Wow, only nine months between updates! Um, I have an excuse, guys, I was, uh…stuck in the bathroom. Yeah. No wait, I had leprosy. It was terrible. Anyway, this one was based on a conversation we had at dinner last night wherein I made a joke that my kids didn’t appreciate…
I’m settling in to a new work schedule, so I apologize for the sporadic updates lately. Dadmocracy should now be updating regularly every Monday. Garfield, you have one less reason to hate Mondays now! Buck up, grumpy!
“After poking fun at George W. Bush for eight years — often drawing him with big ears and a severe overbite, or as a gung-ho Joe College type, or simply as a clueless doofus — political cartoonists are finding Barack Obama a more elusive target.
Bush’s emotive facial expressions, easy-to-caricature physical features and, most of, all his deeply unpopular political decisions were fodder for liberal-leaning cartoonists. But the cool and detached Obama enters the White House at a time of considerable economic anxiety, bolstered by wishes of goodwill even from some political opponents.
‘I had all my villains in place for eight years and they’ve been taken away,’ lamented Pulitzer Prize winner Pat Oliphant, one of the most widely syndicated cartoonists. ‘I don’t know that I’ve ever had this experience before, of a president I maybe like. This is an antagonistic art. We’re supposed to concentrate on finding things wrong. There’s no point in drawing a cartoon that’s favorable.’”
What a load of sycophantic BS. I accept your challenge, Mr. Mark. Oh, yes, I accept…
“During the hothouse days of the presidential campaign, Joe Wurzelbacher became famous because he got Barack Obama to confess that he likes to spread the wealth around. Better known as Joe the Plumber, the Toledo, Ohio, laborer became the target of bottomless venom and scorn because he seemed like an obstacle to Obama’s coronation.
One of the main talking points, particularly among left-wing bloggers, was that Wurzelbacher was a tax cheat because, it was revealed by ABC News, he had a tax lien of $1,182 for back Ohio state taxes. This fueled the argument that he was a fraud, his opinion didn’t matter. Nothing to see here, folks. Move along.
Fast-forward to today. Timothy Geithner, President Obama’s choice to be the next treasury secretary, quite clearly tried to defraud the government of tens of thousands in payroll taxes while working at the International Monetary Fund. The IMF does not withhold such taxes but does compensate American employees who must pay them out of pocket. Geithner took the compensation — which involves considerable paperwork — but then simply pocketed the money…
I thought the Democrats believed the financial implosion was caused by arrogant and greedy men who thought the rules didn’t apply to them because they were so important. I guess they didn’t mean it.”
Kicking off the new “Era of Responsibility”:
Tax-evader Timothy Geitner is going to be the new Treasury Secretary! When you run the IRS there’s a slim chance of getting audited again…
Alrighty then, we have a new president! The inauguration speech was a’ight. A phrase or two did stick with me:
“The question we ask today is not whether our Government is too big or too small, but whether it works…”
Um, no, I’m definitely still asking that question, Mr. President. Got anything else?
“To those who cling to power through corruption and deceit and the silencing of dissent, know that you are on the wrong side of history.”
“What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility…”
Holy crap am I gonna hold you to those…Good luck, President Obama. I will be praying for you.
Yes, I am back from my unannounced month-long hiatus to bring a tale of Christmas pageantry. Regular updates shall resume forthwith!
Christmas was tons of fun. Our kids are 9, 6, and 3 and we still have to wake them up on Christmas morning to discover their loot (not that I’m complaining).
We went to visit mine and my wife’s families both today, for wonderful bouts of excitement and craziness followed by blessed relaxation and delectable food. The prime rib at my mom’s was TO DIE FOR. So much for keeping off the pounds…
Hey you guys, go check out superobamaworld.com! You too can play as the supreme presidential messiah in a Mario-esque Alaskan landscape. Watch out for pigs with lipstick, money-bag weilding Bush, and Sarah Palin pushing a clothes rack as you avoid the bridge to nowhere. Fun stuff.
The mayor of Batman, Turkey is suing Warner Brothers and Christoper Nolan for royalties from The Dark Knight, which “used the name of [their] city without informing” them. It only took them around 70 years to notice they were getting ripped off…
First, I need to mention that I am extremely proud to be able to see my country elect its first African-American president. I recognize this as a historic election that many people thought would never be able to happen. You done good, ‘Bama.
It would be much happier for me if he had any policies that I agreed with, though. Wealth redistribution, nationalized health care, withdrawing from Iraq on his own timetable…with Democratic control of Congress, I am extremely apprehensive about what the next four years will bring. Here’s hopin’…
Update: In the spirit of bipartisanship, Obama has selected Rahm “Republicans can go f— themselves” Emanuel as his chief of staff.
I’m feeling more and more like Iowahawk…
