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A World Without Teleprompters

deephurting — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:27:15 +0000

Yeup, it’s another “George Bush, Jr. is bad at talking” cartoon. But, it is based on something specific. I came up with it, to begin with, as a response to this piece of garbage by Mike Lester.

If you follow Republican talking points at all, then you know one of the hot things to ridicule Obama about is his use of teleprompters. This is part of a broad strategy of first acting like the media worships Obama over something he’s legitimately good at, then going, “But LOOK! It’s an illusion! He’s a fraud!!”

Never mind that the latter often has no basis in reality. Hey, maybe they’re just trying to warn us not to make the same mistake they did?

The irony here is that our last President, a Republican President, was one of the worst public speakers in history–that was, until Sarah Palin came along. That’s what this cartoon attempts to highlight.

It’s one of the dumbest talking points ever. There’s nothing so unusual about the President using a teleprompter, but if idiots are going to be bringing it up constantly, then perhaps some historical perspective is in order.

Sleep on It

deephurting — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:15:03 +0000

Chain of Command

deephurting — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 06:36:19 +0000

More Actual Quotes

deephurting — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 06:32:42 +0000

The title of this cartoon references another one I drew over three years ago. I just added it to my archive, so here’s a link to it for those interested.

With luck, I’ll be able to upload more old cartoons soon!

You Rotten Kids!!

deephurting — Thu, 21 May 2009 06:07:30 +0000

I should have finished this days ago, but it took an unusually long time to draw.

I don’t know if anyone can tell, but I used the wrong pen point to letter this cartoon. I typically prefer to letter captions with a B or D, but accidentally used a C (on the non-bolded parts) here.

I’m especially happy with how recognizable Condoleeza Rice came out in this one, even though half her face is obscured by a refrigerator!

We Can Dig It!

deephurting — Thu, 14 May 2009 01:16:27 +0000

This illustration turned out pretty good, but the commentary and gag are kind of average. Hopefully Obama is recognizable from the back like this, even without a label explicitly identifying him.

I’m planning on uploading a lot of old cartoons (from ’07) to this blog in the near future, so if you’re interested in seeing those, you should plan on going through the archive in the next few days.

The Dubyanomicon

deephurting — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 12:33:34 +0000

All the Better to Hear You With

deephurting — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 10:26:52 +0000

It occurs to me that it may help to include articles giving background on the cartoons I draw. Since this topic is a pretty big deal, I think it’s especially important this time.

Here’s the Electronic Frontier Foundation’s article on the subject.
Here’s some reporting by Glenn Greenwald, who’s done a good job of aggressively covering and commenting on the Obama Administration’s most egregious missteps concerning civil liberties, privacy, et cetera.

Basically, the shorthand version of the story is: The EFF took the NSA to court over the latter’s illegal surveillance activities, and the Obama Justice Department has filed a motion calling for this court challenge to be thrown out, citing “state secrets.” Combining this with Obama voting in the Senate to grant the telecoms legal immunity for cooperating with the wiretapping program, and Obama’s refusal to discard Bush’s expansion of executive privilege, we get a very depressing picture, indeed.

What the HELL, Mr. Obama!? This is exactly the kind of thing you were elected to STOP, and you should have stopped it on day ONE of your Presidency!

Think of the Children!

deephurting — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 12:08:14 +0000

Presidential Evolution

deephurting — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:03:13 +0000