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I'm for free market capitalism: I must be evil

I've kept this from you here at Townhall for years now, but the relentless truth that liberals continue to spew upon me forces me to admit what I've hidden for a long time: yes, I admit it: I am evil.  I can no longer deny it.  After reading the many things written about my bad and dubious character on various posts lately from liberals (and one independent with a small i), I think I can no longer look the other way, and now I have to come clean with all of you.  I am evil.  I am rotten to the bone. And pretty stupid, too, while we're at it.

The pharmaceutical industry currently prices their products in a manner that adequately recovers their huge R&D costs, marketing, manufacturing and the enormous regulatory costs mandated by our government before a product is successfully introduced into the drug stores. And I haven't even started to discuss the enormous costs of unfair and frivolous litigation against this industry, which is the topic of another post or two. I have suggested that people who balk at paying these perceived high prices and want action taken against the industry to confiscate their profits are socialists and communists.  I have suggested that if they want others (you, me, the government, anyone but them) to pick up the cost of their perscriptions, this kind of thinking amounts to socialism.  This notion is apparently (if you listen to the liberals out there) just pure evil and yet I embrace it openly. 

I can no longer pretend that I am an advocate for free market capitalism, and other economic policies that are in the public interest, as the cat is out of the bag, and everyone can see that these bullies in Big Pharma should not be so mean to everyone and price their products so ridiculously high that nobody can afford to buy them.  To think otherwise is just evil, pure and simple.  And I think otherwise, and so you do the math: I'm evil.  Feel free to fill in the caption of my self portrait below as I am about to steal that lollipop from that innocent child.  Hey, it's what evil guys do, right? After all, as Frank Sinatra once said, "I gotta be me."
 
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There is much clammour from my socialist detractors that Big Pharma should give away their products at no charge to the public, since they have the means of production that the proletarian populations don't.  Additionally, the poor downtrodden proletariats out there who have outed me as evil are most in need of Big Pharma's product and should receive them at no cost so that they don't suffer needlessly.  I've heard somewhere that "from those according to their ability, to those according to their needs" is the social philosophy to which we all now must subscribe, since to do so would better serve our society as a whole.  I still reject this, of course, since that's what evil minded people think these days.  To imagine that someone should pay the market price for a product if they want it, or move on to the next best alternative is how the markets are supposed to work.  How evil of me.  But, as Dizzy Gillespie once famously quipped "you is who you is, and you ain't who you ain't."
 
I still think that markets should be left alone as much as possible by our govenment, and to impose even more regulation to this heavily regulated industry is in nobody's interest, as additional regulation will inhibit innovation, stifle research and development, and end up costing us all more in the long run. 
 
There I go being evil again...
 
 
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Doc takes a break

 I think that the time has come when I want to concentrate on my new gig in life (as they used to call them in the good ol' days "a stock broker," or more accurately these days, a 'financial planner'), and give the cartoons and political commentary a rest.  If I find the time to squeak in another 'fill in the caption' cartoon, certainly I will post it. If the 'spirit tetches me.' 
For now, I will simply 'stalk' the good stuff I see on Townhall.com, and we will see what happens going forward.  Until then, unless I hear a howl of protest about my absence  (yeah, right), figure that I am concentrating on my 'day job.'
 
Regards,
 
Doc Steech
 
 
 
 
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The Thrilla in Denverilla

OK, so the title is a bit cheesy, but remember I am not a great caption kind of guy.  But the upcoming Democratic convention in Denver promises to be one for the history books.  The Democratic National Committee, by their own doing in punishing the states of Florida and Michigan for moving up their primary elections against the wishes of the DNC and not seating their delegates, has created the spectre of an upcoming bruhaha not seen in perhaps a century or more.  Rather than the typical celebratory crowning of the presumptive nominee at the modern day convention, this one more closely resembles a WWF cage match, or perhaps harkens back to the days of "the Thrilla in Manilla," where a flamboyant and bombastic Muhammad Ali faced a fierce and relentless Smokin' Joe Frazier in a heavyweight boxing match in 1975. 
 
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There seems to be no way that Barack Obama, who leads in the delegate count and the popular vote as of this writing, can garner enough delegates on the first ballot without those unseated Florida and Michigan delegates weighing in.  On the other hand, the much anticipated skullduggery and shennanigans that Hillary Clinton (and her miscreant hubby) are famous for have yet to surface, and the convention may end up in a Mexican stand off after all the shootin' is over.
 
Accordingly, there is speculation that after a few rounds of ballots, the delegates by custom will be allowed to cast their votes for the candidate of their own choosing, regardless of whether that chosen candidate has declared or not.
 
Enter stage left, the former Vice President of the United States of America, recent Nobel Prize winning Albert V. Gore, Junior.  If neither Hillary Clinton nor Barack Obama can break the stalemate on the convention ballots, then who would these seated delegates vote for to break open the log jam?  Arguably, Albert "Big Al" Gore, Jr. has vastly more experience in White House operations than either of the current candidates.  He is vastly popular with the Democratic base, and in particular with the Greenies.  Can Big Al possibly pull this off? 
 
Stand by for "the Thrilla in Denverilla," folks. 
 
A word of caution, however, about this particular scene playing out in the real world.  Using a boxing metaphor, Doc has predicted a political outcome in the past perhaps a year or so ago (http://drsteech.blogtownhall.com/2007/02/01/obama_more_like_bonecrusher_smith_than_abe.thtml) in which I prognosticated that both Hillary Clinton and John Edwards would mop the floor in the primaries with a political piker of the likes of Barack Obama, who more closely resembled the perennial patsy James "Bonecrusher" Smith than a serious contender.  Boy, did I miss that call, and I am hoping that I miss the call again on this scary eventuality.
 
Lots of good caption entries for the cartoon above made this round tough to call, but I was up to the challenge:

Gold entry was easy: "The debate is over!!!" from Sgt Relic of "Not-so-Friendly Fire."  Sarge is the first back-to-back gold medal repeat winner, congrats to Sarge on this apt, short and funny line.  Big Al said it, he meant it, and I like the way it looks in the bubble. 

Silver: Sarge strikes again with "I am the greatest!!"  Of course, Muhammad Ali was famous for this line, but Big Al probably will try to take credit for it anyway. As usual, it's apt, short and I like it.  'Nuff said. 

Bronze: "Huh, who knew bean burritos could be so deadly?" A cute little tidbit from perennial medal round contender 1maschrom, who knows that Doc is a softie when it comes to poop jokes on occasion.  I think this immature yet clever submittal needs no further explanation. 

All others tied for fourth, just what are the odds of that ever happening again?  Thanks for the many clever submittals, this post was as usual a lot of fun for me, and apparently some of you guys as well.

 
 
 
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Big Al and "the Big Lie" (winning captions at the bottom of this post)

An entirely new gang has broken into the medal circle, congratulations are in order for these great submittals, and again thanks to everyone for your partipation in finishing my cartoon with professional caption material.  See the winners at the bottom of this post.  I thought I would do it this way like the Dannon Yogurt people, the good stuff is at the bottom. And they say Hitler jokes are not funny; HA!  These are great. 

The original article starts below:

"The science is solid.  The debate is over."  So says our beloved former Vice President and Nobel Prize winning author Albert V. Gore, Jr. (a.k.a. "Big Al") in putting aside arguments as to whether man has any impact on changing earth temperatures.  "Unless we act now, and act decisively," Big Al somewhat impatiently explains, " we are facing dire and irreversible consequences of a planet that now has a fever, and that fever is getting worse."  OK, I'm sure there is some evidence to support Big Al's theories, but there is no doubt whatsoever to any reasonable person that there is a whole lot of evidence that suggests that man's impact on global temperature changes ('man made global warming') is insignificant, if even measurable at all.  The debate is NOT over.                                           
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But Big Al will not even consider debating any other points of view.  The subject is closed, or at least as far as Big Al is concerned.  And the evidence is mounting by the minute that contrary to Big Al's assertions, the earth is actually not getting warmer, but is COOLING, and at a faster rate than at any point in the last century.  Does this stop Big Al from spreading his global warming evangel? 

Not at all. 

In fact, he and his global warming associates (more commonly referred to as 'ilk' or 'cronies') have mounted a huge PR campaign to promote the U.S. government taking draconian measures to counter this alleged threat.  The initial cost figure for this campaign was $300,000,000 dollars.  Big Al is going to need every cent of this money to try and staunch the flow of the mounting evidence that is undermining the cause near and dear to his and every other liberal's hearts, because this evangel of his is starting to resemble in every way 'the Big Lie.'

First brought to the light of day in Adolph Hitler's 1925 autobiography "Mein Kampf" ('My Struggle' for those of you in Rio Linda), the 'Big Lie' theory proposes that success in changing hearts and minds of a given population is attainable in the face of countervailing public opinion if one simply puts out a preposterous story and sticks to it.  Eventually the public will believe this enormous lie, thinking that no one would deliberately subvert the truth to such an outrageous extent. Hitler's propaganda minister, Josef Goebbels took this concept to new heights in keeping the German population under control during the brief reign of Hitler's Third Reich.

Al Gore must have read 'Mein Kampf' and taken copious notes on this 'Big Lie' tactic.  He knows he cannnot withstand any debate on the science, since this entire man made global warming hoax is based on flawed, faulty and flat out manipulated data.  He dares not argue his case, nor put himself in any position whatsoever that mandates he stand up and support his claims.  After all, when spewing 'the Big Lie,' this debating stuff only serves to reveal facts and details that Big Al would prefer remain uncovered; specifics that would in the end reveal Big Al's position as pure hokum and balderdash.

Accordingly, it is perfectly understandable that Big Al, with authority, says "the debate is over." That's exactly the tactic Goebbels would have suggested Big Al use to effectively pull off 'the Big Lie.'  

The caption contest winners are:

Gold: "This guy gets it..." by Sgt Relic of 'Not-So-Friendly Fire,' Sarge was a close winner with this one, as I was torn between Sarge's line and Ed Lilly's (who's silver entry was also most excellent). Short, sweet, APT, and calling Hitler a "guy" who "gets it" is somewhat anachronistic (and hence, funny) since these figures of speech were not popular in the 20's, 30's or 40's, and it just tickles Doc's funny bone.  Lot's of intangibles on this one, good job Sarge. 

Silver: "Now THERE'S a guy who can pull off earth tones," submitted by 'Displaced Hoosier,' Ed Lilly. You have to remember the campaign in 1999 to get this joke.  Recall Naomi Wolfe on Big Al's payroll, trying to spruce up his wooden image, and a few of her suggestions were to position Big Al as the 'alpha male,' and slap earth tones on his otherwise Blues Brothers looking wardrobe.  Ah, seems like yesterday.  Welcome to the medal circle, Ed.  Good line. 
 
Bronze: A late entry but very funny (and most importantly, APT), "Hmmph.  He's got nothin.'" Virginia Daddy came up with this, and although the subject line suggests that Big Al rejects the material within Mein Kampf, he is simply being the loveable, arrogant effite Big Al Gore whom we all adore, thinking that HE could have written this book, but done a better job.  Big Al, of course, will steal 'the Big Lie' concept, and tell everyone he invented it, just like the Internet.   
 
 
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Aruba's nice, but I wouldn't want to live there

I appreciate all of the suggestions as to how best to caption this cartoon of Doc slouching on an Aruban beach.  Again, it's Jimmy Carter's first suggestion that really sums things up for this one, and another gold medal goes to Senor Presidente.  I'm sure JimmyC, as usual, will take this one and toss it in the closet with all the others.  All other submittals tied for the Silver (since I'm too lazy to slog through the submittals and disappoint the losers).  Yes, Doc and his family are back from Aruba, sunburnt and poorer than we started out.   
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I had always imagined that Aruba was one of the richer Caribbean countries, but once we rented the car and got off of the hotel strip, it looked exactly like every other Banana Republic in this part of the world: mangy dogs scrounging through garbage cans, grubby looking locals with attitudes trying to squeeze every tourist dollar out of their main source of income: fat, old pasty American tourists.  And if you have ever been to most of these poverty stricken third world countries, you recognize the service you get once you get off the Marriott strip: they all resent and detest having to deal with all of these rich, Western tourists and they seem not to notice that they are biting the hand that feeds them.  I can't speak as to exactly how all of the tourism dollars are distributed on this tattered little island nation, but I suspect that the local government hands out a meager subsistence to the locals, just enough to make them dependant on their socialist masters, but not enough to really allow much of a life above that of a service worker in a tourist industry. 

And they hate it. 

Maybe they should try a little more capitalism.  Works every time it's tried.

You still can't beat the weather, though.   
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We now know what Obama was thinking....

Thanks for all of your caption suggestions for the cartoon below, depicting the honorable Sen. Barack H. Obama (D-Illinois) contemplating the robust sermon delivered by the honorable Rev. Dr. Jeremiah Wright while Barack and his family are firmly planted on the front pew of the Trinity United Church of Christ.  Without further ado, I present below the winning submittal:
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This gold medal submittal by last post's Bronze medalist, 1maschrom,was posted rather early in the process, but held up to pressure of later suggestions and won handily in Doc's opinion.  It clearly has an element of truth to it: Obama has been involved in nothing BUT damage control for the last week, and his numbers are still tanking.  Thanks for your most excellent participation, 1maschrom.  This one was right on the money. NOTE: I unintentionally changed the original submittal slightly during my editing in Powerpoint, as I went from memory as to how your "damage control" line went, but this is pretty close, right 1mascrom?
 
Jimmy Carter, last week's Gold medalist, slipped a bit to a Silver this time around, but still had a good one: "No need to open the 'Good Book,' I'm sure these 'lessons' are in there somewhere."  I'm still wondering how the pastor, amidst his ranting and raving about how his congregation has been done wrong by "rich, white people," finds the time to keep up on the paperwork required to maintain his church's tax exempt status.
 
Scarlet Pimpernel squeaked into the medal round with his Bronze submittal of "C'mon, already, kickoff is in 20 minutes."  I particularly identified with this one, and Scarlet  and Doc (along with Barack, a Chicago Bear fan) are similarly afflicted with touchdown fever in the fall, and I must confess thoughts like this enter my head from time to time.
 
Congratulations are in order for these clever submittals, in addition to all the rest of you who yet again miraculously tied for 4th (what are the odds?).  I am pondering my next 'toon.  Any suggestions?
 
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What's he thinking???

I don't know, you tell me.  This cartoon below needs your help. I won't bother to go into just what has been spewing forth from the pulpit of Trinity United Church of Christ on the south side of Chicago on any given Sunday, as I think most of you have already heard these juicy sound bites (a few times) by now.  I know you guys and gals have some great stuff that I can insert into the bubble, and I know for sure that my suggestion blows chunks, as this is what I would have put up: "I HOPE that Pastor Wright doesn't mind if I CHANGE churches."
 
My submittal is probably not even good enough to tie for 4th.  Playing on the "hope" and "change" thing is lame, and not the stuff of a medal round submittal.  Winning cartoon caption submittals have to be based on an element of truth, and since Barack Obama has been associated with this raving lunatic, Pastor Dr. Jeremiah Wright, for around 20 years, the likelihood of him throwing the good pastor under the bus now is remote.  In addition, I can't help but think that since he and Michelle were married in this church, baptized their children here and have tithed significant sums of dough to these hate mongers, I don't see him changing his spots any time soon.
 
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Please feel free and help out Doc fill in Barack's thoughts.  I'm sure he has some....as usual I will select the top three suggestions, with the silver and bronze captions getting accolades, while the gold is inserted into the bubble and I will obsequiously gush on and on about the brilliance of the winner, most of you know the drill by now...
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Winning 'Hillary rises from the dead' caption

Thanks to all who submitted humorous captions to the cartoon below depicting a resurrected Hillary Clinton from her political grave.  We have three clear winners, and as usual the rest tied for fourth (and out of the medal round).  Without further ado, here are the winning captions:

The Bronze caption goes to 1maschrom, who's topical submittal was "it's 3AM, is that the phone?" I took the liberty of some editing, but this one (the early leader, only overtaken down the stretch) capitalized on the hot topic of the day, Barack's 3AM phone commercial.  I liked it.  That is, until later on down the stretch...

...where RecknHavic provided a Silver medal line that really caught my funny bone: "Cheetos.  Cheeeeetooooos", which of course is a reference to Hillary's meaty legs and perhaps how they got that way. Reck's initial submittal was only so-so, and I advised him to try again, but next time with "Feeling."  This one had some 'feelin', big time. 

But the Gold medal winner (envelope please)  is:
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This "Here laid Hillary Care" caption was provided by none other than Townhall.com's own Jimmy Carter, who was clearly thinking outside the box when he came up with this clever epitaph.  I had gone to great pains to convey how I wanted to frame this cartoon: Hillary's campaign has been floundering, starting with her loss in Iowa, and now with a string of defeats at the hands of Barack Obama looking meaningless to a politically immortal Hillary who is marching zombie-like to Denver towards her ultimate nomination.  Jimmy Carter's  caption presents my cartoon in a completely different concept, and yet is a deadly (pun intended) accurate portrayal of the looming threat of nationalized health care via Hillary Clinton style socialism, a horrible concept which we all thought had died on the political operating table in 1993. 
 
Congratulations are in order for these winners, and I again appreciate the submittals by all of you 4th place finishers. 
 
Now I may work on something involving the good Reverend Pastor Jeremiah Wright....
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Tombstone caption needed for Democrat also-ran

I have already shoveled dirt over Hillary Clinton's political grave (twice), and yet she scrambles out from her tomb again to cackle another day.   Like a bad horror movie, the pundits have already killed off Hillary's presidential aspirations ( a few times), and yet here she is, live and kicking, offering front runner Barack Obama the Veep slot once she has the nomination in hand.  Talk about optimism, you gotta hand it to Mrs. Bill Clinton: she certainly is looking at the sunny side of life (no pun intended).
 
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Please note that the tombstone behind this now empty grave needs an epitaph: I would welcome your suggestions.  My initial thoughts were something to this effect: " RIP: 1992 - ??? Here Lies Mrs. Hillary Rodham Clinton (until Denver)."  Subtitles underneath the strip could also be considered.
 
Although it appears that the zombie-like Hillary is kicking Hugh Hewitt in the head, this is not the case, and is purely coincidental.  I'm sure a liberal or two will try to make something of it, though.  Oh well.  Also notice that I did a little something different this time around: I used a piece of my daughter's purple construction paper for the night-time effect, since my attempts at shading was not getting the job done.

Nice touch, eh? 

In any event, I await your submittals with bated breath. 
 
 
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Doc Steech's site has been compromised!!!

Doc Steech's last winner of his request for captions to his 'Hillary Clinton's Lemonade Stand' cartoon, "Linda,"  whose most excellent caption  of "Plus Tax!!"  wound up as Doc's latest cartoon caption winner has been found to be of a severe Liberal persuasion, and has been determined to have been a liberal mole!  I have determined that she has been cavorting with Stan Rosenthal the Arch Liberal on his police chase blog (whose site I shall not mention). 
 
Doc Steech's site has been infected!
 
Doc's site is unclean.  I am now unworthy.  I feel so, so....filthy.
 
Doc's site is now the depository and cesspool of Liberalism.  My last declared winner, "Linda" has admitted on Stan's ultra liberal site that she voted for Al Gore and John Kerry in the last two presidential elections.  Oh, how I have been deceived!! How I have been duped!!
 
Oh, the shame. 
 
Despite this horrible, shameful setback, I shall soldier on in the Conservative cause, and I hereby vow to continue to "obsess" over the Communist, Socialist Hillary Clinton in cartoon, after cartoon, after cartoon....and her legs shall get fatter, her dialogue shall get shriller, her eyes shall get beadier, her cackle shall become cackle-ier (if that is even a word)....until she is defeated in her political life, and I shall continue the fight, even though my noble efforts have been crippled by these Deceivers!
 
Doc Steech shall fight on, despite the insidious liberal infection of my Townhall.com site.  I shall continue to support and defend Conservative, Christian and decent bloggers here on Townhall.com, and if you choose to refrain from reading the "taint" that now infects my site, I shall not judge you, for it is your right , and even duty to eschew evil.  God be with you in your further pursuits of righteousness. 
 
Conservative salutations to all my remaining decent, risk-taking God-fearing, Christian Conservative readers, my next liberal inflaming Hillary cartoon is coming in due course, despite the Liberal objections to this "obsession..." If you wish that going forward I not leave comments on your untainted blog for fear of mean spirited liberal reprisals, please simply leave me a message on my e-mail, luckyduckstwo@aol.com and I shall honor your wishes.
 
Ever yours,
 
A solid, Christian, Conservative Doctor Steech.
 
PS: Note to Stan: the deal is off! Let the blood flow!!!  Conservative ideals shall prevail in the long run, despite your evil tricks!  Your buddy, Doc.
 
 
 
 
 
 
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We have a winner....

Please see our winning entry below regarding my request for help in filling in the caption of my drawing of 'Hillary's lemonade stand.'  Like Davecatbone of A Conservative in Cincinnati  opined (and accurately so), she's not experienced enough in every day business to even run a neighborhood lemonade stand much less the nation's economy.  As I write this, Hillary Clinton, much like a zombie, has risen from virtual political death to again threaten our country by her refusal to let her campaign die in either Ohio or Texas, and still wanders the country seeking the presidency.  I have shoveled dirt over her political grave at least twice now, and each time she has kicked the casket door open, scrambled out of the tomb and lives to cackle yet another day.  Somebody should make a horror movie out of this real life drama.
 
In any event, I appreciate the many good entries for our caption, and the winner is (envelope please)......Linda, who submitted the following short yet apt caption:
 
Hillary's lemonade stand winner
A close runner up was yet again Kilroy, with a line edited from Hillary's famous retort to small business owners who objected to her plan to mandate onerous health care concessions that would force them into bankruptcy: "I can't be responsible for all the undercapitalized lemonade drinkers in America."  I really liked that one, but it would be tough to fit into the caption using my current level of expertise on Microsoft Powerpoint software.  Sorry, K.  Maybe I should take a class. 
 
Third runner up is another Kilroy submittal, with my slight revision: "Hey, it takes a village to make lemonade.  And that village has serious overhead I gotta cover..."  All the rest of you tied for fourth, congratulations to you all....all except Stan Rosenthal, he came in last (note to Stan: you get more flies using honey rather than vinegar, for what it's worth).
 
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Help wanted (again): Hillary's lemonade stand

While reading up on my favorite authors' political material (namely, other Townhall blogger's stuff), I came across our favorite Cincinnati Conservative,  Davecatbone opining about Hillary's lack of ability to run even a lemonade stand, much less the American economy.  I posted a comment on Dave's piece suggesting pricing for Hillary's lemonade stand and one thing led to another: Davecatbone and I agreed that there was a cartoon here somewhere, and so it came about.  Now for the caption, and again I would ask our Townhalll community for their help in completing this drawing with your suggestions for a caption.
 
Hillary's Lemonade stand
 
My last request for help from the good folks here at Townhall.com for my "Dr. McFrankencain" cartoon wound up with a combo caption from submittals by Pasadena Phil and Kilroy , and I am guessing they will be taking a stab at assisting me in my search for a clever caption this time around as well, thus protecting their status as excellent comedy writers and all-around good guys.  That, and their egos will simply not allow them to sit on the sidelines this time around and let bragging rights go to some other no-talents (their words, not mine) out there.  

Of course, the inside track is held by Davecatbone whose post inspired this idiocy in the first place.
  

Suggestions, anyone?  (Hint: that's either a middle class or rich guy Hillary is talking to, but I'm guessing most of you figured that out already...)
 
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The End of the Clinton Era

It just kind of rolls off the tongue, doesn't it?  We've endured as a nation far more exposure to the Clintons and their beloved 'politics of personal destruction' than we should have otherwise.  And now the Hillary Clinton run for the Oval Office appears heading over a cliff.  Even if the Clintons arranged to kidnap all of the super-delegates who claim to still lean in their direction, hold a gun to their heads and get notarized statements of oath and loyalty to Mrs. Clinton's struggling campaign, they still are extremely unlikely to win the Democratic nomination in Denver.  Just six months ago, Hillary Clinton was the presumptive nominee, and both she and her miscreant hubby merely put up with being in the presence of other "second tier" candidates, biding their time until the coronation.  Now she is on the brink of political death.  What happened?  Who called off the coronation?
 
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I'll tell you what happened.  She actually had to go out and campaign.  You know, talk to people.  Shake their hands, kiss their babies, all of that.  And most people, even among the Democratic population in the country, do not like her.  She is arrogant, condescending, snooty and flat out dishonest.  I won't go into all of the negatives of her stint as First Lady, as I'm sure that they are not yet forgotten (her involvement with Vince Foster's death, the Travel Office firings, the Rose Law firm records, her leading the Bimbo Eruptions team, her failed secret attempt to take over the American health care system, etc, etc, etc.).  No, I won't mention them here. 
 
The simple fact of the matter is that she is just not presidential material.  Just hanging around the Oval Office while Bill was abusing interns does not qualify anyone to become President of the United States and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces.  Sorry, it just doesn't. If that's all it took to get the job, as Dick Morris quickly pointed out, the White House pastry chef could claim to be presidential material as well since he was there just as long as Hillary.  That would be like Jessica Simpson marching into Jerry Jones' office and demanding to get the starting Dallas Cowboy QB slot, since she thinks she got the hang of the job by dating Tony Romo last season.
 
I couldn't help but trot out this dated cartoon that I drew after Hillary's Iowa defeat, but she quickly rebounded in New Hampshire and ruined a perfectly good political cartoon.  Well, it now appears that she has nowhere left to rebound, and this drawing has some legs left.
 
We are truly at the onset of a new era: the end of the Clinton era.  Now all we have to do is worry about what kind of damage to our country an Obama administration could do. 
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Split decision on the winning caption

Thank you all for your participation in my last post's request to help me come up with a caption for a cartoon I redrew at the suggestion of Townhalls favorite stalker (besides Buck), Philosophocon.  I received quite a lot of very funny stuff, and accordingly makes this one of my favorite posts on Townhall to date.  Again, the participation in this was unexpectedly vigorous, of good humor and was lots of fun for me. 

Although plenty of good material was submitted by lots of you out there who missed your calling in life; that of scab comedy writers during the recently ended writer's guild strike, I settled on a combo of two submittals that best represented our beloved and prickly presumptive nominee: Sen. John McCain (R-Az).  The envelope please.....
Dr. McFrankencain - final
 
 The winning submittal consists of the first fragment "Dammit, Igor..." by Kilroy, who for the most part is a talented writer and as funny as a rubber crutch.  This portion captures the disposition of our grouchy, irritatable ex-sailor who is not a stranger to the coarser side of discourse.  The remainder of the caption was submitted by none other than Townhall's own lovable independant (with a small 'i') Pasadena Phil, whose line "That heart is still beating, think Igor, Think!!" also captures what is most assuredly a common place occurance within McCain's inner circle, as he bawls out his subordinates at the drop of a hat.
 
My sentimental favorite line of "hearts and minds, Igor, hearts and minds" submitted by ReckinHavic required me to redraw McCain's frown, as this line would more sincerely get delivered by a reflective, not angry McCain (something of a rare occurance).  Since nearly all of you know that ol' Doc is for the most part a lazy couch potato, re-drawing of an already re-drawn cartoon was just not in the cards.  Otherwise this clever submittal would have made it to the finals. 
 
Again, thanks to all of you for your funny submittals.  I think I may do this again in the near future, with the prickly senator providing the material.  I'm certain there will be LOTS of it coming down the pike in the general election.  I can hardly wait....
 
 
 
 
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Help wanted: fill in the caption on the McCain cartoon

Philosophocon suggested a better cartoon than my last posting, and after careful consideration, I think he is right on the money. I clumsily cut and pasted about half of the last drawing and added Dr. McFrankenCain's idiot assistant, the GOP elephant "Igor." The cut and paste job clearly shows up on this rendition, but hey, why waste a perfectly good half-cartoon?
 
Remember my last posting was of John McCain as a heart surgeon, smiling now that he can go in through the front to get at the conservative heart of the Republican party, rather than stabbing at it from the back.  Philosophocon suggested that "although I think that rather than be the patient, the elephant (if we're talking about it representing the RNC and party establishment) would more suitably be McCain's Igor-like assistant, returning from the graveyard "here is the liberal/moderate heart you wanted, master." I couldn't agree more.   Photobucket 
 
I'm not so excited about his caption, however, with Igor returning from the grave with a moderate/liberal heart.  Let's just stick with a teensy liberal heart, shall we?  And I am open to suggestions as to the new caption.  I was leaning towards "Igor!  You fool!  That heart is MUCH too large for what I had in mind!"
 
Or, "Quickly, Igor, you fool, we only have moments to get this done before the general election!"
 
I would welcome any caption ideas.  Got any?
 
 

 

 

 

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