Toons: Courage Citizen, Pimple Paul, Young Mitt Learns Firing is Real Fun and More. 1/11/12

[ellisonz]

By Larry Wright, The Detroit News - 1/11/2012


By Kirk Walters, Toledo Blade - 1/11/2012


By Jimmy Margulies, The Record of Hackensack, NJ - 1/11/2012


By Parker, Florida Today - 1/11/2012


By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune - 1/11/2012


By Joe Heller, Green Bay Press-Gazette - 1/11/2012


By Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons - 1/11/2012


By John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune - 1/11/2012


By Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons - 1/11/2012


By David Fitzsimmons, The Arizona Star - 1/11/2012


By Mike Keefe, Cagle Cartoons - 1/11/2012


By Pat Bagley, Salt Lake Tribune - 1/11/2012
http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/10/10097194-gayest-us-town-surprise-its-salt-lake-city


By Randy Bish, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review - 1/11/2012


By Paresh Nath, The Khaleej Times, UAE - 1/11/2012


By Hajo de Reijger, The Netherlands - 1/11/2012 - "Syrian Warpaint"


By Pat Oliphant, January 11, 2012


By Steve Benson, January 11, 2012


By Walt Handelsman, January 11, 2012


By Mike Luckovich, January 11, 2012


By Don Wright, January 11, 2012


By Jim Morin, January 12, 2012


By Ted Rall, January 11, 2012 - Rall obviously wants a challenger from the Left.

Note: All previous editions available in my journal.

[Angry Dragon]

1. kick

[Tx4obama]

2. Kick n/t

[skepticscott]

3. Mitt Romney didn't say "I like to fire people"

Why do so many people, here and elsewhere, find it necessary to dishonestly say that he did? He said "I like to be able to fire people", which is a very different thing, especially in the context he used it, and is a sentiment shared by just about everyone, if you stop and think about it.

There are more than enough dumb things that Romney actually said to tear him down without having to make stuff up. It just makes liberals look silly when they do.

[a la izquierda]

4. The exact quote was "I like being able to fire people who provide services to me..."

and yes, you're right, it's stupid for anyone to pull it out of context.
But you know darn well they'd crucify Obama just the same if he made a ridiculous comment along these lines.

[jeff47]

5. And Al Gore didn't say "I invented the Internet"

I'll be happy to listen to complaints about a Republican being taken out of context when they stop taking Democrats out of context.

[polmaven]

6. Nor did President Obama "say"

If we don't stop talking about the economy we're going to lose, but that didn't stop the Romney campaign for pretending that he did.

[skepticscott]

7. And are you happy

to look as silly and dishonest as the Republicans in the meantime?

[jeff47]

8. Yes

Unilateral disarmament is not a good idea.

[ellisonz]

10. Agreed.

Besides, these are political cartoonists, not professional journalists.

[Blue_Tires]

12. yeah, that talking point still hasn't died among certain friends....

[DirkGently]

13. I don't think the context helps there. The sentiment is the same, & the full statement

was disingenuous to begin with. Romney has and likely still does enjoy being "able to fire people" in all kinds of contexts. His decision to dishonestly cloak healthcare issues in the context of the joys of the power to "fire" is legitimately revealing. He has always been the firer. He thinks of corporations as "people," and feels entitled to extract wealth from others by leveraging the ability to fire against them. It's a real hobby of his.

And the idea that rolling back our meager healthcare reforms in favor of the Republican's deliberately false vision of a "free market" of insurance (in which the insurers, not the consumers would hold all the power to "fire&quot doesn't exactly turn the statement on its ear.

[skepticscott]

15. Face it...you, me and everyone else

on this board likes being able to fire people in exactly the same way that Romney expressed, and we do it all the time.

[tamermba]

9. Good job

Good job
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[SlipperySlope]

11. The last one caught me by surprise

But it did make me chuckle. I forgot that there even technically were Democratic primaries this year.

[ellisonz]

14. Obama got 82% in NH. n/t

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Hampshire_Democratic_primary,_2012