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Oh please.....whatev.......................................nt okaawhatever Jan 2015 #1
That's just a toon corkhead Jan 2015 #2
Indeed; how awful it was that Obama skipped this The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #3
What is with Koterba? Is he a Fox News zombie? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #6
He works for an Omaha newspaper, I think, The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #7
"Conservative" as in "immune to logic and facts"? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #8
Isn't that the very definition of conservative? The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #15
You mean the paper owned by a solid Dem??? Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #17
Maybe so, but I've seen other cartoons by this guy The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #18
I've been seeing his toons almost daily for over a decade Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #19
I'll take your word for it. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #20
POTUS just didn't get a free pass Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #21
Maybe it's true that they should have sent Biden or Kerry. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2015 #22
Difference of opinion Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #23
I agree, TVO.. rw bullshite.. I don't care who else he skewers.. Charlie Pierce's responsr to Jake Cha Jan 2015 #29
Doesn't matter what he is.. that's a rw spin on the President. He sure as hell wasn't "golfing" as Cha Jan 2015 #26
FOX didn't say 'We Should Have Sent Someone With a Higher Profile' Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #30
You hold on to that.. I'm going with Charlie Pierce's response. And, that 'toon is a rw spin.. Cha Jan 2015 #32
Please... bravenak Jan 2015 #4
Aloha, brave.. just saw Charlie Pierce's response to Jake Tapper.. Cha Jan 2015 #27
This photo op thing is just an excuse to fling mud at the President. bravenak Jan 2015 #31
.. Cha Jan 2015 #33
RW agitprop. But I defend the right to say it, even if it says dick. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #5
Kotorba takes shots at both sides and the middle Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #9
POTUS himself said that? A phot op with....who was in that confined group of "world leaders"? Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #11
'We Should Have Sent Someone With a Higher Profile' Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #13
Alert? Why would I do that? Your opinion on the matter helps me make mine. Fred Sanders Jan 2015 #14
Hey Fred.. Charlie Pierce's response to Jake Tapper.. Cha Jan 2015 #28
Seeing as NO leaders were at the march, that's about all that happened there. NYC Liberal Jan 2015 #10
Unrec. FSogol Jan 2015 #12
Happy to see how concerned all the "freedom fries" folks have become about "France". Tarheel_Dem Jan 2015 #16
Have you met Jeff? TuxedoKat Jan 2015 #24
Yes I have Omaha Steve Jan 2015 #25
Boo! n2doc Jan 2015 #34

Omaha Steve

(99,580 posts)
17. You mean the paper owned by a solid Dem???
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 07:12 PM
Jan 2015

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.






Omaha Steve

(99,580 posts)
19. I've been seeing his toons almost daily for over a decade
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 07:32 PM
Jan 2015

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)
20. I'll take your word for it.
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 08:06 PM
Jan 2015

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)
21. POTUS just didn't get a free pass
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 08:18 PM
Jan 2015

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)
22. Maybe it's true that they should have sent Biden or Kerry.
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 08:31 PM
Jan 2015

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)
23. Difference of opinion
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 08:39 PM
Jan 2015


Paris started over a cartoon or two somebody took way too seriously.

This too is only a political cartoon.



Cha

(297,136 posts)
26. Doesn't matter what he is.. that's a rw spin on the President. He sure as hell wasn't "golfing" as
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 09:11 PM
Jan 2015

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 it’s 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/

Cha

(297,136 posts)
32. You hold on to that.. I'm going with Charlie Pierce's response. And, that 'toon is a rw spin..
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 09:34 PM
Jan 2015

I don't care who else he skewers. It's stupid.

 

bravenak

(34,648 posts)
31. This photo op thing is just an excuse to fling mud at the President.
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 09:27 PM
Jan 2015

I hate to see people falling for it so hard.
That was a great response by the way. Perfect.

Omaha Steve

(99,580 posts)
9. Kotorba takes shots at both sides and the middle
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 01:58 PM
Jan 2015

The POTUS himself says "we should have been there". Just a photo op, but we should have had upper management there.

OS

Omaha Steve

(99,580 posts)
13. 'We Should Have Sent Someone With a Higher Profile'
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 02:15 PM
Jan 2015

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)
14. Alert? Why would I do that? Your opinion on the matter helps me make mine.
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 02:18 PM
Jan 2015

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.

TuxedoKat

(3,818 posts)
24. Have you met Jeff?
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 08:48 PM
Jan 2015

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)
25. Yes I have
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 09:04 PM
Jan 2015

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)
34. Boo!
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 09:42 PM
Jan 2015

C'mon Steve! You know all the complaining is just BS. There are a ton of cartoonists who have fallen for this scam.

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