrisy.

    There is nothing positive to take from this ‘toon. We should all be ashamed that we did not recognize racial prejudice until its reality was forced upon us.

    For my money, McCoy hit a homerun with this panel.

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    HUMPHRIES said, 10 months ago

    d4, Whatever.

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    danTheForth said, 10 months ago

    Lalas, I agree that it seems a bit disingenuous that he’s suddenly celebrating the Obama presidency. I disagree with the assessment that McCoy is hateful. I believe he has mostly focused on attributes he dislikes, rather than just saying he hates the person.

    Still this might not be as disingenuous as it seems. There are those of us (like myself) who disagree with Obama on nearly every policy issue and didn’t want him elected, but who nonetheless respect him. I will never be a “not my president” person. He is my president and I will give due honor and respect to both the office and the person.

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    Corosive Frog said, 10 months ago

    dT4, If I really hated the cartoonist, I wouldn’t have realized my mistake.

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    danTheForth said, 10 months ago

    My comment was directed at HUMPHRIES. I should have made that clearer.

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    HUMPHRIES said, 10 months ago

    d4, I was raised in the deep south so tell me some more.

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    danTheForth said, 10 months ago

    My family’s from Birmingham! Maybe we know some of the same people.

    Seriously, what’s that supposed to mean? Southerners can’t be wrong when they call someone a racist? Southerners are experts on Norman Rockwell paintings? Southerners can’t hate people?

    To recap, I’ve noticed that you seem to hate Glenn McCoy. You’ve recently attacked his comics when they have made politically-neutral statements and even liberals have tended to agree with him. You misinterpreted his parallel to a classic Norman Rockwell piece. I told you you’re probably experiencing cognitive dissonance. Your response? You tell me you’re from the South. Sorry, I’m not following.

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    dumptrike said, 10 months ago

    What? Obama an affirmative action President? That would be funny if it wasn’t so pathetic. If ever anyone has proved his qualifications over and over it is BHO. Keep fishing GM, you’ll hit something sooner or later…