Tom Toles for April 05, 2016

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    Alexander the Good Enough  about 8 years ago

    No? Terd Crooze is altogether the equal of Sleepy, Frothy or Bachmann when it comes to being a dominionist in good standing. The difference is that Crooze is sufficiently smarter that he knows he has to kind of keep a cork in it, at least until he’s in power.

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    emptc12  about 8 years ago

    At this point, it seems to me Donald Trump serves as the Bad Man. While Republicans want those who would vote for him, they obviously don’t want Trump himself. Not that they necessarily despise his principles, but they perceive Trump won’t win. So they will hold their noses and push Cruz into frontrunner position. The campaign is becoming a morality play, and I wonder if they haven’t actually made a secret deal with Trump in that regard..It reminds me of the bogus Good vs. Evil setups in Kurt Vonnegut’s CAT’S CRADLE. In that book, two benign scoundrels take the opposing roles in a small Caribbean island’s political life: One becomes the Evil Dictator, the other the Holy Man. The holy man is called Bokonon, and he starts a religion full of harmless lies (foma) that make life bearable through satire and cynicism. Bokonon explains the Good vs. Evil setup in calypso verses (I here insert the names of Trump and Cruz):.“Donald Trump, he’s so very bad,But without bad Donald, Ted would be so sad;Because without Donald’s badness,Tell me, if you would,How could wicked old TedEver, ever look so good?”

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    Darsan54 Premium Member about 8 years ago

    This is what happens when a national political party goes certifiably batcrap crazeeeeeee.

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    Liverlips McCracken Premium Member about 8 years ago

    An excellent comic. From the frying pan into the fire.

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    Simon_Jester  about 8 years ago

    I would have liked this better if Cruz were trying to coax the elephant into jumping out of a frying an into a fire

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    Godfreydaniel  about 8 years ago

    Liberal pundit Mark Shields recently called Trump “criminally uncurious” while conservative pundit David Brooks said that Trump “can’t control his ignorance” and that Trump’s “knowledge base is miniscule.” I have NO idea why both of them were so much easier on Trump than Trump deserves!

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    Mr. Blawt  about 8 years ago

    Trump Towers is burning down, the GOP has no where to go but Cruz. Make that no where to go but down. Jumping from the frying pan and into the fire, there are no viable Republican candidates (AGAIN).

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    Happy Two Shoes  about 8 years ago

    But Mr Lindsey has now throw his considerable weight toward Cruz. Lindsey would rather be poisoned than shot apparently.

    - Lindsey Graham: A Trump Or Cruz Win Would Be Like ‘Being Shot Or Poisoned’

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    oneoldhat  about 8 years ago

    i wish the the democrats would offer a viable alternative

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  10. Frank
    Frankfreak  about 8 years ago

    America lost.

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