The Senate minority leader has a column in the Washington Post today where he describes himself as “…a longtime defender of the First Amendment”. I did manage to avoid spraying the keyboard with my morning cup of coffee. The only free speech Mitch McConnell has ever been concerned with is the campaign contribution kind.
Category: politics
Sketches and stuff
Here’s the thumbnails from my sketchbook and the final poses for the current animation at The Washington Post. 
The Cicadas are coming
There’s no particular reason for posting this sketch; was just watching Sen. Mitch McConnell on Meet the Press and thought he looked like a cicada.
IRS targeted tea party groups
As if the Benghazi story wasn’t enough to keep Congress in hearings until 2016, we have the Justice Department seizing AP phone records and the IRS targeting conservative groups applying for tax-exempt status. The targeting of any group or individual based on ideology is outrageous and goes against everything our First Amendment stands for. However, it would have been nice if the same people who are criticizing today would have been as vocal after 9-11 and during the Iraq War. I don’t remember Senator Mitch McConnell taking to the Senate floor to defend anti-war protesters or denounce then Attorney General John Ashcroft. I also don’t recall McConnell challenging former White House Press Secretary Ari Fleischer for what he said in response to Bill Maher’s comments about 9-11 or defending the Dixie Chicks when they were widely criticized for their comments about President Bush.
Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker
Look who wandered into Lexington, Virginia:
Actually, Bob Mankoff was in town to speak at Washington and Lee University about humor and cartooning. Brett Koth (creator of Diamond Lil) and I had talked to a W&L class earlier and then joined Bob and his host, Prof Julie Woodzincka, for lunch. Bob told some great stories about cartoons which never were printed in The New Yorker. I had just been talking about cartooning, censorship, and “drawing the line” with students in Julie’s class so it was interesting to hear what The New Yorker would and wouldn’t accept in a cartoon.
Mission Accomplished
It’s the 10th anniversary of the infamous George W Bush’s photo op. 