tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post7097697826464588997..comments2024-01-17T09:33:57.158-08:00Comments on Brain Rage: Picture Of The DayJBWhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-85832375143835897012009-08-05T10:35:33.480-07:002009-08-05T10:35:33.480-07:00Anon, I don't think my commentary on this coul...Anon, I don't think my commentary on this could be labeled as "outrage". My main point is to call attention to the inconsistency of the artist's message (or lack thereof), not to condemn his work or his right to produce it outright.<br /><br />I've seen the Bush-as-Joker picture and I agree that he has been portrayed similarly on several other occasions but you will be hard pressed to find any of those depictions here so I fail to see how your charges of hypocrisy apply to myself.<br /><br />And while we're on that note: How many of those depictions of Bush were done within his first six months in office? Now whether you think that those parodies, smears if you will, were warranted one must acknowledge that the American people have many legitimate gripes with what that man did (and did not do) over the course of his eight years in the Oval Office.<br /><br />When you compare that with the relatively short period of time that Obama has been at the helm I think that the current level of vitriol on the right over his every action since taking office is extremely excessive and unwarranted.<br /><br />Maybe he <i>will</i> fuck up as badly as Bush but he should at least be given that chance before he is condemned and vilified at the same level and rate. Less than three months into his first term conservatives were already definitively calling him the worst president ever. Three months.<br /><br />And speaking of hypocrisy, those same conservatives sat idly by and gave Bush free reign to spend as much as he could and run up huge deficits for eight years and in all of that time I never saw tea party ONE, nor did I see them standing up at Bush's pre-screened town hall meetings to shout him down for his profligate spending as they're doing to Democrats today.<br /><br />Next time, I suggest that you get your facts straight before you come here and shoot your mouth off anonymously. You'll sound smarter.JBWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13293642610215334516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5428824763182540039.post-62036193770406634482009-08-05T07:05:39.363-07:002009-08-05T07:05:39.363-07:00I'm no defender of Bush, but I am against hypo...I'm no defender of Bush, but I am against hypocrisy wherever I see it. This outrage over these posters is absurd. Last July, no one seemed to mind when Vanity Fair published essentially the same picture only using Bush as the subject. In fact, one can find hundreds of disgusting drawings of Bush from his time in office. I guess back then it was acceptable commentary and political satire. Today it's called "mean spirited and dangerous". Give me a break. Incidentally, the same artist responsible for the Obama "Hope" poster also drew a cover for the LA Weekly depicting Bush as a blood-thirsty vampire.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com