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Reason Staff | 4.26.2004 4:15 AM

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New at Reason: Peter Bagge recalls how the Democrats settled on the more "electable" candidate.

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  1. fyodor   22 years ago

    I really like the way he drew Kerry in that second panel!!

  2. joe   22 years ago

    That would make quite a bumper sticker.

  3. fishfry   22 years ago

    The Demos are goin' down hard in November. It's simple. If you like the war, you vote for Bush. If you oppose the war, you . . . what? You tell me.

  4. Warren   22 years ago

    fishfry,
    If you oppose:
    ? US Imperialism
    ? Military adventurism
    ? The trading of US blood and treasure for higher profits to energy providers
    ? Ongoing funding of oppressive and corrupt foreign governments
    ? Massive growth in existing government programs
    ? Massive growth in new government programs
    ? Massive growth in government regulatory powers
    ? Totalitarian police powers wielded by the executive

    Then you will most likely vote for Kerry, who despite having supported all the above is, first and foremost, NOT BUSH

  5. madman   22 years ago

    What does it mean, "He is first and foremost, NOT BUSH"?

    Isn't it interesting to see the hate they have for BUSH in "donks"? Aren't these the same people who preach love and understanding all the time?

    madman

  6. Shannon Love   22 years ago

    I don't know, Bagge's cartoons seems more like the debate a lot on the Left wished had occurred. The democrats seemed to have gotten Kerry because they convinced himself that centrist swing voters would like his war service.

  7. joe   22 years ago

    fishfry, whether we should invade Iraq is not really an open question anymore. Getting out of that mess without paying an exhorbitant cost is going to require intelligence, flexibility, credibility on the internation stage, delicate positioning, and skilled diplomacy.

    Who does that sound more like?

  8. Douglas Fletcher   22 years ago

    Jean Bart.

  9. Russ D   22 years ago

    Omigosh! Elbows!

  10. garym   22 years ago

    This past week, I learned that Bagge also does cartoons for Weekly World News, a wonderful humor publication disguised as a tabloid.

  11. joe   22 years ago

    Doug,

    Good one.

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