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Toons: Newt Gingpoor, The Great Leap Backward, R.I.P. Facts and More. - 5/2/12
By Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette - 5/2/2012
By Jimmy Margulies, The Record of Hackensack, NJ - 5/2/2012
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Toons: Newt Gingpoor, The Great Leap Backward, R.I.P. Facts and More. - 5/2/12 (Original Post)
ellisonz
May 2012
OP
ZombieHorde
(29,047 posts)1. k
alittlelark
(18,890 posts)2. KnR for the 'toons!
nxylas
(6,440 posts)3. The first one doesn't really work, though
It seems to assume that the poor don't get calls from debt collectors, which...hasn't been my experience.
PatSeg
(47,741 posts)4. Thanks for those!
A Simple Game
(9,214 posts)5. Thanks for the toons. n/t
obxhead
(8,434 posts)6. The last one is awesome.
One day when we leave Afghanistan, probably after 2 more Presidents, the country can begin to actually work through who will lead it.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)7. Shouldn't the one with Obama being towed in the Economy Cab...
.... have the words "GOP obstruction" in the steam coming from the defunct engine?
ellisonz
(27,711 posts)8. The would be a good addition...
...but I think the cartoon as is adequately represents the reaction of many to such presidential optimism.
jade3000
(238 posts)10. Hope -- scratch that -- killed a guy
That's my favorite. I just have a hard time understanding conservative, nationalistic Democrats. How is it helpful to argue that we're more effective than GOP militarily? I need a little more peace in my left wing.