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False Equivalency (cartoon) (Original Post) marmar May 2012 OP
du rec. nt xchrom May 2012 #1
good one. surrealAmerican May 2012 #2
LOL. Pretty much. closeupready May 2012 #3
The media.. butterfly77 May 2012 #4
MEDIA is STUPID and EVIL-FUCKING-WAR-MONGERS patrice May 2012 #5
For instance, GE owns both NBC *and* manufactures weapons. Lex May 2012 #6
I followed the build up to Bush's War pretty carefully. I blame Media as much as patrice May 2012 #8
Yep, that must never be forgotten! freshwest May 2012 #13
K & R Scurrilous May 2012 #7
What's false about it? obxhead May 2012 #9
The toon isn't false Cali_Democrat May 2012 #10
I totally feel both sides are to blame. obxhead May 2012 #11
to me, it's all theater fascisthunter May 2012 #12
The next panel should be jp11 May 2012 #14

patrice

(47,992 posts)
8. I followed the build up to Bush's War pretty carefully. I blame Media as much as
Wed May 23, 2012, 01:37 PM
May 2012

religious End-Timers for pushing our weak ass Congress into the AUMF.

Though, of course, MOST of the responsibility belongs to PNAC/BushCo/Cheney who used EVERYONE else.

 

obxhead

(8,434 posts)
11. I totally feel both sides are to blame.
Wed May 23, 2012, 07:25 PM
May 2012

Other than a tiny handful of D's we simply wait for R demands and accept them.

Rolling over and accepting the fate the R's deliver is just as bad as what the R's do.

The toon is 100% spot on.

jp11

(2,104 posts)
14. The next panel should be
Wed May 23, 2012, 10:36 PM
May 2012

Uncle Sam is wounded, the elephant and donkey are on trial and a witness comes forth to say "Both of them are equally responsible."

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