Ted Rall for September 14, 2011

He’s both! Which makes him the perfect Tea Party candidate: An ignorant panderer with no concept of science or logic.

Nice touch; the smoke in the window…

Now, now, he might be honestly ignorant.

he’s both

Human, there is an excellent editorial in today’s Ottawa Citizen on candidate differentiation in the 2000 election. I recommend it to all thoughtful readers. It’s entitled “When the good times have gone”. It’s at http://www.ottawacitizen.com/business/When+good+times+have+gone/5398197/story.html

@s: Liberal media? The mainstream media is owned by giant corporations who tell us only what they want us to hear. They are NOT liberal. Do you think Rush is mainstream?

Stupid will always poll better than lying.The Rs must pander to the far right, currently, after the convention the nominee will go for the middle. The statements about climate change and intelligent design will be smoothed to where no opinion is evident. Aside from being vocally “against Obama” whoever the candidate is will begin to resemble Obama.

Overly simplistic methodology (I am a social scientist), but for those who assume the whole of the media are left-wing, not so much: http://nickholtzman.com/Holtzman%20Schott%20Jones%20Balota%20Yarkoni%20in%20press%20Exploring%20media%20bias%20with%20semantic%20space%20models%20Validation%20of%20the%20Contrast%20Analysis%20of%20Semantic%20Similarity%20CASS.pdf

Okay, as to bible “literalists”, as Perry claims to be. How come they all proclaim the LITERAL and ABSOLUTE truth of the bible, until you point to something contradictory or stupid, then they say “It’s a metaphor”. Politically , we we see the same thing in almost every Teapublican argument, as soon as the argument falls apart, it is “metaphor”. Interesting.

^Wow! You had me freaked and “believin’” until I read the 2001 date on the post! Started wonderin’ who rolled the rock aside THIS time!

Uh, both.

The answers to all questions posed in the ’toon are “yes”.

TR: I am against Perry, but I am a thinking Christian, and your mindless lumping together of people of faith is the same shallow thinking that puts atheists, liberals, and communists in the same group. Talk about Perry if you want. Oppose people’s beliefs if you want. But you may have three fingers pointing back when you say someone is “stupid.” I am an educator, speak several languages, and teach in public education. Your comment is stupid.

Max, on “mindless lumping together of people of faith”— Like Americans and Islam?

Jesus would probably say the same line a french cartoonist had Muhammad say;What a pitty that I’m followed by so many morons.

While the Empire crashes and burns (like all empires before), Michelle Bachmann freaks out against the HPV vaccines; how will we scare our teens away from sex now?

Tiger-stripped Mittaines says;You guys know what I’m about to say…