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[popdonnelly]

Only the aged hippies care what Trudeau thinks about anything.

[Old Grumpy]

"Does anybody here remember when Doonesbury was funny?"

I've NEVER considered it funny.

[rhombus]

I'm glad to see in this era of Bush-bashing from both sides of the aisle that someone will at least show some consistency and stand up for him.

[pabianice]

Does anybody here remember when Doonesbury was funny?

Never. Doonsbury was always like my first college roommate: slept late, missed classes, never bathed, slept in old newspapers instead of linen (I am not making this up), treated women dreadfully, and thought he was the fint of all wisdom while sounding to others like Donald Duck. I moved after the first semester.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

Spot-on on every single point. (Card's a terrific fiction writer too; anyone who doesn't know his work should check it out.)

I saw that Trudeau cartoon. 'Bout ruined my Sunday breakfast, it made me so mad, with all its lies and eighth-truths. For the first time ever, I thought about writing a letter about a cartoon ... but Card says it better than I ever could.

[Enchante]

The Demagogues has a "comic book" approach to war, politics, history, economics, etc....... so it's perfectly appropriate for them to be represented by a man whose specialty is comic books. I say make Gary Trudeau head of the DNC - at least they couldn't do worse than with Howie Dean!

[stuartcr]

I bet the troops tht are over there think it's bloody.

[visualops]

Awesome read.

[stop_fascism]

Great analysis. Thanks for posting.

[RebelBanker]

Orson Scott Card must be one of the clearest thinking people alive! Although I am not a fan of his science fiction (I found Ender Wiggins to be violently annoying) I love reading his columns.

[cricket]

Trudeau and those like him, who scream their hatred of President Bush and do everything they can to try to end this war with our own defeat, and the defeat (and likely deaths) of all those striving and struggling for democracy in the Middle East, are encouraging our enemies to go on fighting, killing American and Iraqi soldiers and civilians.

The truth is simple here; just too bad, more of our Leaders are loathe to articulate it.

The Left encourages weakness. . .and the terrorists are emboldened by the idea of it. . .

The question that needs to be asked and in response to the Left's usual mantras. . .is how things might look today in Iraq; if the Left had chosen the 'terrorists' as their enemy; rather than George Bush.

'Save the Terrorists; Join the Democrats. . .'

[Alexander Rubin]

Now -that- is moral clarity.

[DuncanWaring]

Is it possible he really wants to live in a world in which terrorists can plot with impunity because government has no power to try to intercept their communications in advance or question anybody who does not already want to tell us information?

Yes, because he thinks that he, being an enlightened Bush-hater, is protected from harm; the barbarians will attack only the icky rednecks.

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

***Does anybody here remember when Doonesbury was funny? ***

Doonesbury? What is a Doonesbury?

I have been reading newspapers for 40 years and don't remember a funny doonesbury.

[luckystarmom]

My son loves his books. Please tell me this is an author that I can tell my son good things about.

[wbill]

This article, IMHO, depicts the true differences between liberals and conservatives. (Please note that I did not use 'Republican' and 'Democrat'.)

Liberals perpetuate their ideals through half-truths and 'common beliefs' stated in bumper-sticker wisdom in the comic pages.

Conservatives state their opinions, and the facts, and clearly differentiate between the two in well-thought-out opinion columns.

To me, it's unfortunate millions more people will not only read the comic, but also can't be bothered to read a multi-page column, even if they had access to it.

[connor_in]

fantastic article!

[Incorrigible]

Well worth the read.

[Egon]

We are winning the War against Terror -- or would be, if our enemies did not keep getting such constant encouragement from our deeply stupid and short-sighted "intellectual" elite.

I'm convinced that every time a Liberal makes a public statement against the war, they prolong it by a non-specific amount of time. Just for the sake of argument, let's assume the following:

Recognizable Member of the press:		1 hour
Recognizable celebrity:		1 day
Recognizable politician:		1 week

If you add up the various people and their multitude of statements, it adds up to a lot of extra time fighting and dying.

I know it's all hypothetical, and reasonable people can debate the actual amount of time, relative weight of the statements, etc., but you have to ask yourself:

How much time has this current war in Iraq been extended because of this sedition?

How many people are dead or injured that otherwise wouldn't have been?

How do we hold these traitors accountable?