...And we get this, and give great praise and credit. Great! Funny!

But more than the many who have been paying attention, the rest, just started making up their minds. They probably will not get it. And, irony!, their cartoon minds will not get this cartoon. If they even look at this, they will imagine it is some sort of elitist insult, rather than an hilarious true story.

Keep on a-slingin' that therte ink, Tom Tomorrow! Just kepp on a-slingin'!

On Mr. Decrepit and old?

Spot on Tom.

Reading this while filling up my humvee with four dollar gas and one of my tires was "out of hot air" So I slunk three quarters down Mcfather Time's Gullet and he blew into my tire. Now I'm getting that good mileage!

During the 2000 campaign, as the Bush team mocked Al Gore mercilessly, I always thought he could have turned the tables if he had turned to W. during one of the debates and said, "just what is it about peace and prosperity that you don't like, George?"

I think Obama can brush off some of this stuff coming from the Bush/Rove/McCain axis by asking simply, "why exactly do you prefer hopelessness to hope, John?"

There's not a gadget greater that that 'ol McFathertime inflator.

Well, I for one insist on having a President who must read each of the daily talking points his staff invents for him every morning from a note card, just like President Raygun did. I insist on having a President who was a poor student. I insist on having a President who has no actual real-world work experience other than working for his wife's daddy's beer haulin' company. I insist on having a President who'd rather fight than think. I insist on having a President who considers geography the kind of deal only sissies would bother to learn. I mean, Sunni schmooni -- they all look alike over there, right? John McCain wants to be President, and by God, that's good enough for me, 'cause let's face it: I'm the kind of guy who knows what he wants!

There is so much to mock about Obama it is daunting to some of us with other jobs. Even the AP this morning summed him up as a "half-black Harvard lawyer" purporting to have all the answers or something like that. The press is getting more traditionally press-like by the day.

Salon has a front page article today discusisng how McCain's juvenalia disguised as serious campaign advertising is being taken entirely seriously by the mainstream, er, right wing, er, wait, by Salon.

What else is new.

Satire and Salon are becoming less and less suited for each other, since what Tom Tomorrow skewers so brilliantly is often on display right in the same zine, in some of the worst ways.

But what's funny about that? The truth is Obama and his wide-eyed Obamanauts are much easier to mock. Do you find nothing ridiculous in a campaign that talks about "hope" and "change" while obviously intending to change nothing, then berating the Republicans for not sticking to the issues? What issues does "hope" translate into exactly? *crickets chirping*

Sadly, and not so satirically, I'm convinced we ain't seen nothin' yet. The GOP has unlimited $$$, and the Karl Rove's of the planet will stop at nothing to retain power. Nothing.

True, hopelessness and stagnation have been working so much better. We should have nominated someone closer to the status qou, you're right. That corporate beltway mainstream thing has been such a winner, why would anyone want to change it? War, corruption, why would anyone hope for an end to that?

Go read the candidate positions, then try again. Knowing what they are and then disagreeing is one thing, but this vapid "he has no positions, only hope! just embarasses you.

..do you gotta the republican diarrhea?

It's an absolute outrage.

And very very funny.

I don't think I'll ever get tired of his drawing style.

When I first saw it, I wondered if he was using clip art - silly me.

Way to go Tom. :-D

The worst part about it is that what they are doing is EFFECTIVE.

It's easier to run on extreme positions...even stupid ones...than in the real world full of nuance.

McCain's people are running a BETTER CAMPAIGN than Obama's people right now. The republicans are just better at the art of smear.

And it works.

Four weeks ago, this seemed like a runaway for Obama. Now? Not so much.

Funny cartoon. But you gotta admit, when Obama suggested the solution to $4/gal gas was to inflate your tires, that's funny stuff. Rookie mistake from a rookie.

I'm fairly sure Obama has promised to end the American occupation of Iraq. Doesn't that count as 'change'?

mama mia! maybe you should change your underwear.

But you gotta admit, when Obama suggested the solution to $4/gal gas was to inflate your tires, that's funny stuff. Rookie mistake from a rookie.

Who's the rookie? The McCain campaign ended up with egg on their face over that and quietly let go of it. Because anyone paying the least bit of attention knew that (a) Obama didn't suggested it as "'the' solution" and (b) what he did say was correct.

Maybe McCain was little confused and thought Obama was talking about the tires on Cindy McCain's private jet.

I'm fairly sure Obama has promised to end the American occupation of Iraq. Doesn't that count as 'change'?

Obama also promised to support a filibuster of any FISA bill that contained telecom immunity.

So, how did that work out?

But I'll be goddamned if I'm votin' for McCain.

Ha... this is good stuff.

Yes, maybe filling up my tires will help my gas mileage.

In fact I'm certain of it. Scientific proof.

But for a presidential candidate to utter this kind of thing when people angry and dismayed over gas prices is NOT helping him.

You’ve got to see that. Really.

What? Your trucking company is on the brink of bankruptcy? Your restaurant can’t afford to ship in vegetables. You can’t afford to commute to work? Well I’ve got a solution for you… fill up your tires.

Ouch.

Open foot, insert mouth.

Rookie mistake.