Some papers pull, edit 'Doonesbury' strip (Rove="turd blossom")

[sabra]

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http://www.thenewstribune.com/24hour/entertainment/story/2582310p-11021628c.html

Some papers pull, edit 'Doonesbury' strip

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - About a dozen newspapers have objected to use of toilet humor in Tuesday's and Wednesday's "Doonesbury" comic strip, and some either pulled or edited the strip.
Kansas City-based Universal Press Syndicate, which distributes the strip to around 1,400 newspapers, said it had received some complaints from editors about a reference to presidential aide Karl Rove.

In the strip, a caricature of President Bush refers to Rove as "turd blossom."

Lee Salem, editor at Universal Press, said the complaints, from 10 to 12 newspapers, weren't unexpected, given the concerns many editors have about language in the funny papers. But as opposed to other times when editors have objected to Doonesbury content, the syndicate did not send out replacement strips.

"Given the coverage of Karl Rove, we thought it was appropriate, especially given the history of the strip," Salem said.

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[hobbit709]

1. That's idiot son's nickname

for him. If the "alleged" president can call him that, then so can anyone else.

[H5N1]

3. Hell yes. Plus, that's what he is.

[youspeakmylanguage]

30. It's not an insult to Rove...

He's turd blossom because he can take a pile of sh*t and make a flower sprout from it. It's actually a compliment if you think about it.

[jobycom]

8. So if the "alleged" president jumped off a bridge, would

you? If the alleged president lied to invade an innocent nation and slaughter 100K innocent people, would you? :evilgrin:

[0007]

27. .....and "fuck off" and "asshole" are in junior's & cheney's vocabulary

Why can't the average Joe use that type of language without catching heat?

[meganmonkey]

2. Here's the comic strip:

[LizW]

12. They edited it and didn't think it "hurt"?

The nickname is the whole point!

I love how the article never mentions that "Turd Blossom" is the actual nickname that Bush calls Rove. :eyes:

[Rose Siding]

4. They don't even MENTION that those are bush's own words

It NEVER comes back to him :grr:

[rainy]

5. It was in my paper today "The Virginian Pilot"

[babylonsister]

6. I wonder how Trudeau likes being edited? Not much, I'll bet. nt

[jobycom]

9. I don't know

Being banned and edited in the US is kind of a badge of honor these days, I would think.

[indigo32]

7. OMG

Hello! thats really what he calls him. Anyway I'd be mighty pissed if they "edited" my cartoon. Pull it if you must (though I can't imagine why)... but don't edit it.

[Kelvin Mace]

10. We must be protected from "Turd"

but the greater murderous obscenity that is George W. Bush is not a prblem.

[Diane R]

11. I think this is good news.

Let the radical morality police pull the strip because of the 'Turd Blossom' name. Then, the ensuing publicity will educate the masses that their 'president' nicknamed his long-time aide (and his own brain), 'Turd Blossom'. Which will present quite a dilemma for the morality fundamentalists; how do they express their outrage that their pet president uses profanity?

[DefenseLawyer]

15. Uses profanity

and manually stimulates horses. Allegedly.

[bunkerbuster1]

16. Stop spreading baseless rumors! We don't know this.

Just because Laura claimed in a room full of people that Chimpy has beaten off a horse, doesn't mean Chimpy has done so. Recently.

[kestrel91316]

48. No, no, you don't get it .....................

It's perfectly ok for Bush to use profanity. He's the Second Coming of Christ.......he can do and say anything he wants. It's only the "Little People" who aren't permitted to use this disgusting language.

You remember the "Little People"? The ones who pay taxes, lol?

[54anickel]

13. Speaking of Turd Blossom....

Nice animated toon here:
Double Super-Secret Background
http://www.markfiore.com/animation/double.html

[0007]

29. Thanks five for a nickel. That toon is as great as your name..

I like them both.

[54anickel]

34. Why thank you kindly triple-o-seven. I can't really take credit for

creating either one of them though. :blush:

[mrdmk]

40. Double Super-Secret Background is not original, the original is,

"Double Super-Secret Probation", from the movie Animal House.

Please correct me if I am wrong!

[jmowreader]

43. It was just "double secret probation"

Between Greg Marmalard, president of Omega House, and Dean Wormer, dean of Faber College:

'Greg, what is the worst fraternity on campus?'

"That would be hard to say, Dean Wormer. They're each outstanding in their own way..."

'Cut the shit, son. I've got their disciplinary files right here. Who dumped a whole truckload of fizzies into the swim meet? Who had the medical school cadavers delivered to the alumni dinner. Every spring the trees are filled with underwear. Every Halloween, the toilets explode.'

"You're talking about Delta..."

'Of COURSE I'm talking about Delta, you TWERP! But this year it's going to be different. This year we're going to take the bull by the balls and kick those punks off campus.'

"But Dean Wormer, what are we going to do? They're already on probation."

'They are?'

"Yes, Dean Wormer."

'Then from this moment they're on Double Secret Probation!"

"Double...secret probation?"

'There is a little-known codicil in the Faber constitution that gives the dean unlimited power to act in times of campus emergency. Find me a way to revoke Delta's charter. You live next door! Put Neidermeyer on it! He's a sneaky little shit just like you, right? It's time somebody put his foot down. And that foot is me.'

[54anickel]

46. I love people that can give direct quotes from a scene in a movie.

I worked with a guy like that, was a movie fanatic. Of course it had to be from a favorite movie of his.

Did you just google that up?

[mrdmk]

47. I have trouble remembering what I had for lunch

oh that is right, I did not have lunch. Those starvation diets are a bitch!

[jmowreader]

51. Nope. I've probably seen that movie 500 times.

When I was in Korea, the entire company I was in was so in love with that movie, we went to Itaewon, found a woodcarver, had him make the Delta Tau Chi crest into a plaque, and hung it on the barracks door. And the funny part is, the 8th Army inspector general thought it was our unit crest. (The INSCOM IG knew exactly what it was; this guy walked through the door, looked at the DTX crest and just died laughing right there.)

[Toucano]

14. Santorum's "Virtues" Strike Again!

People who are more concerned about "potty" words than the actual vulgarity of inequality in our society are warped.

[Gregorian]

17. It's their own fault.

Had they actually reported REAL news, we'd have never had to utter a word in our defense. And he'd have never been anywhere near the White House.

[progressivebydesign]

18. Hey.. that's Bush's REAL pet name for the guy!

God.. the media is just such a bunch of cowards. What a disappointment they are!!

[noonwitch]

19. Doonesbury is always controversial to conservatives

It doesn't even have to be controversial in any real way, but if it pokes fun at their guys, they get all worked up.

Ann Coulter and Michael Weiner aren't controversial, in their world, even when they are calling for terrorists to blow up the NYT building or for all liberals to be arrested and prosecuted as traitors. Go and figure.

[StaggerLee]

23. Probably because they know deep down inside

That Trudeu's message carries weight.

[edbermac]

20. I'm personally glad they pulled the Doonesbury strip...

Trudeau's comparison to Rove and turds were insulting, disgusting and offensive to turds everywhere...

:patriot:

[SpiralHawk]

39. Republicans to form "Turd Liberation Front"

Free Turd Blossom Now
(after revoking the traitor's security clearance).

[xxqqqzme]

21. well they could edit it w/ 'butter butt'

that's what Mike Malloy calls saurove.

Jeez, the glorious prez calls him turd blossom, what will we tell the children? After all, a turd blossom by any other name is still a pile of shit!

[Ilsa]

22. I guess there is no requirement for honesty in comic strips. n/t

[cyberpj]

24. Wonder if they were a distributor of this Bill Press column?'Turd Blossom'

'Turd Blossom' In Full Flower: Traitor In The White House

Nixon had Watergate. Reagan, Contragate. Clinton, Monicagate. Now George W. Bush has own scandal: Turdgate. Named after Karl Rove, the top White House aide whom Bush calls “Turd Blossom” — a term of endearment unique to Texas.
http://www.billpress.com/columns/071405.html

I know he's syndicated - just don't know how far and wide.
And I have to admit being surprised it was printed in my local paper.
He uses the word so many times you just know he did it on purpose and it does just what it was supposed to.

[mrdmk]

41. Of all the "...gates", in-lou of Watergate (named after the Watergate

Hotel), Turd-gate left me on the floor not to mention my dogs are very concerned about my current behavior. :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

This just fits Karl Rove to a tee.

[cyberpj]

45. Well let's all just start calling it Turd-gate and see how much attention

we can get! It does make one stop and pay attention, don'it?

more from article:
"The big question is: Now that we know, without a doubt, it was Karl Rove who spilled the beans, why does he still have a job at the White House? President Bush promised to fire anyone involved in the Valerie Plame leak. Why he hasn’t fired Rove?

We know the answer. Bush can’t fire Karl Rove. Without Turd Blossom, who would pull the puppet strings?"

That's what a lot of us have said...we'll be left with Bush without Bush's brain.

[Zorra]

25. A "turd blossom" is an expression for a flower that grows in bullshit. n/t

[damntexdem]

26. Well, if they're not going to publish Doonesbury on Rove, ...

I certainly hope that they don't publish Dubya on Rove -- after all, Dubya came up with the nickname.

[sakabatou]

28. Wasn't pulled here

[HR_Pufnstuf]

31. All of GWB's nicknames

http://www.nndb.com/group/750/000091477/



Vladimir Putin = Pootie-Poot is my fave.


Good grief.

[lumpy]

36. Pick n' eater

is my fave name for Dubya.

[Rex]

32. Editors complain about a nickname given BY Bush to Rove!?

What a bunch of spineless pussies~!

[Iowa]

33. What a bunch of hand-wringing wusses!

They practically faint when they hear the word "turd". I'd like to put these sissies in a headlock and give them a Dutch rub.

[HR_Pufnstuf]

35. and i'll add a few noogies..

geesh, how did we get here?

[BrightKnight]

37. Need to post a list to the activist forum

There is no reason to shoot the messenger. Free speech is not just a legal term. It is a fundamental American value.

[fob]

38. Given the state of the "funny" papers these days you could replace

3/4's of them with the word TURD spelled out one letter per panel with no other artwork and the funniness would increase 1500%!

[Supersedeas]

42. joining the ranks of Sinclair Broadcasting

[Carolab]

44. I wrote to Doonesbury and gave them "Blowback" on this.

This is absolutely ridiculous.

Just type "Turd Blossom" in in Google and see how many sources have published the fact that this is Bush's nickname for "Boy Genius" when things are not going well.

In FACT, this was revealed in a Time magazine article from 2001!!!

http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,107219,00.html

From the article:

"In a 30-year career, Rove, 50, has worked on hundreds of Republican races throughout the country. So when Bush sits down with congressional leaders, he can nod at Rove and say, "You all know the Boy Genius," and they all do. (Bush's other nickname for Rove is less flattering: Turd Blossom.)"


So it's hardly news!!!

[oscar111]

49. to reach all classes, avoid VULGARITIES

for many of us, vulgarities recall the rough types in the back of tenth grade class.. who were the bullies, and went on to become rednecks and RW types as adults.

So such fecal or gas language is irritating and puts the speaker somehow down and lower than most folks.

I know this is cultural and a bit arbitrary, but there it is.

when you want to reach a lot of folks, stay polite in the words used. You can still convey outrage.

[Carolab]

50. Puhleeze. Tell it to Bush. It's HIS expression, not Trudeau's.

Lecture the Chimperor about "irritating and vulgar language".