With his singular style, Tom Toles tackles the complex issues of the day. This Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist skillfully targets political, economic and social concerns — in particular complicated environmental issues — with a clear-eyed precision that hits the mark every time.
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Darsan54
said, 2 months ago
Even if the train gets there, Republicans won’t get on anyway. They keep their jobs by destroying ours.
Radish
said, 2 months ago
Zee know, I don’t believe in that paradox.
saywhatwhat said, 2 months ago
@Radish
The “paradox” is just an illusion. If you put the “goal” 100 meters to the right, you have no problem arriving at the station. And that’s pretty much the Republican strategy. “We’ll compromise, until I have everything I want.”
Joel Silbert said, 2 months ago
Toles the Genius. I am repeatedly blown away by his ability to encapsulate complicated ideas in his beautiful line.
ne7minder55 said, 2 months ago
He missed one thing – the Republican platform is at the bottom of a cliff. They want the nation to go off the cliff
masterskrain said, 2 months ago
Of course, the fact that the Republicans keep moving the station doesn’t help matters, either.
TheTrustedMechanic said, 2 months ago
@masterskrain
But Masterskrain that would mean the station is one of those mobile things, you know like a trailer. And we all know that only the low-life 47%ers who want all that “free stuff” live in trailers. Nah, the republicans would simply blow up the station just as the train was arriving and then blame the Democrats for the damage to the train. Kinda like they did to the economy just as the Democrats were winning the Presidency. And then they blamed, and still do, the President for the failed economy. Seems like they not only blew up the station and damaged the train but now refuse to help rebuild/repair either.
foofinho said, 2 months ago
Like Toles says, “Nobody wants to be there”. There will be no negotiations because nobody is going to negotiate. Democrats or Republicans.
lonecat said, 2 months ago
Is there a limit to Republican intransigence?
Omnius said, 2 months ago
republicans have no interest in doing what’s good for the country, republicans believe only in party first.
beanerg said, 2 months ago
apropo of ne7minder55 comment, Richard Mourdock (R. IN – of rape quote fame) said on Fox in early (April??) 2012 “I have a mindset that says bipartisanship ought to consist of Democrats coming to the Republican point of view” – no surprise there. He goes on to say he’s working for Republican domination of the Executive branch and the legislative branch “… and then bipartisanship becomes having Democrats come our way.” Yikes!!!!
R. Galli – Edison, NJ
phritzg
said, 2 months ago
I just love how Toles gets the knuckledraggers so worked up. Yet they keep coming back here every day for more. And that’s because there are no intelligent conservative cartoonists. In fact, intelligent conservative is an oxymoron.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago
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The agents of the Plutocrats, in both parties, have allegiance only to them regardless of their party affiliation. That is secondary.
Night-Gaunt49 said, 2 months ago
@skipcarlsen
Your use of name calling is in poor taste. Also doesn’t help your argument, it in fact hurts it. True, only the Progressives’ have come up with a budget that would help the economy. Neither the Republicans nor right wing Democrats have a workable budget.
badcyclist said, 2 months ago
The real problem is that as the train approaches, the Republicans keep moving the station farther to the right.