Cast a Vote For Doonesbury

[southpaw]

Our local newspaper, the liberal Anniston Star (called the "Red Star" by conservative detractors) is fighting to keep Doonesbury in the Sunday Comics section. Take a moment to cast a vote. Poll is in upper right of page!

Thanks

http://www.annistonstar.com/as-index.htm

[Q3JR4]

1. Done.

34.2% yes
56.2% no
9.5% don't read anyway.

[southpaw]

2. Thanks! Trudeau and Jefferson appreciate your effort!

[terrya]

3. Done.

Here's hoping the paper retains it.

[southpaw]

16. Actually, were it solely up to the Star, they would keep it...

It's the company that puts together the Sunday Comics suppliment that is thinking of cutting Doonesbury. The Star is fighting to convince them to keep it.

They've turned it into a free-speech battle.

I love the Star.

[sonias]

4. done

Boy that poll really does need some DU help. Good luck, it would be a shame if you lost Doonesbury.

Sonia

[chuck555]

5. done

Good luck.

[JuniorPlankton]

6. Done n/t

[wolfgirl]

7. Done....

kick:kick:

[myrna minx]

8. Done. n/t

[StrongbadTehAwesome]

9. done

37.7% yes
53.2% no
9% don't read comics anyway

[southpaw]

10. Already showing some improvement!

Come on, guys. Turn this thing around.

[southpaw]

11. The Anniston Star

Here's a sample of their editorial style
Cheney’s latest target
In our opinion
08-17-2004

Dick Cheney must be tiring of distorting the record of John Kerry. Now he’s distorting the record of the first Bush administration, one in which he served as Defense Secretary.
Democratic presidential nominee Kerry spoke to a journalism conference on Aug. 5. The senator used a variety of words to describe how he would fight the war on terrorism. Kerry said, as commander in chief he would wage a war that is “more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive.” Ripping away all of Kerry’s context, Vice President Cheney recently told a crowd, “America has been in too many wars for any of our wishes, but not a one of them was won by being sensitive.”

Take it easy, Mr. Vice President. You’re stepping on the toes of the first President Bush, as well as many other capable members of that administration.

The work done by that White House in the leadup to the first Gulf War was spectacular in its sensitivities. The first President Bush, Brent Scowcroft, Colin Powell, James Baker and, yes, Cheney all worked nimbly through a field of geopolitical landmines in checking Saddam Hussein’s aggression.

Through diplomacy and (uh-oh, we’re gonna say it again) sensitivity, that administration built a true coalition, as opposed to the sham one used by George W. Bush in this current Iraq mess. Nations peopled with Muslim majorities were recruited into the campaign to push Saddam out of Kuwait. Unity was needed to dispel the notion being spread by fundamentalists that this conflict was another Crusade pitting Christians against Muslims. Concessions were made in order to station Western troops in Saudi Arabia, a land considered holy to Muslims. This meant that troops under the direction of Defense Secretary Cheney had to keep their crosses and Stars of David out of view. They could not consume alcohol while in the kingdom.

All was done in the name of winning the larger war. To Kerry’s point, a little more sensitivity (darn, we used it again) in respecting other nations and focusing on the common enemy mixed with a little less my-way-or-the-highway dictates from the current administration is desperately needed.

[Jon8503]

12. Vote For Doonesbury

Voted, make sure it counts.

[southpaw]

13. Kick

[daisygirl]

14. Just voted - it looks like we're making a difference!

Here's a link to the current poll results: http://www.annistonstar.com/npadmin/poll.pl?POLLID=4g22u5503&POLLPATH=..%2Fnews%2F2004&WTD=VOTE&SECTION=&CHECK=1 (hope that works!)

Currently:
Absolutely: 57.2%
No: 37.4%
Don't read comics: 5.2%

[southpaw]

15. I'd love to see an even wider margin...

But we have totally turned the tide!

Thanks, DUers.