Jules Feiffer has described Tony Auth best, "His perspective is that of a bemused and often angry comic historian. Irony, never a favorite form with Americans, is his meat and potatoes. He is not smug, and though he can be mean, he is never mean-spirited. Auth is a moralist and an optimist. He insists, even in this day and age, that hope is more than the name of a right-wing comedian or the shtick of a reactionary president."
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Radish
said, 9 months ago
Republican family values in action.
braindead08 said, 9 months ago
Yesterday, I looked at all the editorial cartoons on these boards that dealt with Romney.
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There was NOT ONE comment from a Romney supporter pointing to any of his good qualities or something good they expected him to do if he gained the office of president.
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NOT ONE!
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They don’t even like Romney, and he is very uncomfortable around any of them.
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Just what is it that fhey believe Willard wil do for the country, or even for them personally?
braindead08 said, 9 months ago
Oh, and what is Willard’s postition on health care? Same as Mitch McConnell?
ahab
said, 9 months ago
Florida and Texas, have large uninsured populations, and have pledged (the governors) to reject Medicaid expansion covered by the ACA. The decision by the Conservative Supreme Court to allow states to reject the Medicaid expansion, creates a substantial gap in the comprehensive-coverage design of the Affordable Care Act…. NEJM Sept,20,2012 Wendy K. Mariner,J.D,M.P.H, et al Reframing Federalism—- The Affordable Care Act(and Broccoli) in the Supreme Court
Michael wme said, 9 months ago
Obamabots (to the right wingers): 50 million Americans are deadbeats who get the best medical care in the world for free. Obamacare will make them pay full price or go to jail for tax evasion.
Obamabots (to the left wingers): 50 million Americans currently get no medical care at all, but with Obamacare, they’ll all be covered and get the best quality medical care in the world, so America will no longer be a disgrace among advanced nations.
Which Obamabots are telling the truth? All of them? None of them?
And R&R say they’ll eliminate the bad parts of Obamacare and keep the good parts. They just aren’t clear which are which.
Only Nonsequitur gets it right.
Megan said, 9 months ago
It really does not matter what happens with health care. Either way we (the middle class) are at the mercy of the insurance corporations. This week insurance got to decide that my doctor can not raise the dosage of one of medications. Or, he could, but they would not pay for the meds anymore. So, now I am off of a vital medication while the pharmacy, doctor, and insurance company fight it out. Who suffers here?
1opinion said, 9 months ago
@braindead08
not just yesterday, nothing for months. Before that it was support for anyone but Romney.
Justice22 said, 9 months ago
@Megan
Something similar happened to me. I received a call from my insurance company pharmacist saying that they and my doctor had agreed that an Over the Counter med would be best for me. I asked if the doctor had mentioned the condition I had and the pharmacist said “OH! That will not do for you”. I had to return to the doctor to get a new prescription and I told the doctor I did not appreciate that. He pulled out his notes on the conversation and there I saw he had notified them. It made me more confident in my doctor and less appreciative of my FEP insurance. They lied!
onguard said, 9 months ago
Obama Care + ACA = Third Word Heath Care………and the topper is when you get Old, do not get sick……….THE PILL AWAITS YOU
Kirk Sinclair said, 9 months ago
@onguard
The USA’s system of private insurance is third world compared to the socialized systems enjoyed by most of the advanced countries. You really need to get out more – you wouldn’t sound so hopelessly wrong.
ARodney said, 9 months ago
The governors of Florida and Texas will spin like a top on the ACA’s Medicaid provisions once the hospitals there — who need that money to pay for the treatments — start applying pressure. No Republican puts principle over money from corporations, especially when it’s a really dumb principle and there’s a lot of money.
Ms. Ima said, 9 months ago
The dems are failing miserably if they have to resort to this sort of talk.
I’m voting for Mitt.
Eryx
said, 9 months ago
@braindead08
You’re going to burn out con pea brains with that kind of talk. Not saying that you should stop.
Eryx
said, 9 months ago
@onguard
You probably think that we get the best health care on the planet.
Ketira shena Pretarasedrin
said, 9 months ago
@ARodney
I hope so – at least in Florida. (and no, I did not vote for Scott, so don’t blame me for his mistakes —like this one.) My mother is in the same boat as @Justice22; only her condition is the same rare cancer that killed Steve Jobs. Even after her doctor’s secretary (they hired one just to argue w/the Insurance companies) got the bill down from several thousand to about several hundred, it’s still cash that Mom has to pay just to keep the cancer at bay.
And she has to do this month after month as this particular form of Cancer has no cure.
Problem is, that is going to continue as long as Scott keeps refusing. I’ll have to suggest it to hospitals – once I get Medicaid. (That’s still in-process, btw; I don’t have it yet.)