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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-04 08:21 AM
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Ted Rall - Dems need to reach out to repub. base (he's been reading DU)
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jpgray Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-04 08:32 AM
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1. When Rall is good, he's good. (nt)
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vi5 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-04 08:37 AM
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2. The thing about Rall is context....
Reading his column in uber-lefty punk zine Maximum Rock N Roll, he comes across as positively moderate. When put up against the rest of the news media and comic writers, he seems reactionary by comparison.
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Lautremont Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-04 09:48 AM
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3. I don't think the message of this cartoon is to seriously
Edited on Fri Nov-19-04 09:48 AM by Lautremont
"reach out to the republican base." Note the string of pearls around the speaker's neck: since the Marx Brothers, a surefire shorthand for "elitist bubblehead."
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-19-04 09:51 AM
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4. um, yes, this is satire.
a device used often by Rall to make a point.
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