TOON: Sunday's Doonesbury - "Where Did The Myth Of GOP Fiscal Responsibility Come From?"

[Hissyspit]

[Hamlette]

1. k& r. He did it again!

[CatWoman]

2. what Hamlette said

:)

[liberaldemocrat7]

24. The Republicans never cared about states rights nor balanced budgets.

The Republicans never cared about states rights nor balanced budgets. Republicans only used the states rights facade because Democrats held power in congress and passed progressive legislation over the years. The Republicans used the balanaced budget facade in order to increase defense spending and then squeeze social program spending and eventually destroy the new deal and take our country back to 1929 when wealthy white republicans jumped out of tall buildings when their stock portfolios crashed in the stock market.

Republicans care about enabling radical capitalism instead of responsible, rewarding capitalism that Democrats support.

Republicans also care about radical religionism where a theocratic government will dictate the lives of their people.

Forget about balanced budget and states rights speeches by Republicans. It appears about the money and religious authoritarianism. Sinclair Lewis said that Fascists in this country will wrap their fascism in the flag and carry a cross with it.

Unfortunately the Republicans have also wrapped 3700 dead soldiers and their coffins in the flag as well with their illegal invasion of Iraq which never attacked us.

[XOKCowboy]

3. ROFL

Trudeau strikes again. Right on target!

[ArbustoBuster]

4. The Easter Bunny is more real than Republican fiscal responsibility.

I would get chocolate and marshmallow bunnies every year at Easter when I was a kid, but I don't ever remember getting a good budget out of a Republican. QED. :D

[Hissyspit]

5. Valid argument.

GOP knows Santa Claus exists, too. Just ask Halliburton.

[Pacifist Patriot]

18. Indeed

[Orrex]

23. Self-Delete Whoopsie!

[DeSwiss]

6. This is what it looks like on paper....

All US national debt since 1776:

$2,700,000,000,000 - All Presidents except Reagan, Bush41, Bush43 (30%)
$6,300,000,000,000 - Reagan, Bush41, Bush43 (70%)
$9,000,000,000,000 - 9 trillion dollars

Trudeau is the oracle of our times....

K&R!!!

"how could the grownups, do this to us...."

[burrowowl]

26. Love the pic of the kid cogitating

When my father was reading the sunday funnies on the pot, and we asked where he was, she would say he is cogitating.
Must say adults should be cogitating or thinking because the kids are getting screwed.

[Hissyspit]

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[Hissyspit]

8. Back to the first page with you! n/t

[Hissyspit]

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[intheflow]

9. k&r n/t

[Malikshah]

10. Read it, Love it, Printed it. Will Laminate it and it will go up on my door

for all students to read.

[SalmonChantedEvening]

11. K&R for Trudeau and Hissyspit!

spot on!

:kick: :applause: :pals:

[dave123williams]

12. What 'Fiscal Conservative' really means:

"Before the Civil War the Democratic slave masters used to have anti-black conventions where they called us "out-our-names." But after the Civil War, when they had lost power and were trying to get it back, they knew they had to change their language. So instead of holding anti-black conventions, the same former Democratic slave masters had anti-taxpayer conventions - since they were being taxed to pay for the new freedmen's education, health care, and housing. They were known as fiscal conservatives, and they called the Radical Republicans of that day - who were supporting such programs - "tax and spend liberals." That's the origin of the phrase!"

http://www.jessejacksonjr.org/query/creadpr.cgi?id=%22006434%22

[ljm2002]

13. "Don't you figments all hang out together?"

Ha ha, that's a keeper!

[hvn_nbr_2]

14. Here's where it came from: The Big Lie.

The same place that the myths of smaller government, liberal media, getting big government off our backs, states' rights, family values, strict constructionism, original intent, activist vs. non-activist judges, and all their other fucking lies came from.

[zonmoy]

21. undoubtedly from their divine true father of lies.

[krkaufman]

15. loe the bedraggled, legs-crossed, smoking Easter Bunny.

[progressoid]

17. Doonesbury does it again!

[AllyCat]

19. Why can't I see the 'toon????

Link?

[Skittles]

20. "I'M A FISCAL CONSERVATIVE"

gawd I HATE THAT shit

[BlooInBloo]

22. From refusing to spend money on black folks or poor folks generally.

[Hissyspit]

25. .

[scarface2004]

27. this should be the dems mantra!

talking point, etc etc etc.

[kenfrequed]

28. So appropriate

It is amazing that Republicans still pretend to be the party of the fiscally responsible.

In my mind they have always been the part of the quick buck with little consideration for long term planning.

[Ghost in the Machine]

29. K&R! What a shame it is that we have to rely on cartoons, comics and comedians

to actually find out what the TRUTH is anymore.

"Don't all you figments hang out together?" :rofl:

[SaveOurDemocracy]

30. Priceless ... and dead on.

Love Trudeau ... he's still got the edge.

Now, if a cartoonist can present these damning FACTS ... why aren't the Dems????