Politico cartoonist and illustrator Matt Wuerker, winner of the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Cartooning (a finalist in 2009 & 2010) and Herblock Prize in 2010, offers a rich visual style and keen eye on the political circus, served up with cartoons that are not just funny but also artful.
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Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
The Tea party wants the govt to crash then reboot, only the Plutocrats will have it and us by a strangle hold.
wmconelly said, 3 months ago
Ummm. Shouldn’t Obama be kicking with his left foot? Or is the point here that Boehner just missed catching a few cleats in the teeth? Makes a fella wonder…
M Ster said, 3 months ago
Better to be on time and not include the cost of 2 wars, right Howie?
ThePupUnbound! said, 3 months ago
@Night-Gaunt49
The tea party wants the government to crash!?!?
Yikes! Have you read what your guys want ala Saul Alinsky?
Here’s the deal …I’m waiting for hangings…You know, like Revolutionary France.
M Ster said, 3 months ago
Pup, “…your guys…”? Don’t you have any examples less than 40 years old? Sad.
ThePupUnbound! said, 3 months ago
@M Ster
It’s as obvious as the leftwing’s hijacking of the Sandy Hook Massacre in order to further their agenda…If you can’t see it…I guess you haven’t been paying attention THIS week let alone the last 40 years.
Harleyquinn
said, 3 months ago
How could it be “good” when it will be late? Sorry Matt but you get a fail. Just like Obama should when you hand in your homework a month late.
"Friendly"Kitty said, 3 months ago
Obama just aint “all that”. It’s taken him 4.5 years to get where Bill was in his FIRST year…
Wabbit
said, 3 months ago
most teams wouldn’t let the yellow bellied cheer-suckers onto the playing field.
M Ster said, 3 months ago
@ThePupUnbound!
Pup, so based on your reply, I guess you don’t have any recent examples. Sandy Hook has NOTHING to do with the budget, the deficit or the Tea Party. Can we at least stay on topic? (I didn’t see any guns or NRA banners in the cartoon.)
majormarj said, 3 months ago
OKay, Pup et.al.—the government has spent LESS MONEY than in the last 60 years. No amount of watching Faux News or listening to RUSH will negate the fact that GOVERNMENT SPENDING IS THE LOWEST IN 60 years. Google those words and Learn Something!
M Ster said, 3 months ago
majormarj, I’m clearly on your side of the political spectrum, but I need to clarify something. The goverment has recently spent less money AS A PERCENTAGE OF GDP. Note that I’m not downplaying the importance of this ratio or the point you are making.
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There was a huge spike in goverment spending as a percentage of GDP during WWII. It went down immediately after the war and from the mid 40s to the mid 50s, spending rose to about 20% of GDP and (per your point) has more or less leveled off for 60 years. It did rise to about 25% for the year immediately after the Sep 2008 melt-down, due to the combination of W’s TARP, Obama’s bank bailout and stimulus and a shrinking economy (the ratio rises just as much by a shrinking GDP as it does by increased spending). And it has come back down closer to 20% again.
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Here’s the chart (sorry for the long URL): http://static4.businessinsider.com/image/4e1c5ade4bd7c86b22030000-590/and-heres-another-look-at-federal-spending-as-a-percent-of-gdp-for-the-past-century-its-not-way-out-of-whack-these-days-at-least-relative-to-the-last-60-years-but-thanks-to-the-stimulus-its-higher-than-it-has-been-since-world-war-2-and-the-republicans-are-probably-right-its-too-high.jpg
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
@ThePupUnbound!
Sal Alinsky was apolitical, anyone can use his writings, he was for the underdog. The Plutocrats are the over dogs.
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I like the American Revolution myself, as much against corporation as with Monarchy.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 3 months ago
“I like the American Revolution myself, as much against corporation as with Monarchy.”
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Corrected; “I like the American Revolution myself, as much against corporation as against Monarchy.”
JoeCoolLives said, 3 months ago
@ThePupUnbound!
From the mouth of the mayor of America’s most violent an’ bullet-riddled city – Hizzoner Short Rahm – “Never let a crisis go to waste.”
Especially when slaughtered small children can be exploited for questionable purposes.