Time's Selective Sense of Humor: Top Cartoons Target Only Conservatives

Photo of Mark Finkelstein.

What do you know? Time magazine ran a list of the Top Ten Editorial Cartoons of 2007, and the only American political figures coming in for lampooning were . . . conservatives.

Four of the cartoons were not explicitly political [sex habits of the elderly, contaminated products from China, VA Tech shootings, Barry Bonds steroids scandal].

But of those that satirized political figures, all were Republicans or conservatives:

  • Dick Cheney as a warrior from the movie "300" leading "the only ones left willing to defend the Bush administration."
  • An angry, unshaven Fred Thompson unable to speak because of writers' strike.
  • Larry Craig as a tap-dance performer.
  • Dick Cheney as Darth Vader scaring Barack Obama by informing him they're distantly related.
  • Jerry Falwell arriving at the Pearly Gates dismayed to find Tinky Winky at the reception desk.

Even Mahmoud Ahmadinejad got better treatment at Time's hands than did conservatives. The only bad news that upsets the Iranian regarding his trip to NYC is his inability to get tickets to The Lion King. Aww.

As for Democrats, not a cartoon in sight. Guess nothing -- from Joe Biden's "clean and articulate" to Hillary's licenses-for-illegals to William Jefferson's "cold cash" to Harry-and-Nancy's inability to get anything done -- tickled Time's fancy.


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Gosh -- and these catoons

Gosh -- and these catoons are just hilarious.

I haven't laughed so much since catching an all-day re-run of the first season of Joey, followed by a Margret Cho live stand up.

Check out my exclusive edit of BBC News America's interview with Mrs Clinton: It's news to me!

Well, that's liberal

Well, that's liberal humor, Jack.

Sort of like the riddle:

"How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?"
Answer: "That's NOT funny!"

Actually, that's the answer to any riddle involving feminists....

I'd suggest the ones from Reason...

But it's sometimes difficult to tell just which side they're mocking.

And as to "How many libertarians does it take?"

Answer: "None. The free market will take care of anything if it actually-needs-doing." :)
JMR

Rally online with fans of Dr. Ron Paul. (All purpose anti-slander-link, sadly-needed these days...)

mb --alternate

mb --

alternate answer:

All of them. One to fail to change the bulb. And the rest to whine that Edison stole the invention from Mrs Edison.

Check out my exclusive edit of BBC News America's interview with Mrs Clinton: It's news to me!

"How many feminists does it take to change a lightbulb?"

answer: as many as they want it too take, while singing:

"I can bring home the bacon
Fry it up in a pan
And never let you forget you're a man
'Cuz I'm a woman -- W-O-M-A-N!"  - the old Enjoli perfume ad

 v

 

COME ON! ! !

Do you really expect the MSM to raise their standards to be fair, balanced and truthfull!?!?!?

I'd be willing to bet that

I'd be willing to bet that for every Lib-biased cartoon that's published there are two or more Conservative-slanted toons which are rejected even though they are more funny and more pertinent.

mattm

You are correct. 

 townhall.com's site carries any number of conservative political cartoonists works who are quite funny, and usually right on the mark with their jabs.

That's why we have to have

That's why we have to have our own...if you haven't seen this, you owe it to yourself.

v

"i'll take that money"  HRC

Honestly, I laughed. But it

Honestly, I laughed. But it is kinda sad libs can't make jokes about themselves, because they're all serious and tolerant and everything....

The Rocky Mountain Collegian: Illustrating Idiocy

ha ha ha ha ha

vr that was hilarious!

The inability to see humor

The inability to see humor or self-deprecation in one's ideology is pretty much the epitome of fanaticism.

More and more, I'm seeing modern liberalism as a mental illness.

Good for You

 "...modern liberalism as a mental illness". Good for you, Killgrave. Shows your eyes are open, unlike so many Americans these days.

NEVER, NEVER trust a "liberal"

these were the best????

If these were the best Editorial Cartoons, I'd hate to see the worst.

No RINOs in '08