Cidu Bill on Sep 3rd 2010
“The nonsense about President Obama being a Muslim has got to stop.”
Wait for it, wait for it…
“I rise to defend him from this absurd accusation by pointing out that he is obviously an atheist.”
Filed in Ann Coulter, Barack Obama, Bill Bickel | 32 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Aug 19th 2010
… 18% of the American public believe Obama’s a Muslim. If you think that’s bad, what until you hear the percentage who believe he’s black.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, politics, polls, religion | 105 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 23rd 2010
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Far Left Side, Mike Stanfill, Rahm Emanuel, comic strips, comics, humor, politics | 145 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 14th 2010
Mitchell Marks: It’s not surprising that a topical event would stimulate multiple editorial cartoons in response. But these two are so thoroughly similar, from the over-wordy setup to the mild or disguised cursing.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, humor, political cartoons, synchronicity | 28 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Apr 1st 2010
Earlier this week, President Obama and his family had a seder in the White House.
Now, I could understand if Rahm Emanuel invited the Obama to his home for a Passover meal; but to have their own seder, just their immediate family… what was this, Act Like a Jew Day? There’s a religious significance to a seder — it’s not just a fun custom. Not to mention the tricky political implications of “Next year in Jerusalem.”
Now, as Joe Biden would say, “He’s the f****** president so he can do whatever the f*** he wants” — but still, it’s just weird.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Joe Biden, Passover, Rahm Emanuel, seders | 81 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Mar 30th 2010
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Hi and Lois, bowling, comic strips, comics, humor | 19 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 31st 2009
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Carrie Prejean, Jon and Kate, NPR, Sarah Palin, Tiger Woods, birthers | 7 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 19th 2009
Cue the global warming gags.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, global warming | 22 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 18th 2009
Sarah Palin complained that this week’s Newsweek cover is sexist, and… well, I think I sort of agree, though we might be dealing with semantics here: Certainly Newsweek chose this particular photo with the inten of trivializing Palin (the photo is real, but was taken earlier this year as part of a spread for Runner’s World magazine). And they probably wouldn’t have used this sort of photo to trivialize a male politician (can you imagine a cover story about Obama’s domestic policy agenda being illustrated with this?
Of course what I found most interesting about all this was Palin’s comment on the cover, ending with “If anyone can learn anything from it: it shows why you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, gender, or color of skin” — clear proof, I guess, that she writes her own material. I mean, I sort of maybe know what she’s kind of getting at here, but…
And actually what makes that quote more interesting is the fact that it was written (apparently) on the same day that she vigorously defended racial profiling on the Sean Hannity show.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Fort Hood, Fox News, Newsweek, Runner's World, Sarah Palin, Sean Hannity, media, politics, polls, racial profiling | 43 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Nov 5th 2009
I’m wondering whether anybody knows… When the President travels to campaign for, say, a gubernatorial candidate, who pays for the Air Force 1 expenses, security for the President, police overtime onsite, etc?
And just for the record, I can’t speak for Virginia, but no matter what you might hear, the New Jersey election was not a referendum on either Obama or the Democratic Party: it was a referendum on Jon Corzine. When New Jerseyans went into the voting booth yesterday, Barack Obama was the last thing on our minds: We were too busy holding our noses as we decided whether the thought of reelecting Jon Corzine was distasteful for us to vote for Chris Christie.
Personally, I voted for Chris Daggett, since in this case voting for the third party candidate wasn’t taking a vote away from any decent candidate. He had me at “I’m not Corzine or Christie.”
As it happens, despite recent polls predicting up to 20% of the vote for Daggett, he ended up with about 5%. Which means, God help us, New Jerseyans got the governor we deserve.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Chris Christie, Chris Daggett, Jon Corzine, New Jersey, politics | 20 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Sep 18th 2009
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Darby Conley, Ewww, Flying McCoys, Get Fuzzy, Reynolds Unwrapped, Watch Your Head, cats, comic strips, comics, humor | 23 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Sep 8th 2009
So… Was anybody’s kid exposed to Obama’s speech today and come home a gay, socialist Kenyan? My son’s school, which originally offered concerned parents the option of sparing their children from having to listen to the speech, changed their minds and banned the speech altogether.
Today’s civics lesson, kids: School policy should be set based on the fear of upsetting a vocal minority, even if that minority doesn’t even offer a rational explanation of their concerns.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel | 50 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Sep 4th 2009
I got a message from my son’s high school this afternoon assuring me that he would not be forced to watch Obama’s speech next week, and that the school would provide an alternative educational program for all students whose parents opted them out of watching the speech. I understand this sort of thing is going on in schools all across the country.
Is there any explanation for this other than mass insanity? I could understand it if Obama were intending to ask children to tell their parents to support his health care reform, or suggest they go through their mothers’ pocketbooks and send him all those little pieces of green paper with presidents’ pictures on them… but apparently he’s only going to offer a pep talk about working hard in school.
Just the sort of underhanded thing you’d expect from a native-born Kenyan!
Does anybody sincerely think this is controversial? And if so, why not just follow with an opposing viewpoint such as a clip from Ferris Bueller?
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Ferris Bueller, education, media, politics | 92 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Aug 18th 2009
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Doonesbury, G.B. Trudeau, birthers, comic strips, comics, humor | 44 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Aug 2nd 2009
Filed in Argyle Sweater, Barack Obama, Charles Manson, Dave Coverly, Doug Bratton, Leigh Rubin, Little Mermaid, Love Is, Pop Culture Shock Therapy, Rubes, Scott Hilburn, Speed Bump, comic strips, comics, comics that made us laugh out loud, humor, lol, xkcd | 18 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jul 16th 2009
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel | 51 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jul 2nd 2009
Michael Jackson was four years older than President Obama.
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Michael Jackson | 18 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jun 22nd 2009
Not that President Obama has asked me for my opinion, but…
Of course I understand that as a role model for kids, the fact that he’s trying to quit smoking is a good thing — but honestly, with all his many responsibilities, do we really want him dealing with the distraction and crankiness that come with nicotine withdrawal?
(Of course, having just signed a major anti-smoking bill, he doesn’t have a lot of choice, does he?)
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, cigarettes | 25 responses so far
Cidu Bill on May 4th 2009
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Tom Toles, humor, political cartoons | 18 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Feb 28th 2009
Filed in Barack Obama, Barnes and Noble, Bill Bickel, Snopes | 37 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Feb 20th 2009
The New York Post. Because it’s inconceivable that anybody’s going to top this one (and yes, “inconceivable” does mean what I think it means).
But it turns out the Post continues to believe no mistake was made. Editor-in-Chief Col Allan said, “The cartoon is a clear parody of a current news event, to wit the shooting of a violent chimpanzee in Connecticut. It broadly mocks Washington’s efforts to revive the economy. Again, Al Sharpton reveals himself as nothing more than a publicity opportunist.”
Well, of course he is. But like the broken clock that’s correct twice a day, Sharpton’s absolutely right this time.
Filed in Al Sharpton, Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, New York Post, monkeys, political cartoons, racism | 110 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Feb 19th 2009
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, CIDU, Hi and Lois, comic strips, comics, humor | 27 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Jan 20th 2009
It is being said, metaphorically, that George Bush turns over the keys to the White House to Barack Obama today. Which got me to wondering… Does anybody know offhand whether the White House door actually has a key? I have this mental image of Bill Clinton slipping out some night to hit McDonald’s, locking the door behind him.
I’m sure there’s always Secret Service agents standing guard at every entrance, but can the front door be locked if necessary?
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, White House | 22 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 11th 2008
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, Ewww, Rod Blagojevich, comics, humor, political cartoons | 5 responses so far
Cidu Bill on Dec 10th 2008
Filed in Barack Obama, Bill Bickel, CIDU, comic strips, comics, humor | 19 responses so far
