I'm really starting to hate all these anti-Republican editorial cartoons

[HamdenRice]

They make elephants look so bad. They are intelligent animals, with great memories, that live in tight knit family groups and they play an important role in the environment.

They're not like Republicans at all.

These cartoons give elephants a bad image.

[FSogol]

1. We should propose a resolution to have them change their party animal to the Sewer Rat. n/t

[TheMightyFavog]

4. Why not change it to a condom?

A condom accepts inflation, halts production, destroys the next generation, protects a bunch of dicks, and gives you a sense of security while you're actually getting screwed.

[patrice]

8. !!!

:rofl:

[BrklynLiberal]

12. BINGO!!!

[FSogol]

16. Sure, as long as its a used condom that has no use to anyone. n/t

[Touchdown]

28. We should be getting people to use condoms, not scaring them away.

n/t

[RoyGBiv]

30. Winner!

You win the Internet.

[Danger Mouse]

32. That would get the fundies up in arms.

Condoms are like, the Devil's water balloons or something.

[Bucky]

5. I'm sick and tired of the noble sewer rat being defamed like this.

The mighty sewer rat--the true maverick among the urban-adapted ferals--plays a critical role the circle of life that sustains us all. Please take your hatred elsewhere... like to the Lounge!

[lunatica]

19. Change it to the cockroach and put them under a rock where they belong

[Dogmudgeon]

2. Blame Thomas Nast

He didn't make donkeys look any better.

--d!

[Cant trust em]

6. Why couldn't we have picked a lion or something else that is awesome?

[HamdenRice]

7. Or a hyena? nt

[Bucky]

11. The lion was the symbol of the Democrats in early Nast cartoons

Keep in mind, when Nast did his toons the GOP was the party of Reconstruction, anti-slavery, civil rights, and government support for updating infrastructure.

[Sequoia]

35. or the Irish.

Only his Santa Claus gets the thumbs up.

[The Magistrate]

3. The Identification Has Always Made Me Uncomfortable Too, Sir

Elephants are decent sorts....

[Shell Beau]

9. I love elephants. I think they should replace the elephant with a vulture

or something more appropriate. :)

[Warpy]

13. A slime mold logo would be difficult to design

and that's the only thing I can think of that's appropriate.

[Bucky]

10. Elephants have long memories and rip the shit out of forests they inhabit

Elephants de-grass meadows, knock over trees to sharpen their tusks, and chase off as much of the competing wild life in their neighborhooes as they can. You can it's nature and not a choice, but elephants are without a doubt the messiest and most wasteful punks in the ecosystem.

[sinkingfeeling]

15. And here I thought man was the messiest and most wasteful punks in the ecosystem.

[Bucky]

24. When elephants fly...

the splatter effect alone could end civilization as we know it


<== elephants did this

[Politicalboi]

31. Well their days are numbered

Since Africa is allowing the Ivory market to flourish and China and Japan are buying it up. It was on 60 minutes last Sunday after Joe but I couldn't watch it all the way. Baby Elephants who lose their mothers early can die within days of not getting fed. I feel that is something we should stop immediately.

[lunatica]

20. They don't stay in one area very long unless forced to by encroachment

on their traveling routes and destinations. Any migratory animal will do a great deal of harm to the environment if they aren't able to move around.

[Bucky]

23. Again, quite comparable to the winter migratory routes of the North American neo con

They travel all the way from out of right field to get to the once in a blue moon, but they never, never visit the Hague anymore.

I wonder why that is...

[HamdenRice]

21. Only if they are overstocked. Their taking down trees enhances the "edge effect"

that is, the introduction of more boundaries between forest and pasture, which increases biodiversity.

There's a reason that African countries with game parks strive to re-introduce the elephant.

[Bucky]

22. Your facts only further the validity of my comparison

[HamdenRice]

29. Are you saying we're overstocked with Republicans?

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[Bucky]

33. Yes, but that doesn't excuse poachers for slaughtering them for their ivory

After all, if they kill all the Republicans, who are we gonna hike the taxes on?

[guitar man]

14. they should change it to the dinosaur

or the dodo bird, or something else extinct. Hopefully that's where they are headed

[tabasco]

17. Anybody know what whale shit looks like?

Scrape some off the bottom of the Marianas Trench and smear it on a board.

"Republicans: lower than whale shit!"

[lunatica]

18. Yeah, and the kicker is elephants are matriarchal groups

[Bucky]

25. Name me one prominent Republican leader who you wouldn't call a "mother"

[lunatica]

26. Different from matriarch

[Toucano]

27. I nominate a new mascot:

* not my own image

[Sequoia]

34. I couldn't agree more about the elephants.

I posted something a day or so ago about how elephants shouldn't be the symbol for those people. Then, on Friday someone posted the story about an elephant rampage in India I think it was and another person posted this excellent NY Times editorial about elepants in Africa and about woman named Eve Abe. Then finally, I was so interested I found this (ture story) book, "Modoc: The True Story of the Greatest Elephant That Ever Lived", by Ralph Helfer. It's a book for the middle-school age kids but anyone would enjoy it. Of course, a lot of the adventures seem emblished but, hey...there's nothing like a good story.