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WonderDookie — Mitt Romney, Man of the People
Published: 2012-09-19 09:08:49 +0000 UTC; Views: 3053; Favourites: 66; Downloads: 43
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I've been meaning to start doing some Halloween illustrations, but with all of the political goings-on this week, I couldn't resist one more caricature. This is my response to Mitt Romney's leaked comments wherein he stated (erroneously) that 47% of Americans have a victim mentality and expect a hand out from the government, and that all of those entitled voters support the Democratic party.First of all: perhaps it seems a bit callus to attack people who don't pay federal income tax as "believing they are victims", when 75-90 percent of those receiving federal entitlements are the elderly, seriously disabled, or the working poor? Maybe that seems a bit dickish? Well, Romney stands by his statement. He says he was highlighting the differences between those who would vote for Obama, and those who would vote Republican.
But even that statement is inaccurate. The states paying the lowest federal income taxes overwhelmingly vote Republican, while those paying the highest rates of federal income taxes vote for Democrats. This all made the news months ago. Not to mention, most of the people getting those tax breaks are elderly, who also generally support the Republicans. He's spitting insults at his core voters.
Every interview and quote I hear from Romney makes him seem progressively more insular and incapable of empathy. Is this really the best that the GOP can offer?
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haha. Thanks!
Yeah, it seems like a pretty common disease on capitol hill, but most rife among repubs.
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In answer to your question, by the way, yes, that IS the best the GOP can do
www.youtube.com/watch?v=07w9K2…
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It's not Mitt Romney's fault he can't understand emotions. He's just a robot
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Don't blame him. He was not programmed to be human.
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He was only programmed TO DANCE!
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haha. Maybe if he had busted a move he would have got the attention of the 47%.
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Yes, but he only knows one dance : The Robot
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haha. Thanks! I was in quite a state when I drew this. Seriously freaking out about the election.
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Just what the country needed, a hardcore business consultant after 8 years of the petroleum warlord spending all the trillions in tax dollars when there are more urgent matters at home.
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Urgh. Yeah. It's pathetic. All of that military intervention crap is such a lose-lose situation. If the US does nothing, we are heartless bastards. If we intervene we are imperialists. At least by doing nothing we don't waste trillions of dollars.
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I thank you! I had a lot of venting to do prior to that most recent election. I am glad you got a laugh out of this.
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You're welcome! Is nice to see sarcastic but intelligent art, you're a very clever artist.
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haha. I like that! "Sarcastic but intelligent".
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You are my hero, I can't folks to see things the way I describe and you draw. You are truly a visionary with talent to reach the masses please PLEASE KEEP Your political cartoon coming !!! A huge fan !!!
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haha. Believe me, I have no shortage of gripes about politics. There will be many more political cartoons in the future.
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Glad you dig it.
It's funny how quickly this guy disappeared from the scene after the election. What a wuss.
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Oh yes! I proudly voted for Obama. Both times. He brought the country out of a nose dive toward another depression, actively supported green energy, took the first steps toward an overhaul of our broken healthcare system, and voiced his support for ending discrimination against gay people and allowing them to marry. (Not to mention got rid of Osama Bin Laden, who Bush had just given up on).
Economically, environmentally, and socially there were very few Romney policies that I agree with.
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haha. Thanks! I'm quite pleased with the outcome.
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Romney was their backup candidate. Everyone else was too crazy (ie. Santorum and Rick Perry) too stupid (ie. Bachmann), too sleazy (ie. Herman Cain and Gingrich), or too unpopular (ie. Ron Paul and Gary Johnson). They had to choose someone who was a middle-ground candidate. That left Huntsman or Romney. But Huntsman was too rational, wanting to work with China, wanting to allow same-sex unions, and not denying climate change. Whereas Romney was malleable, and would change his views on key issues to align with the GOP platform.
So the US got stuck with an uncharismatic, flip-flopping, apathetic liar.
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Urgh. I remember. I couldn't figure out who to root for in the primary because all of the other candidates were so bat-shit crazy (except for Huntsman), but I was afraid that Romney would actually win the election. He's such a slick salesman (read: dishonest). Only two days left til we find out what happens. I have my electoral college prediction written on a sticky note stuck to my computer monitor.
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Thank you very much! I'm glad you got a chuckle out of it. I can't figure out whether to laugh or cry when I look at it. haha.
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There are so much of that political-goings everywhere that even non-english people like me got interested. I never was familiar with democrates\obama - thingies. But i filtered all that information through my childish nerdy brain and this what i have got:
1) Obama - Good Guy
2) Romney - Family Comedy villain (which is also kinda neat noticing my little obsession with villains)
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So may be it's even good that i'm not english because i was SO confused by my vote-choice...
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haha. Perhaps that's the platform he should run on (Family Comedy Villain for President).
Yeah.. I think it's generally frowned upon to vote on someone because you think they would make the best villain. It didn't end so well with Bush (or Putin from the most recent news I've been seeing).
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Ugh. I want Ron Paul. *tear*
Also, have you seen this? [link]
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hahaha. That fake chin is SO bad. That's really funny though.
I wish Ron Paul was on there too. At least he has some good ideas. I can't believe the treatment that he gets from the GOP.
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Yeah, it's pretty outrageous how far they go out of their way to make sure he gets swept under the rug.
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Well he's not in the pocket of the big businesses that run the GOP.
There are aspects of the libertarian movement that I quite like, but other parts just border on anarchy for me. Like getting rid of environmental protection and privatizing it. That just wouldn't work. Especially since only about 5% of plants and animals in the US have any kind of economic value.
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Well I hadn't heard them talk about the environmental protection thing, but I would guess the point would be that the government is supposed to have a very limited amount of power and duties, namely protecting our border. Doing away with all environmental protection at once sounds like a really bad idea, but I know there are plenty of non-profit organizations and such that could spring up in it's place over time.
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Yeah. They don't talk about the environment too much. Same with immigration. I don't think that many of their core voters would be too pleased about naturalising all of the illegal immigrants.
I think they do expect a lot of the non-profits to step in, but those organisations are stretched to the limit already, even with government aid. And (*stepping on my soap box*) shouldn't we all take responsibility instead of just dumping the problem on an altruistic few?
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Ah, soap box. 
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Thank you very much sir! Now it's time to cool it with the politics though.
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hehe, I can understand, but your not doing anything incendiary. More your taking a snap shot in time with your art.
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haha. Do you normally vote GOP?
Yeah... last time I voted for Obama, but if he had lost to McCain I wouldn't have been shattered (Unless something happened to McCain and Palin became president). This time around... I'm a bit terrified.
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Thank you very much. That avatar is strangely hypnotic, and a little terrifying if you look at it for long enough.
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Yes, and if you listen to any music at all, it seems to dance to it. XD
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Conan is so multi-talented.
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haha. Thanks. I should cool it with the political stuff now. I'm just making myself angry again. And it's distracting from my research.
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Yeahh I spent quite a few days spazzing out and researching backup facts to argue with the outburst happened on my political Journal post.
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I can imagine. I was really impressed with your research. haha. You must have spent a lot of time at those FactChecking web-sites.
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