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okaawhatever
(9,461 posts)corkhead
(6,119 posts)this was real:
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)staged photo-op:
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)and he generally puts a conservative spin on things.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,580 posts)Buffet already gave $100,000 to Hillary and said she is a lock becoming the POTUS. The Buffet that gave $100,000 to the D candidate for Gov instead of the R that was born into the lucky sperm club?
Or the paper that two years ago endorsed the black(code word to some) D instead of a 7 term white US Congressman?
You need to do some research.
Here is a Koterba toon I posted just yesterday making fun of that white FORMER 7 term mentioned above.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)and they slanted to the right.
Omaha Steve
(99,580 posts)He used to beat up on W and others like POTUS candidates regularly.
Buy his book and see for yourself.
And in this case he made a political comment on the White House 's own release on the issue.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)But still, I thought his cartoon was stupid and no better than something Fox News might have come up with.
Omaha Steve
(99,580 posts)It was his staff and certainly approved by him: 'We Should Have Sent Someone With a Higher Profile'.
I agree we should have sent someone other than the ambassador (even if it was just a photo-op).
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,669 posts)But that cartoon is as stupid as anything that has ever dropped from the putrid bowels of Rupert Murdoch. Obama's people might have concluded that his security would have been disruptive, or that he didn't want to make the event about the U.S., or maybe they misjudged what a BFD the whole thing would be viewed as by the media (even though in fact it was a staged photo-op). The one thing I am absolutely certain of is that Obama did not just blow off the event to play golf, which is what that dumb cartoon clearly implies.
Omaha Steve
(99,580 posts)Paris started over a cartoon or two somebody took way too seriously.
This too is only a political cartoon.
Cha
(297,136 posts)Cha
(297,136 posts)the ******* rw like to paint him. And, the rw ******** are the ones making such a ******* deal out of this.
Eric Boehlert @EricBoehlert
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from what i see there's no modern precedent (Zero) for US prez to march in foreign city rally. but Obama was supposed to go on 36 hrs notice
7:05 AM - 13 Jan 2015 69 Retweets 34 favorites
"The Othering and Treating Pres Obama different from what the Media was asking of the 43rd before the 44th. Pigmentation Raises its Ugly head, again."
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/01/13/rise-and-shine-990/#comments
The Story is about this..
The US "media" is talking about the President missing this..
Charlie Pierce's perfect response to Jake Tapper..
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/01/13/the-u-s-economy-keeps-progressing-thanks-president-obama/
Omaha Steve
(99,580 posts)The White House did.
Cha
(297,136 posts)I don't care who else he skewers. It's stupid.
bravenak
(34,648 posts)That was a fake rally.
Cha
(297,136 posts)Charlie Pierce's perfect response to Jake Tapper..
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/01/13/the-u-s-economy-keeps-progressing-thanks-president-obama/
bravenak
(34,648 posts)I hate to see people falling for it so hard.
That was a great response by the way. Perfect.
This 'toon pisses me off.. glad to have just found Charlie's response.
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,580 posts)The POTUS himself says "we should have been there". Just a photo op, but we should have had upper management there.
OS
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)Omaha Steve
(99,580 posts)Take it up with the White House.
You may not like the cartoon, but it has a point. IF we can't admit when we are wrong, how are WE better than them?
Alert on the toon. Whatever. Call me a turn coat.
OS
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)So...POTUS did not say what you say he did, the WH Press Secretsry did, true, small difference, but you chose your own words anyway? Big difference.
Cha
(297,136 posts)Charlie Pierce's perfect response to Jake Tapper..
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/01/13/the-u-s-economy-keeps-progressing-thanks-president-obama/
NYC Liberal
(20,135 posts)FSogol
(45,473 posts)Tarheel_Dem
(31,232 posts)TuxedoKat
(3,818 posts)He's my second cousin or third cousin, we share a common great-grandparent. I've never met him but my brother and mom have as they go to Omaha fairly often. He seems like a pretty nice guy. He gets complaints on his cartoons from the right and the left.
Omaha Steve
(99,580 posts)In 2001 he drew a cartoon for the OWH. It was when we were trying to save a historic local movie theater. He gave us written permission to use his art on tee shirts to raise funds. I was the chairman of the group. I have a hand full of the shirts left somewhere around here.
That toon flew in the face of the power and $ people in this town!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Hills_Theater
Indian Hills Theater Preservation Society[edit]
Following the "Newstime" announcements, the Indian Hills Theater Preservation Society was founded with the goal of preserving the theater. Leaders of the Society were Steve Dawes, Ron A. Hunter, Tom Hunter, Frank Merwald and Susie Rose. The Society was assisted by letters of support to the local newspaper from film industry members such as Kirk Douglas, Charlton Heston, Janet Leigh, Patricia Neal, Robert Wise, Richard D. Zanuck and Ray Bradbury.[1] Bruce A. Crawford was largely responsible for facilitating the involvement of the Hollywood industry. Additionally, film historian Leonard Maltin appeared in a public-service commercial that aired on local television and radio in support of the Society. However, the CEO of Nebraska Methodist, Stephen Long, refused to discuss any alternative to immediate demolition.
Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission[edit]
On August 8, 2001, a hearing was held before the Omaha Landmarks Heritage Preservation Commission to determine whether the Indian Hills Theater should be designated an Omaha Landmark. Such a designation, upon confirmation by the Omaha City Council, would protect the theater from demolition. Presentations were made by the Indian Hills Theater Preservation Society and attorneys for Nebraska Methodist. Filmmaker and Cinerama historian David Strohmaier stated, in video testimony, that the Indian Hills was "the finest venue for wide-screen films in the world." The Commission voted unanimously to recommend to the Omaha City Council that the theater be designated a "Landmark of the City of Omaha."
n2doc
(47,953 posts)C'mon Steve! You know all the complaining is just BS. There are a ton of cartoonists who have fallen for this scam.