tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320456638337813586.post4196904422409271153..comments2024-02-21T07:27:31.023-06:00Comments on Berge's Cartoon Blog: Republicans Have a SuggestionPaul Bergehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13672435924884800031noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320456638337813586.post-89103071675237956202010-04-26T13:26:45.430-05:002010-04-26T13:26:45.430-05:00Thanks for the reply. I've only really been fo...Thanks for the reply. I've only really been following politics since about 07. I missed the 04 elections by a year or two, and 08 was the first year I could vote.<br /><br />The info isn't particularly surprising. Officials from both sides have done bad things. It's just amazing how petty Republicans can be when they don't get there way. Both parties can, true. But I've never seen things like the Tea Party from the Left, nor have we had people shouting "YOU LIE!" in Senate, or say...the Vice-President telling a Senator to go *fornicate* himself.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00307811999590628893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320456638337813586.post-43045460695534540462010-04-25T22:27:09.446-05:002010-04-25T22:27:09.446-05:00To dsichel:
I agree that Chuck Asay's caricatu...To dsichel:<br />I agree that Chuck Asay's caricatures are recognizeable. He's very meticulous on that count, and I've always appreciated that if he wants to draw a cartoon about the chair of the House Transportation Committee, he draws the actual chair of the committee rather than some generic Congressman character.<br /><br />To Brent: The matter of Republicans completely shutting out Democrats in the Bush years was chiefly a House of Representatives phenomenon, I'll admit. Not only were Democratic representatives shut out of the process: remember how Tom DeLay would only let lobbyists in on the process if they gave money only to Republicans? His stated goal was to make Democrats completely irrelevant to government, and he did everything within (and slightly beyond) his power to make that happen.<br /><br />The Senate doesn't have the same rules as the House, and the Republicans haven't had a filibuster-proof majority since Reconstruction. Senate Democrats held up some judicial nominations, but never threatened the scorched-earth tactics of threatening to filibuster every piece of legislation. So Ted Kennedy contributed to Republicans' education bills, Max Cleland supported the Iraq war, and Joe Lieberman was Joe Lieberman. But as long as the Republicans ran both houses, the Bush administration got pretty much exactly what legislation it wanted because the Democrats weren't going to grind Washington to a halt.Paul Bergehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13672435924884800031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320456638337813586.post-45894138198124982332010-04-24T19:56:01.114-05:002010-04-24T19:56:01.114-05:00Just so it's more clear Berge, do you have som...Just so it's more clear Berge, do you have some samples of Republicans completely shutting out Democrats? I realize this talking point is just another way of saying "the Bush years never happened" but more solid evidence never hurts, especially when arguing with obstinate Right Wing-nuts (as opposed to a regular Conservative or Republican.)<br /><br />I'd also be curious to see what Chuck thinks, assuming he says anything. Especially since some of his past cartoons have bee, to put it bluntly, rather vile in their thinking.Brenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00307811999590628893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7320456638337813586.post-35742731853446753172010-04-24T19:32:39.591-05:002010-04-24T19:32:39.591-05:00Another point about Chuck Asay...
say what you wi...Another point about Chuck Asay...<br /><br />say what you will about the man's political ideology, you have to admire his artistic integrity.<br /><br />He always draws everything from scratch, and his caricatures of known people are recognizable.Danny Sichelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11971434976870500075noreply@blogger.com