The Funny Papers

Darrin Bell, David Horsey, Nate Beeler, Scott Stantis, RJ Matson, Paul Szep, Bruce Plante, Clay Bennett, Steve Breen, Chris Britt, 

The Funny Papers

Clay Bennett, Jim Morin, Bill Day, Nick Anderson, David Horsey, Tom Stiglich, Steve Sack

The Jeb Reboot

Poor Jeb No-Last-Name. he thought his shot at the presidency was a lock; after all, his Daddy was president, though all anyone remembers of him is that he famously said, ‘Read my lips, no new taxes,’ and then raised taxes.

Then Jeb’s brother was president and led us into a war for oil with no end, and one of the worst economic crises to hit this country in decades.

So yeah, Jeb no-Last-Name had a tough road. He declared his candidacy long before he wanted — some say it was due to his raising boatloads of cash for his presidential candidate exploration committee, a violation of FEC rules — and he started strong, but then the Crazies came out—[t]Rump and the Brainless Surgeon, and suddenly Jeb was forced to take his last name off his ads and his signs; suddenly Jeb looked like the biggest fool of the GOP; suddenly it really was “Jeb, who?”

So what does one do when their product fails? Well, you reboot. And that’s what Jeb! is doing now. With step one being a new campaign slogan:

"Jeb Can Fix It."

And he started this reboot off with telling the story of how he used to allow his constituents in Florida to email him at his personal email address, and he shared the story of how he "fixed" one resident's problem of having a raccoon in their house. So, wait, he wants to be Exterminator-In-Chief?

“Jeb Can Fix Your Pest Problem.” 

And yet he cannot fix his own pest issues … you know, [t]Rump. But Twitter rolled with riffs on Jeb “fixing” it:

How can we expect Jeb to fix whatever he believes is wrong with this country when he cannot even fix his own campaign?

Still, that idea for an HGTV show … ?

Tweets via NCRM

Cartoon via Daily Kos

Jeb ... He's Either Stupid Or A Liar, You Decide

Is it just me, or does anyone else think the GOP has Selective Memory Syndrome — that ailment where you forget what actually happened, and then try to spin history in a new, false, truth. 

I mean, we all heard how the conservatives blamed President Obama for the economic crash that happened before he was elected; remember that? Or, howsabout when Dick Cheney called the complete troop removal from Iraq a sign of success, which we now know, at least most people other than Dick Cheney and the GOP, is a complete lie.

And now, with Hillary Clinton the front-runner for the Democratic nomination, and with Donald [t]Rump decimating his own party with his idiotic, racist, and just plain nasty, rants, the GOP has decided to ramp up its fight against Clinton by bashing … her husband, former President Bill Clinton.

In fact, Jeb Bush, the apparent front-runner of the GOP, if you take out Donald [t]Rump, is even trying to blame Bill Clinton for the murder of those four Marines who were gunned down at that recruiting station in Tennessee:

“A law was passed, apparently in the Clinton administration, about whether, in recruiting offices Marines or other military should be able to have guns. Apparently it is prohibited.”

So, you see, according to Jeb, those Marines were prohibited from being armed under a Clinton administration law and that’s why they’re dead today except …there never was a “law” passed that pertains to this topic so Jeb is either stupid or lying.

There was, however, a directive issued by the Department of Defense that limited the carrying of firearms by military personnel to those in specific positions, such as those working for the Military Police. But that directive wasn’t issued under Clinton, but under the president before Bill Clinton, one George Herbert Walker Bush, Jeb’s daddy. So, again, Jeb Bush is either stupid or lying, in trying to blame Bill Clinton for something that happened during his father’s presidency.

Now, to be fair — and Jeb Bush certainly isn’t, nor is he intelligent — that directive had almost nothing to do with the presidency at all, but the last thing Jeb Bush wants to do is to draw attention to the failed presidencies of both his father and brother; two Presidents who saw us into three wars, three recession, and trillions of dollars in debt.

That would be the truth, and the Republicans can’t handle the truth so they just lie.

Or they’re just stupid.

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Good News Friday: Supporting Patrick

Patrick is two-years-old and suffers from leukemia. Recently, the boy lost all his hair due to the disease and treatments.

Patrick’s father, Jon, decided he would shave his head in solidarity with his son, and then asked his co-workers to do the same.

And they did.

The thing is that Patrick’s father works for the Secret Service as part of the security detail that protects former President George H.W. Bush.

And the elder Bush decided he, too, would go bald in support of Patrick.

George HW Bush also helped launch www.patrickspals.org which helps raise money for Patrick's treatment.

Very, very cool.

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