Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1993, Steve Benson has been a lightning rod for more than 20 years as the staff editorial cartoonist for The Arizona Republic. Benson sums up his career best: "I don’t aim to please. I just aim."
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ghostkeeper said, 4 months ago
McCain . . . it’s heartening to see you trying to get the Republicans back to the days of . . . Nixon (which, considering where the Republicans are today, would actually be a great improvement!). It’s also heart-breaking. Sometimes the plug has to be pulled, the ‘do not resuscitate’ order has to be followed.
Tigger
said, 4 months ago
If this had happened to Obama, you would sing a different tune.
zoidknight said, 4 months ago
@ghostkeeper
It is heartening to see democrats who still do not believe the laws on the books apply to anyone who is not white, and still think the Constitution is irrellevent.
Ms. Ima said, 4 months ago
Bused in union activists to make a scene for the media.
I hope McCain hangs around as long as the dinosaur democrats have.
motivemagus said, 4 months ago
“I don’t get that Anglo-Saxon stuff.”
Rockngolfer said, 4 months ago
It was funny to hear those crazies at the town meeeting yelling those things you read in chain emails that are not true.
Fourcrows said, 4 months ago
@Tigger
Obama would have had a much worse time in that crowd. McCain came across as TOO LIBERAL for them. Did you hear the complaints? “You can only stop illegals with bullets!” They said his ideas were not strict enough. Tough crowd…
Bruce4671 said, 4 months ago
@Rockngolfer
Rocky do some further research. And think about what you find objectively not through the lens of hate that you currently view republicans.
Emergency medical care (which includes emergency labor and delivery)Emergency disaster relief that is provided for the short term and is not a cash paymentLimited immunizations and testing, and treatment of symptoms of communicable diseasesCertain community programs, such as soup kitchens or crisis counseling, as specified by the Attorney GeneralLimited housing or community development assistance to those already receiving it in 1996The opinions expressed by the people at the meetings are just that. Will people stop coming if force is not applied to the equation? Is the “fence” complete? Should non citizens who violated the law be given preference to become citizens over those that obey the law? And then there is the “benefit” claim.
from the huff-po:
“One man yelled that only guns would discourage undocumented immigration. Another man complained that undocumented immigrants should never be able to become citizens or vote. A third man said undocumented immigrants were illiterate invaders who wanted free government benefits.”
from ABC"
That’s a reference to McCain’s 2010 ad during a Republican primary where he tells an Arizona sheriff to “build the dang fence” to protect the border.McCain’s response, in which he’s pointing at a map and clearly needs some more context, goes like this: “It’s not a fence, it’s a banana. We’ve put up a banana with about $600,million worth of appropriations we have.”
from politictrack:
One particular heated exchange with Keith Smith, a resident who suggested, “Cut off their welfare and all their stuff, and they’ll go back.”
I’ll say something about the last one. (source: factcheck.org)
These are the only circumstances under which illegal immigrants can lawfully receive government assistance.
Of course, some immigrants who are here without legal permission do end up receiving Social Security and other benefits, through bureaucratic mistakes or through deliberate fraud. The Government Accountability Office has even called this a “serious problem,” though the GAO also says that “the full extent of benefit fraud is unknown.”
Note the first exception. Yes, anyone going into the emergency room should get treated. And yes, I contribute to organizations that support this type of charity. however, IF the reciepient is in the country illegally, the child born within the country is by LAW a us citizen and eligible for benefits.
Just an observation. Sorry to be so long winded again.
DrCanuck said, 4 months ago
The GOP is Hispanicing.
Radish
said, 4 months ago
The right wing is eating itself.
ahab
said, 4 months ago
@Radish
Republican Autophagy.
THEVIC IOUSDOUG MARTIG said, 4 months ago
@Sharuniboy
Sharun, my hat off to you sire! Just ask any Republican either politician or otherwise next of kin when was the last time they went to bed without having eaten in days, There is an old saying that goes like this “Only the donkey knows for sure how heavy the load he is carrying is!” Thank you again Sire!
Bruce4671 said, 4 months ago
@Sharuniboy
Well, the only one referencing race here is you. So am I to assume that you are the racist?
Other than that, in the original context, the senate was to be the “states” representative as in being sent to congress to assist the state legislature and represent their interests. NOT the interests of the people in the state as the elected officials in the state legislature were doing that as well as the elected officials in the House. So there may well be a good reason to return to the original intent of the legislative process since “States” rights (10th amendment) are a matter of concern as well.
Keep an open mind. Don;t assign your opinion to others before you investigate. And why is the standard fallback position always “he’s a racist”?
flake-67121 said, 4 months ago
AZ, it’s your own dam fault for electing the guy again.
I Play One On TV said, 4 months ago
@TimeWeaver
“That whole meeting looked exactly like the Tea Party raids on Town hall meetings from 2007.”
Excellent post. The Koch Brothers, Dick Armey, Karl Rove, and others who financed the Astroturf rallies posted articles on their sites to tell people how to be maximally disrespectful, and how to shout down people to make yourself heard. Now they are reaping their own reward. Encouraging people to act/react by feeding off fear, anger, and intentional misinformation (a caustic and dangerous mix) cannot be channeled in one direction (or against one political party) only. This has now come home to roost on the people who worked hardest to make it happen. I am saddened that I was right to have predicted this.
Regardless, they made the monster, and now they do not control the monster. Let’s hope they didn’t make the monster too well……