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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGreat 'New Yorker' cover about Obama trying to deal with Congress
Herding Catshttp://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/culture/2013/01/cover-story-herding-cats.html?mbid=social_retweet
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Great 'New Yorker' cover about Obama trying to deal with Congress (Original Post)
Are_grits_groceries
Jan 2013
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KittyWampus
(55,894 posts)1. the cat picture that comes to mind is the one on a leash playing "dead"
2naSalit
(86,332 posts)4. And that would be both Democratic Senators from my state...
Cha
(296,853 posts)12. Perfect!
freshwest
(53,661 posts)14. That's more like it.
samsingh
(17,593 posts)3. the repugs in congress are worse than snakes
UrbScotty
(23,980 posts)5. Except that kittens are cute. (nt)
daybranch
(1,309 posts)6. totally understates the difficulties he faces. Cats are disinterested.
Having a picture of him holding back Boehner and Cantor as vicous pitbulls or maybe Mitch McConnell as Cudjo and maybe some the NRA as venomous snakes would be much more appropo.
another_liberal
(8,821 posts)7. To be totally accurate . . .
To be totally accurate the cats would have to be attacking him in packs and tearing his clothes to shreds.
freshwest
(53,661 posts)16. That too.
benld74
(9,901 posts)8. OR perhaps a photo of trying to nail jello to a tree,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
GoCubsGo
(32,075 posts)9. No self-respecting cat would ever become a Congresscritter.
Especially not a republican one.
Surya Gayatri
(15,445 posts)10. Reminds me of this classic Superbowl ad...LOL!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)11. that was toooooo cute!
Nothing cute about the rabid hyenas and pissy poisonous snakes that Obama has to deal with.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)13. That is so funny! Never seen it before. LOL! nt
Zoeisright
(8,339 posts)17. That's an insult
to cats. Perhaps if the repukes were portrayed as poisonous spiders or rats with the plague.