REPUBLICAN CARTOON PARODY-RAISING THE FLAG

THE PIC AND THE CAPTION TO THE LEFT SAY IT ALL. I PLACED IT TO THE LEFT FOR A REASON

(ANTI-REPUB/ANTI-RIGHT POST).

I FOUND THIS CARTOON & STORY VIA FLICKR: http://flickr.com/photos/70549244@N00/532882411/

Rudy Giuliani, Mitt Romney, and John McCain clamor to out-Reagan each other in their rush to prove their conservative credentials.Instead of believing in America, they put party before country, and believe that the worship of Saint Ronny will cast some kind of magic spell for them.This political cartoon parodies the iconic image of the raising of the flag at Iwo Jima during WW II.... The American flag still makes an appearance here, but it's used only to nail Reagan to the cross.... It shows the many layers of perversion of the modern Republican Party, not the least of which being the irony that, even within the context of their own misplaced ideals, they are still grasping, because none of the Repub candidates are even in the mold of Reagan's conservatism in the first place. Giuliani is a pro-choice, pro-gay rights cross-dressing hot-head, Mitt Romney is a Mormon (which a size-able chunk of the Republican fundamentalist base views as a Satanic cult), and McCain is a flip-flopper who claims to be a straight-talking maverick, though all he ever does is capitulate and suck on George W. Bush's ---- (NOTE FROM DORA: I STOPPED THE WRITE UP HERE FROM THE FLICK-R BLOG. CLICK ON LINK AND FINISH FOR YOURSELF. BTW, I ONLY OMMITTED ONE WORD, CAN U GUESS WHICH ONE IT WAS. I TRY TO KEEP MY BLOGS "CLEAN" WHEN MY NIECES & NEPHEWS MAY BE READING THEM.)

REPUBLICAN RECITATION

MY SOAP-BOX, PPL...READY SET GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO...

I PURPOSELY USED THE WORD RECITATION BECAUSE I COULD RECITE (WITHOUT WRITING ANYTHING DOWN) THE NEGATIVES OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY. THE FOLLOWING USE OF SEMANTICS (WORD USAGE) IS PART OF MY ILL FEELINGS OF WHAT THE REPUBS HAVE NEGATIVELY DONE TO THIS GREAT COUNTRY OF OURS; ESPECIALLY "W". THEIR ACTIONS HAVE BEEN NOTHING SHORT OF VILE, ATROCIOUS, AND DIABOLICAL.I HAD LONG BEEN THINKING ABOUT BLOGGING ABOUT MY THOUGHTS ON THE REPUBLICAN TICKET, MAINLY SARAH PALIN. SO HERE IS MY FEABILE ATTEMPT AT TRYING TO GET MY VIEWS OUT THERE WITHOUT TRYING OR WANTING TO INFLUENCE OTHERS IDEAS/VIEWS. I HAVE ALWAYS JUST WANTED TO GET PPL TO VOTE AND IT MATTERED NOT WHOM THEY VOTED FOR AS LONG AS THEY VOTED THEIR CONSCIENCE AFTER RESEARCHING THE RESPECTIVE PARTY(s) PLATFORM. MY PET PEEVE IS WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH OTHERS (IN PERSON, VIA PHONE, EMAIL…ETC.) ONLY TO FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE VOTING A CERTAIN WAY BECAUSE SOMEONE TOLD THEM TO DO SO. ARGHHHHHHHHHHHH…WHAT AGGRAVATION, AM I RIGHT IN FEELING THIS WAY (RHETORICAL)! THERE ARE SO MANY AVENUES OF INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO ALL OF US IN THIS CENTURY; IT MAKES THIS PERSON INDIGNANT TO SEE TOO MANY PPL NOT TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE TOOLS. NOT JUST FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES BUT FOR ANY PURPOSE. HOW POWERFUL THE FEELING ONE HAS IN RESEARCHING THINGS AND LEARNING THINGS ON HIS/HER OWN. RELINQUISHING ONE’S POWER IS THE WORST THING ONE CAN EVER DO.
ANYWAY…BACK TO MY MAIN REASON FOR THIS PARTICULAR BLOG.

JOHN MCCAIN IS SO OUT OF TOUCH WITH THE PUBLIC THAT HE THINKS MIDDLE CLASS STARTS WITH A HOUSEHOLD INCOME SO FAR OUT OF THE REACH FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. I KNOW HIS COMMENTS ABOUT MIDDLE CLASS STARTING AT 3 MILLION DOLLARS WAS TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT AND JOHN KNEW IT WOULD HAPPEN, SO WHY ON EARTH SAY SOMETHING SO BOGUS TO BEGIN WITH? WHAT AN IDIOT. I RESPECT HIS TOUR OF DUTY AND HIS LENGTHY STINT AT THE HANOI HILTON (Hoa Lo). HE ENDURED SUCH SUFFERING THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO EXPERIENCE (over 5 years all together as a POW with 2 of those years stuck in solitary). BUT, IT WAS HIS JOB AND HIS DUTY AS HE VOLUNTEERED (VIA THE NAVY) THAT DUTY AND SO DID MILLIONS OF OTHER AMERICANS (ALLIES) AND SEVERAL HUNDRED OF THEM SUFFERED THE SAME OR WORSE ATROCITIES AS JOHN DID. WHAT I MEAN IS HE DID NOT DO ANYTHING SPECIAL, HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS WERE DOING THE SAME. HE WAS NOT THE BEST STUDENT GROWING UP AND WE ALL KNOW HIS CAREER AT THE MILITARY ACADEMY BEFORE HE ENLISTED. NOT THE BRIGHTEST IN THE CRAYON BOX AS MY FAMILY AND I LIKE TO SAY. HE WAS SHOT DOWN DUE TO HUMAN ERROR (HIS OWN). MAYBE JOHN WAS NEVER IN TOUCH WITH THE PUBLIC AS HE WAS A MILITARY-BRAT AND NEVER SUFFERED FROM BEING BROKE. SURE HIS CURRENT WEALTH IS ATTRIBUTED TOWARDS HIS WIFE CINDI, BUT I DOUBT HE HAS EVER TURNED AWAY THE BENEFITS OF IT. A BIG DEAL WAS MADE ABOUT THEIR 7 HOMES. JOHN SHOULD HAVE JUST OWNED UP TO IT AS EVERYONE KNOWS CINDI IS WEALTHY AND IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT THEY WOULD HAVE SO MANY HOMES. ALL RICH PPL NEED A SUMMER HOME, A WINTER HOME, A LAKE-HOUSE, ETC…ANYWAY, TO ADD SALT TO THE WOUND, THIS FRIDAY NIGHT, PAUL BEGALA (DEMOCRATIC POLITICAL STRATEGIST AND CLINTON SUPPORTER) SAID THAT JOHN & CINDI, MATTER OF FACT, DID NOT HAVE 7 HOMES, BUT THEY HAD 9. YES, FELLOW AMERICANS, 9 HOMES. WHILE THE REST OF US ARE TRYING TO KEEP OUR ONE HOME, THEY HAVE 9 TO PICK FROM AND NEVER HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT LOSING ANY ONE OF THEM, BUT MAYBE WHICH ONE THEY WILL SPEND CERTAIN HOLIDAYS AT.

NOW FOR SARAH PALIN…SHE THINKS SHE IS POLITICALLY SAVVY, BUT SHE IS WRONG. SHE DID NOT EVEN KNOW WHAT THE “BUSH DOCTRINE” ENTAILED WHEN INTERVIEWED BY CHARLIE GIBSON LAST WEEK. GRANTED, NOT MANY PPL MAY KNOW IT ESP. THOSE WHO FAIL TO DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH, BUT IT IS NOT DIFFICULT TO GUESS AT WHAT IT IS AND SARAH PALIN FAILED TO REMOTELY TRY TO TAKE A STAB AT IT. BILL MAHER SAID IT BEST WHEN HE DESCRIBED THAT PARTICULAR MOMENT AS SARAH PALIN LOOKING LIKE A DEER CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD IN FRONT OF HEADLIGHTS. CLEARLY HER “PPL” DID NOT PREPARE HER AT ALL, JUST LIKE IT IS EVIDENT SHE WAS NEITHER VETTED, OR MAYBE CHARLIE WENT AGAINST A SCRIPT OF QUESTIONS THAT MAY HAVE BEEN REVIEWED AND PRE-APPROVED BY SARAH’S PEEPS OR MAYBE NONE OF HER PEEPS BOTHERED TO REVIEW THE QUESTIONS IN ORDER TO HAVE HER INTERVIEW-READY FOR THE “Q&A” SEGMENT. SHE WAS ALSO CAUGHT IN THE BIG LIE ABOUT THAT STUPID “BRIDGE TO NOWHERE”…SHE SAYS SHE WAS AGAINST IT BEFORE SHE WAS FOR IT, BUT PREVIOUS DATA SHOWS OPPOSITE. WELL, I AM DISGUSTED BY THAT ENTIRE FIASCO AND CAN STILL RECALL REPUBS CALLING DEMS WHO DID SUCH A THING…"FLIP-FLOPPERS”. IN MY OPINION, SARAH PALIN IS THE BIGGEST FLIP-FLOPPER EVER.

TO ADD, HOW DARE HER TRY TO COMPARE HERSELF TO HILLARY CLINTON. IN A LOS ANGELES TIMES ARTICLE WRITTEN BY GLORIA STEINEM (http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/opinion/la-oe-steinem4-2008sep04,0,1290251.story), SHE SAID THAT THE ONLY COMPARISSON WAS, AND I QUOTE: 'Palin shares nothing but a chromosome with Clinton!'

I ADMIT THAT THE BEST THING ABOUT SARAH IS THAT SHE HAS A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY. HER BABY BOY MAKES MY HEART MELT WHENEVER I SEE HIM. HE IS ADORABLE INDEED. CONGRATS TO SARAH AND HUBBY FOR HAVING HIM, BUT IT DOES NOT MAKE ME FEEL GOOD KNOWING SHE IS FOR GETTING RID OF ROE VS. WADE. SCAREY! SHE DOES NOT WANT HER NRA PRIVILEGES TAKEN AWAY AS PART OF OUR RIGHT AS AMERICANS TO BEAR ARMS. THAT LAW IS CLEARLY WRITTEN IN OUR CONSTITUION. WHERE IN THE CONSTITUTION DOES IT STATE THAT WOMEN ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DO SO WITH THEIR BODIES AS THEY SEE FIT? AFTER ALL, THIS IS A COUNTRY WHERE SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE IS ALSO INCLUDED IN OUR CONSTITUTION. PERSONALLY, I DO NOT FAVOR ABORTION, BUT I DO NOT DARE STEP ON THE RIGHTS OF OTHER WOMEN TO DO SO. ESP DUE TO A RAPE, WHICH SARAH PALIN STILL DOES NOT SUPPORT. WHAT A MORON, A CAVEWOMAN. SHE PUSHES WOMEN BACK CENTURIES IN WHAT WE HAVE TRIED TO ACHIEVE. SOMETIMES I WONDER IF SARAH IS A MAN IN WOMAN’S ATTIRE. ALTHOUGH I HAVE NEVER PERSONALLY INVOKED THE USE OF THE PROTECTED LAWS OF ROE VS. WADE, I DO STAND COMMITTED TO DEFEND OTHERS RIGHTS UNDER THE LAW. MORALS ARE BETWEEN A PERSON AND THEIR RELIGIOUS BEING, NOT TO BE FOUGHT IN A COURTROOM. AS A CHRISTIAN, WHAT I DO IS MY OWN BUSINESS AND I DO FIRMLY BELIEVE I WILL ANSWER TO EVERYTHING ONE DAY AS MY DEMISE CALLS ON ME TO MEET MY MAKER. HE WILL PASS JUDGMENT ON ME AT THAT CALLING. I HAVE NO ONE TO ANSWER TO IN THIS LIFE, NOR SHALL ANYONE (HUMAN) PASS JUDGMENT ON ME. THE REPUBS ARE SO BUSY WITH THEIR OUTDATED FUNDAMENTALIST VIEWS THAT THEY DO NOT SEE THE CURRENT AILS OF OUR GREAT COUNTRY. AMERICANS ARE LOSING THEIR JOBS, THEIR HOMES, THEIR VEHICLES. AND IF ANYONE MERELY THINKS THAT THESE ARE JUST MATERIAL POSSESSIONS AND WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR BEING ALIVE, WELL…YOU ARE RIGHT BUT WRONG. THE WRONG IS IN BRUSHING ASIDE THE HARD WORK PPL HAVE PUT INTO CREATING A HOME FOR THEIR FAMILIES. THE HARD WORK THAT WENT INTO BUYING CERTAIN THINGS ONLY TO LOSE IT ALL DUE TO SOME BUMBLING IDIOTS IN THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION WHO SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE FOR THESE FINANCIAL DISASTERS. MADAM SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, NANCY PELOSI, DO YOUR JOB AND BRING “W” AND HIS CRONIES TO JUSTICE. SHE FAILED TO DO SO WHEN “W” STARTED HIS CRIMES AGAINST OUR CONSTITUTION RIGHT AT THE START OF HIS “SELECTED REIGN” (WOULD BE CALLED “ELECTED TERM” HAD HE BEEN ELECTED PROPERLY AND NOT SELECTED BY THE SUPREME COURT. HIS TERM IS A REIGN SINCE HE STOLE THE ELECTION AND TREATS HIS POSITION AS THOUGH HE WERE KING). NANCY SHOULD HAVE BEGUN IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS WHEN "KING GEORGE" SOUGHT WAR AGAINST A SOVEREIGN NATION. NOW “W” IS ALMOST OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE (YEA!) AND PELOSI CAN & SHOULD STILL GO AFTER HIM AND ALAN GREENSPAN AND ALL CULPABLE PERSONS WHO LEAD OUR GREAT COUNTRY TO THIS CURRENT RECESSION AND FINANCIAL WINDFALL. NOT TO MENTION THEIR IGNORANCE OF OUR NATION’S LAWS AGAINST WIRE TAPPING, THEIR IGNORANCE OF THE WORLD’S ORDER (NATO) OF KEEPING WITHIN LAWS DURING WAR. AND ON, AND ON, AND ON. THE REPUBS HAVE FAILED US ALL MISERABLY. HOW DARE ANYONE WANT TO BE A REPUB RIGHT NOW? HOW SHAMEFUL TO THOSE WHO BELIEVE “W” DID A GOOD JOB AND FAIL TO ADMIT ANY WRONG-DOINGS BY “W” AND HIS ADMIN.I HAVE NOT YET DECIDED WHO WILL GET MY VOTE, BUT I DO KNOW ONE THING, IT WILL NOT GO IN THE FAVOR OF THE MCCAIN/PALIN TICKET. IT WOULD GO AGAINST MY MORALS, BELIEFS AND VIEWS. I AM STILL ANGRY AT OBAMA FOR DARING TO VENTURE INTO THIS YEAR’S ELECTION ON THE BASIS OF CHANGE. HILLARY WAS THE TRUE CHANGE WE NEEDED. MANY SAID HILLARY WAS CALCULATING…WHICH POLITICIAN ISN’T? ONE HAS TO MAKE PLANS WHEN PLANNING TO RUN FOR POLITICAL OFFICE. OBAMA AND MCCAIN WERE JUST AS CALCULATING AS SHE WAS, EXCEPT EVERYONE KNEW SHE WOULD RUN FOR PRES. IN 2008. OBAMA SHOULD HAVE WAITED. HE WON ON THE PREMISE OF OUR OLD-FASHIONED AND OUT-DATED PRELIMINARY SYSTEM. HE WON CAUCAUSES WHERE SHE WON PRIMARIES. NO ONE WANTED TO VOTE AGAINST “HIM” IN FULL VIEW OF THE PUBLIC. IN PRIVATE VOTING, HILLARY WAS THE CLEAR WINNER. PRIVATELY, EVERYONE WANTED HER. SHE GAINED STRENGTH AND GIVEN A FEW MORE WEEKS, SHE WOULD HAVE WON MORE PRIMARIES AND CAUCAUSES. AFTER ALL, SHE DID WIN 18 MILLION VOTES. MORE VOTES THAN OBAMA OR ANY OTHER POLITICIAN TO EVER RUN FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT HAD EVER RECEIVED SINGLE-HANDEDLY. OBAMA REALLY FOULED UP IN PICKING BIDEN. ALTHOUGH I DO LIKE JOE AND ALWAYS HAD AN AFFINITY FOR HIS POLITICAL VIEWS AND FAMILY VALUES, HE IS NOT WHAT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY NEEDED RIGHT NOW. IT NEEDED AND DEMANDED HILLARY ON THE TICKET. OBAMA WAS COCKY AND DETERMINED NOT TO ALLOW ANYONE (MAINLY A WOMAN) DICTATE HIS RUN AT THE PRESIDENCY DOING THINGS AS HE SAW FIT. HE MAJORLY MUCKED UP AND STIFFLED THE VOICE OF 18 MILLION HILLARY SUPPORTERS. OBAMA DECIDED TO RUN ON THE DEM TICKET AND CHOSE TO DO SO WITH A MAN, JOE BIDEN. JOEY BIDEN IS CLEARLY A GOOD MAN AND A GOOD DEMOCRAT, BUT NOT CLOSE TO FILLING THE SHOES OF HILLARY CLINTON.ALTHOUGH I HAVE COME TO NOT LIKE THE POLITICAL VIEWS OF SARAH PALIN (AND JOHN’S I NEVER CARED FOR), I WAS TICKLED PINK THAT THE REPUBS HAD THE GUTS TO PICK A WOMAN FOR V.P. IT DID NOT HELP TEND THE OPEN WOUNDS LEFT FROM OBAMA PICKING BIDEN, BUT IT WAS JUSTIFICATION IN SOME WAY. WOMEN ARE NOT STUPID ENOUGH TO VOTE THE REPUB TICKET MERELY BECAUSE A WOMAN IS LISTED, AT LEAST NOT ME NOR THE ONES IN MY FAMILY OR OUR FRIENDS. AGAIN, PALIN IS NO CLINTON. CLINTON HAD GREAT VIEWS, IDEAS, AND HER PLATFROM WAS OUTSTANDING. SHE KNEW THE PROBLEMS OF THIS COUNTRY AND HOW SHE WOULD FIX THEM AND SHE DID AN EXCELLENT JOB OF DESCRIBING IT TO EVERYONE. OBAMA RAN ON HER COAT-TAILS. HE WAS “DITTO” ALONGSIDE HER VIEWS, IDEAS AND PLATFORM. AND WHEN HE COULD NOT OR WOULD NOT EXPLAIN HOW HE WAS GOING TO FIX THINGS, HE REFERRED PPL TO HIS WEB SITE.

CHANGE, MY FELLOW AMERICANS, DOES NOT MERELY HAVE TO DEAL WITH PICKING A PRESIDENT OF A DIFFERENT ETHNICITY, RACE, COLOR, SEXUAL PREFERENCE, RELIGION OR SEX, NOR DOES IT DEAL WITH GOING AGAINST THE WASHINTON INSIDERS…CHANGE HAS TO DO WITH THAT ONE PERSON WHO HAS GONE THROUGH GREAT HEART-BREAK, PERSONAL AND POLITICAL EMBARRASSMENT, POLITICAL POUNDING AND NEGATIVE REPURCUSSIONS BECAUSE OF PREVIOUS CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND HER CONTROL OR FOR HER EMBARKMENTS ON TRYING TO HELP THE MIDDLE CLASS AND THE IMPOVERISHED. ONE WHO HAS HAD GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT IN THE POLITICAL WORLD, ONE WHO HAS BEEN SPOKEN OF HARSHLY, ONE WHO HAS BEEN HATED BY THE RIGHT-WING AND THE MEDIA, ONE WHO HAS SEEN FIRST-HAND HOW DIFFICULT THE JOB CAN BE, ONE WHO HAS BEEN BASHED BY HER OWN GENDER KIND, AND STILL, SHE WANTS THE JOB OF PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. AT THE END OF THE DAY, HAD HILLARY CLINTON WON…I WOULD HAVE RESTED SO SOUNDLY. NOW LIKE MILLIONS OF AMERICANS, WE ARE SCARED OF OUR FUTURE AND WE ARE NOT 100% CERTAIN WHICH CANDIDATE WILL GET US SOME HELP FOR THE ECONOMY AND TO END THIS NEEDLESS WAR AND TO HELP US OUT OF THE MANY, COUNTLESS PROBLEMS THIS NATION CURRENTLY FACES. I KNOW MCCAIN CANNOT HELP US, BUT I AM NOT SO SURE OBAMA CAN EITHER. NOT THAT OBAMA DOES NOT WANT TO HELP, BUT HE LACKS THE KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE THAT HILLARY DID AND DOES POSSESS. JOHN JUST WANTS TO HELP HIMSELF AND HIS KIND. SARAH PALIN IS TOO BUSY PICKING OUT READING GLASSES AND TRYING TO LOOK PRETTY AND WHAT STRUGGLES SHE WILL ENDURE IF SHE CONTINUES TO TRY TO LOOK INTELLIGENT - IT AIN'T GONNA HAPPEN, SARAH, SO GET OVER IT. WHAT A GREAT FUTURE THIS COUNTRY COULD AND SHOULD HAVE HAD IF PPL HAD WISED UP A LOT SOONER DURING PRIMARIES AND CAUCAUSES AND BEEN BRAVE ENOUGH AND SOUND ENOUGH TO VOTE FOR HILLARY.. I SAY WE RID OURSELVES OF THAT SYSTEM (PRIMARIES.CAUCAUSES) AND OF THE ELECTORAL VOTES AND ALLOW THE MAJORITY VOTE TO DETERMINE OUR PRESIDENT. GORE WOULD HAVE RIGHTFULLY WON ELECTION IN 2000 AND MOST LIKELY RE-ELECTION IN 2004. FOR DARN SURE, HILLARY WOULD HAVE WON THE DEMOCRATIC TICKET THIS YEAR, AND I AM CERTAIN SHE WOULD HAVE WON THE WHITE HOUSE.

I AM AT ODDS OVER THE FACT THAT THIS COUNTRY HAS YET TO LEARN TO VOTE USING THEIR COMMON SENSE AND FOR THAT, WE CONTINUE TO PAY AND PAY DEARLY. GOD SAVE US ALL!