Steve Sack has been the staff editorial cartoonist for the Minneapolis Star Tribune since 1981. He has won assorted local and national cartooning awards, and has once been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize.
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4uk4ata said, about 3 years ago
“George, he’s reading politics!”
As I said about another political issue today, I’d compare it to pornography, but I don’t want to insult a legitimate and relatively moral enterprise.
Jase99 said, about 3 years ago
Hey, now. The strippers were female and there were no minors, mistresses, or sex involved. That’s a huge step up from the usual Republican scandal.
churchillwasright said, about 3 years ago
Of course there is no mention that the Republican staffer was fired. If this had been the Democrats, they would have gotten promotions.
dtroutma
said, about 3 years ago
Who WAS that mysterious donor who paid off the bill? How does him/her paying it when the club gave the GOP a rebate make it NOT “campaign” contributions?
It’s the “play” to cover the spending, like Iran/Contra, not so much the play they paid for that upset the prudes.
motivemagus said, about 3 years ago
churchill, pick one single example, eh? Of course they fired him – someone had to take the fall. And after all, he wasn’t a senator like, oh, Packwood or Larry Craig, or a Governor like Mark Sanford. Or a President. You’d think some of the people who went there might have stormed out in a huff or refused to be a party to this…oops! No one mentioned that!
Ken Warren said, about 3 years ago
JASE99 - Great Comment.
CHURCH - If this had been the DEMS you and Fox News would be screaming for the disbanding of the Democrate Party.
Jase99 said, about 3 years ago
Churchill said “Of course there is no mention that the Republican staffer was fired.”
I did a Google search before my original post to see what the comic was actually about. It led me to a posting on the Huffington Post. It did in fact make clear that Allison Meyers, the director of the GOP Young Eagles was fired. A report on the CBS News website also mentions the firing, as did the Christian Science Monitor, the Free Republic, the Washington Independent, and et cetera.
If it had been the Democrats, the Republicans and their cohorts at Fox “News’ would be all over the story like white on rice. And it would somehow be all Obama’s fault.
churchillwasright said, about 3 years ago
What are you talking about? They can’t even get a tax cheat like Rangel fired. I only wish they could get the Democratic Party to disband.
W(ar).Crime said, about 3 years ago
“I only wish they could get the Democratic Party to disband.”
I bet you’re rubbing yourself raw at the notion, right gramps?
Jase99 said, about 3 years ago
A tax cheat? I’m not impressed. That’s bi-partisan here in Minnesota. A year or two ago state Republicans blasted Franken for his tax issues while they themselves were under investigation for their own tax improprieties.
As for this “scandal,” the only people who have a right to fume over it are the donors. Then again, they should still be fuming for the $150,000 wasted on Palin’s campaign wardrobe. I don’t donate to either party, so I don’t really care.
Senhor Peep said, about 3 years ago
Get a grip, people there’s nasty stuff on both sides.
Politicans whoring and mis-using tax payer funds go back to Ben Franklin’s time. Learn your American history.
halfabug said, about 3 years ago
so jase why even say anything about it, people talk about palin,geez look at frankin, need i say more. at least she didn’t have to buy votes,and she gave her stuff back.
ReasonsVentriloquist said, about 3 years ago
^^ I don’t know about that! I read Ben Franklin’s diary and he seemed to be quite a straighter arrow than the “history books” portray him.
ReasonsVentriloquist said, about 3 years ago
The cartoon is very funny!
Tom Wieliczka
said, about 3 years ago
Don’t worry mom.
These are just the “Family Values” talking points that the Republican Party sent to me after they talked me into becoming a Pioneer.