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Posted on Oct 26, 2009

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By Virginia777, October 28, 2009 at 2:36 pm Link to this comment

Leefeller: I don’t wonder at all about how the Wingnuts would find this,

they would love it.

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By NYCartist, October 28, 2009 at 9:11 am Link to this comment

But LBJ was “gung ho” as we used to say in Bklyn in the 1950s, for more war in Vietnam.  Sepharad,
Have you read Robert Caro’s bios of LBJ, the 2nd volume, “Master of the Senate”?  It’s a beauty.

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By Sepharad, October 28, 2009 at 12:41 am Link to this comment

If that is LBJ, maybe he doesn’t belong there. Doesn’t anyone remember that he pushed through the Voting Rights Act (without which all the voter registration activity would have quietly foundered)?
Not to mention trying to bring back what FDR intended and the Repugs derailed by the Great Society program?

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By Leefeller, October 27, 2009 at 5:58 pm Link to this comment

Shepard, thanks for the heads up on the Robinson article, I had not read it.  In new light, the cartoon may be more of a feeling than reality, for politics seems a messy program, Obama has many balls to juggle and the Military complex is a heavy one.

Virginia77, finding the cartoon offensive is your choice, not mine, it provokes thought and discussion, which seems the intent. 

Wonder how right wingnuts would find it?

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By Virginia777, October 27, 2009 at 4:02 pm Link to this comment

I have another four-letter word in mind when viewing this cartoon…

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By Esteban, October 27, 2009 at 3:13 pm Link to this comment
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Democrats make the best Republican presidents. Obama is the new Clinton. Heaven help us all, he is just getting started!

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By Virginia777, October 27, 2009 at 1:13 pm Link to this comment

This should be syndicated to Free Republic. I find it offensive.

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By Sepharad, October 27, 2009 at 12:18 pm Link to this comment

Before deciding, read Robinson’s piece on Obama and Afghanistan.

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By DanMorgan06, October 27, 2009 at 11:19 am Link to this comment

Ronald Reagan.

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By P. T., October 27, 2009 at 10:46 am Link to this comment

There’s LBJ and Robert McNamara.  Who’s the third guy—Richard Holbrooke?

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By NYCartist, October 27, 2009 at 10:04 am Link to this comment

LBJ’s jacket is au currant.  So’s the cartoon.

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By Leefeller, October 27, 2009 at 9:09 am Link to this comment

Sentiments waffling in me hart. Mr. Fish’s message seems true more than it doesn’t, well it will all come out in the wash, and if we are lucky will prove me wrong again!

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By Marc, October 26, 2009 at 10:25 pm Link to this comment
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Another good one. I know what Mr. Fish is saying, but I’m not sure I know who is pictured. But here’s a guess—MacNamara (sp?), LBJ and ...Ronald Reagan?

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