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Friday Funnies

The latest addition to Obama's staff

Henry Payne | 4.8.2011 7:00 AM

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  1. heller   14 years ago

    Subtle wit isn't your strong suit, is it Payne? In fact I would say that subtlety and wit are also not your strong suits.

  2. Fist of Etiquette   14 years ago

    Why does Obama have a hole cut in his suit jacket? To show off his huge, white areola?

    1. Progressive Media   14 years ago

      It's clearly a right wing dog whistle call to violence.

      DHS needs to investigate this Payne extremist ASAP.

  3. Mister DNA   14 years ago

    It's funny because it's true!

  4. sage   14 years ago

    Shouldn't he be dragging a teleprompter out of there?

    1. Almanian   14 years ago

      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

      Morning, sage

      1. sage   14 years ago

        Mornin'! Thanks for getting that for me.

  5. Fashion Police   14 years ago

    Why is Obama in a mini dress and tights?

    1. BushPig Obama   14 years ago

      They must think I'm a prissy, prancing missy. I'll show them all how macho I can be!

  6. Fatty Bolger   14 years ago

    I never noticed Obama had a unibrow, until now.

    1. Puffy   14 years ago

      It's Ray Charles!

      1. Zeke   14 years ago

        But how would Ray Charles read the teleprompter?

        1. canna bus   14 years ago

          The brail-a-prompter? Sorry I don't have more time, I'm auditioning for the new voice of the Aflack duck.

          1. AAPHLAACK!   14 years ago
            1. AAPHLAACK!   14 years ago

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  7. Almanian   14 years ago

    More-awful than normal. That must be difficult to pull off.

    *applauds*

  8. ConfederalRepublicBy2030   14 years ago

    W and Barry. In one room. Alone. Doesn't Don't Ask, Don't Tell apply to politicians?

  9. John   14 years ago

    I keep having discussions with my liberal friends on facebook about Libya. They are all convinced how Libya is different than Iraq. The points are as follows.

    1. The evil George Bush lied us into Iraq. So therefore it is okay for Obama to go to war without even asking Congress.

    2. This war is like Bosnia and has international support and will therefore work out great unlike Iraq.

    3. The War Powers Act makes it totally legal, and therefore okay, for Obama to go to war without any public debate or Congressional approval. (I laughed out loud on that one. Can you imagine liberals thinking a Republican President has that much latitude under the act?)

    I don't know what the President knows. So maybe we do have a goal in Libya and a compelling reason to be there. I am willing to give any President the benefit of the doubt on that. But at some point even my benefit starts to run low. Just what is our goal in Libya? If it is to oust Gadafi, why are we not putting groung troops in and getting it over with? I don't see how a prolonged civil war is in anyone's, least of all the Libyian people's interest. If it is to protect civilians, how is our seemingly radom bombing campaign doing that?

    1. Mr Whipple???   14 years ago

      Ask your liberal friends how the rebels were able to set up a new central bank and a national oil company while getting their asses kicked all over the desert.

      http://www.examiner.com/financ.....t=31429431

    2. WTF   14 years ago

      Apparently NATO just killed some Libyan rebels.

      1. Kolohe   14 years ago

        "The only way to win is not to play to play on both sides.

    3. sarcasmic   14 years ago

      "Can you imagine liberals thinking"

      Nope.

      I can imagine them emoting and calling it thought, or reverse engineering a rationale for something that the feel, but thinking as in rational thought?

      Nope. Never in a million years.

    4. creech   14 years ago

      We'll see how long #3 is in play when Pres. Palin goes off on Chavez.

      1. BushPig Obama   14 years ago

        Shit, the way Hugo's been dissing Me, he might be My next foreign bloody adventure. Fuck My liberal base.

    5. You don't   14 years ago

      What really makes the war okay with liberals is the fact that there is no benefit in it for the United States.

    6. captaingrumpy   14 years ago

      As soon as American troops hit the beaches,the Lybians will join forces under Irans BS and fight the invading Westerners.Arabs go with the flow,they need a mob and they need the Imams approval, to breathe.

  10. rather   14 years ago

    He reminds me of a smiling intern who just visited the POTUS in the oval office...

  11. rather   14 years ago

    Hmm, what's that stain on his blue suit?

    1. John   14 years ago

      Wow. That is actually quite subversive and rather surprising from you Rather. +100

  12. Almanian   14 years ago

    Also, this implies that President Obama is not capable of writing his own speeches, and requires the help of a white man to do so.

    Therefore, RACIST!

  13. Mr Whipple???   14 years ago

    "My, what big ears you have."

    "All the better to hear the EU and Arab League."

  14. Mr Whipple???   14 years ago

    Giving a little too much credit to W there, doncha think?

  15. Ray   14 years ago

    Subtlety, Hank. Have a door which says "Chief Libya Speechwriter," and the silhouette in the window is Bush's.

    1. iamtheeviltwin   14 years ago

      how would you tell the silhouette of GW from that of Obama...they both are drawn with tiny heads and big ears by most editorial cartoonists...

      That being said, I at least smiled wryly at this one.

  16. Mike M.   14 years ago

    I love that his ear is bigger than his shoulder.

    1. Quiet Desperation   14 years ago

      Have to agree there. This caricature of Obama is a hoot.

  17. Quiet Desperation   14 years ago

    Oh, buuuururrrrrrnnnnn!

    Or something.

  18. Max   14 years ago

    This shit is like the Soviet "humor" of bygone days. You fucking doctrinaire ideologues actually find constantly attacking your offical enemies funny, but nobody else does.

    1. Puffy   14 years ago

      Max is a fucking fuck who fucking fucks every fucking thing fucking up.

    2. BushPig Obama   14 years ago

      Hate Hate Hate.

  19. P Brooks   14 years ago

    "Is that a cruise missile in your pants, or are you just happy to see me?"

  20. BushPig Obama   14 years ago

    Subtle.

  21. ConfederalRepublicBy2030   14 years ago

    Max, Tony, and that other guy whose name I can't recall. That's three socialists/social democrats/statist/fascists/totalitarian absolutists (one or a combination of any). Wow. Do they breed like monocellular organisms, by multiplying?

    1. ConfederalRepublicBy2030   14 years ago

      *asexually.

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    It pains me to say this, but Tony is actually funnier than this cartoon.

  23. sophie   14 years ago

    Tony is actually funnier than this cartoon.

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