For more than two decades, political cartoonist Steve Kelley has devoted his attention to public officials the way the radiator grille of a tractor-trailer might devote its attention to June bugs. He has delighted readers by consistently consigning office-holders to the one fate they fear most: that of not being taken seriously.
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Ms. Ima said, 7 months ago
Libs never let a good crisis go to waste.
Doug Thomas
said, 7 months ago
Cynical. It WAS offensive to any decent person to see a presidential candidate and his party use the deaths of four people for political gotcha point, especially after some of the families indicated they didn’t want this to happen.
Mrs. Smith, mother of one of the men killed, I know, wants a full accounting- NOW! – but she is the exception in the families. I hope her response has more to do with a mother’s sorrow than her desire to play the same political gotcha game as the candidate.
Ima, on 9-11-2001, “libs” (i,e. fellow American citizens who don’t happen to see the world through your point of view as a CON) were among those standing behind their (ours, too) president.
Too often, the faults we find in others are faults we have ourselves. I suggest you take a look at yourself and your candidate.
Who put out the statement before anyone even knew there’d been deaths, including the ambassador: Mitt Romney.
A purely cynical and self-serving political move on Romney’s part that made him look a bit unpresidential in m any eyes, perhaps some who’d pl;anned to vote for him.
DavidGBA said, 7 months ago
Consulates and Embassies have always been soft targets. We have lost them before, and we will lose them again. If we want them to be open and approachable, it is hard to make them hard targets. It’s never been about the president.
SkepticCal said, 7 months ago
@DavidGBA
Barack H. Obama lied to us and we all know it now.
ansonia
said, 7 months ago
@Doug Thomas
Romney acted presidential in the absence of leadership. Obama should have been on this immediately, yet he withheld information with the election looming, a purely cynical and self-serving political move.
Obama needs to have his toes held to the fire, this was a huge blunder.
We need to know where Romney stands so we know if he is competent to manage things in the Middle East. And Romney showed more leadership ability than Obama, that’s why Obamabots are attacking Romney – it was embarrassing for Obama.
MortyForTyrant said, 7 months ago
Naaah, the best bit – according to Jon Stewart, and I’m with him – was when he said “Please proceed, Governor…”. Rake, grass, step, BOI-OI-OING!!! Here’s the segment:
Jon’s next Emmy
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BTW: The President will be on The Daily Show on Thursday. THEN you will see a real debate – and that Jon is an equal opportunity knockout fighter :-)
comicsssfan said, 7 months ago
The best part, the funniest part, was when Mitt demanded to know about Barack’s retirement fund and the president said he hadn’t checked it lately.
faramir 214 said, 7 months ago
@Doug Thomas
“Too often, the faults we find in others are faults we have ourselves. " Very true. Obama called out Romney on using Lybia for political gain and just a few minutes later used the tragedy in Aurora for his own political gain. He complains about Romney’s investment account investing in China when Obama also invests in China. I could go on and on because this administration has taken "Too often, the faults we find in others are faults we have ourselves. " to a whole new level.
thedeathofnewwave said, 7 months ago
Our Corporate Insect Masters will repay you for your support.They are like the Apostles ,Romney like The Savior, and The Corporation,the very hand of God.
disgustedtaxpayer said, 7 months ago
As a serious candidate for Commander-in-Chief, it would have been held against Romney if he had not made a statement about the tragic news that 4 Americans were murdered by terrorists in Libya.
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It is Obama and his administration that politicalized Benghazi.
It is the top Obama leaders that did a 14-Day campaign spreading lies about the terrorist attack. That is the #1 reason to vote against Obama, IMO.
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the GOP in Congress are doing their constitutional duty to investigate every detail and to find out why the White House and State Department failed to provide needed security….they had since Jan. 2009 to make sure Americans serving overseas in places made perilous by recent government overthrows. The Buck Stops at the Oval Office.
Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago
A journalist this morning said speaking the truth before an election is political suicide. Our system for filling elective offices has become so messed up. This cartoon is probably correct. I’m certain Romney asked his people the same thing about his comments. We deserve better politicians in the Executive, the Legislature, in states, cities and where judges are elected, on the bench.
Respectfively,
C.
Donald Williams said, 7 months ago
@ScottPM
The cynical part was Obama not coming clean that this was a terrorist attack for weeks.
-——————————————————-The moderator called Romney on this lie on-the-spot, correcting him by saying that the very next day in the Rose Garden Obama referred to it as a terrorist action. That has been verified.
dtroutma
said, 7 months ago
Having had friends and family in the situations like our embassies, in hostile places, and in even more hostile environments, and put at risk by cheap shots like Romney’s the night of the attack, and after, our “moderator” would cringe at the only language I would “rightfully” use to describe my views on Romney.
The ABSOLUTE ignorance of the American people regarding these incidents, or what President Obama was doing RIGHT in the circumstances, is disheartening, but the media, and right-wing politicos now demanding we endanger our people abroad, so they can score “points”, is even more disgusting.
Our local trolls here deserve a response, but they don’t respond well to either facts, or “suggestions” those responses based on facts, might entail.
Candy did the right thing, and Kelly’s ’toon is despicable.
SkepticCal said, 7 months ago
Obama is failing in the Oval Office. Get him out!
cjr53 said, 7 months ago
Odd, criticism for doing the same thing others do. Debriefing is normal. I don’t think I could be convinced that mittens wasn’t doing something like this also.