Outrage from New Hampshire! (Sickening! Bush Crashing into WTC)

PoliticsNY.com ^ | 2/8/2002

[toupsie]

Outrage from New Hampshire!

Our friends at sister site PoliticsNH.com brought this offensive political cartoon to our attention. It was drawn by Mike Mariand and printed in today's Concord Monitor.

We don't have a problem with those who criticize President George W. Bush. In fact, we've taken a few shots at the Commander-in-Chief ourselves, when we thought he deserved rebuke. But to use the horrific September 11th terrorist attack on the World Trade Center that killed almost 3,000 innocent civilians to make a political point about the president's budget is disgusting. If Mariand were drawing cartoons in 1941, would he have drawn President Franklin Roosevelt piloting one of the Japanese fighter planes that participated in the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor to convey his opinion on an issue of the day?

If you would like to tell the folks at the Concord Monitor what you think about their political cartoon, we urge you to e-mail Mark Travis, the editorial page editor at mtravis@cmonitor.com. (2/8)

[Sabertooth]

pissing on the dead of 911... can't get much lower

Hope you're not a betting man. They will.

[AAABEST]

What a bunch of despicible idiots.

The editors let this get by?

[nocommies]

im just hoping against hope for national exposure on this one.

[Rebelbase]

Humor/bizarre ping list FReepers are needed on this thread.

Form ranks and fire off e-mails!

I promise only to do this in urgent situations!

[MassExodus]

it also displays an astonishing lack of creativity.

Exactly - Hell, it's nothing LIKE funny !

Just ..... I dunno ..... What ? .....

STUPID !

[Sabertooth]

Thanks for the heads-up VC. What a repugnant cartoon.

[vikingchick]

The publisher should fire the Editor-in-Chief

Absolutely. If he/she couldn't see this cartoon is completely demented, they should be given their walking papers too.

[shadowman99]

I suspect the cartoon ran as a picture for this story. This paper looks like it's a real rag.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

FReeper Call To Action, please read this thread and take whatever action you deem appropriate.
Thank You

[Freemyland]

That really is unspeakably disgusting.

[lormand]

I just sent them a "nasty gram".

[cactmh]

Absolutley disgusting.

[metesky]

I invited them on over. Here's my email:

Gentlemen:

Come here http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/fr/624369/posts and defend yourselves if you can.

The days of hiding in your insular little hidey-hole are over. Come out and answer America for you bad taste.

I don't expect cowards like you to show up for the debate.

Name and adress deleted to protect metesky

[cyberaxe]

.....he he.....

.....Log on and tell those commies.....

.....what you really think!.....

.....(hint= look for"that stupid cartoon").....

[Cagey]

BTTT

[Sir Gawain]

You're using commas with your list instead of semicolons, so most of the list is getting cut off.

[Rebelbase]

Fixing......

[HateBill]

This is my e-mail to the publisher:

Some people think that terrorists crashing planes into the World Trade Center and killing thousands of Americans was a tragedy. It is instructive that your newspaper considers it a matter of great mirth. Does Osama bin Laden puts out a newspaper? Is publishing the "cartoon" your job application? Your total lack of judgment has offended millions of Americans and you owe your country an apology. (You owe your cartoonist an all expense paid trip to Guantanamo where he can share quarters with his ideological compatriots.)

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

E-mail sent and I sent a FReeper Call to Action ping to my list.

[backhoe]

I sent the varmint a link to this post & invited him to come defend himself.