Editorial Cartoon: Mitt Romney turns 65

Former Governor and current GOP Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney turned 65 this week proclaiming that he would not enroll for Social Security payments or Medicare.

For those unfamiliar, AARP is an organization in the States that has huge interest group focusing on those above 50 on age related issues.  It was formerly known as the American Association of Retired Persons.  Historically in the U.S. the retirement age has been 65 though you can get your AARP card which offers discounts on travel, restaurants etc long before that age.  In fact I knew a 30 year old once who had her card.  I guess all you need to do is send in your money and boom, there it is.

Oh and Denny’s is a national chain of restaurants that specializes in breakfast food.

Editorial Cartoon: Osama Dead

Can anyone tell me what joke was repeated over and over on Sunday night?  If you said “Donald Trump is demanding to see Bin Laden’s Death Certificate” you would be right.  Go see for yourself.   

In fact, the first time I saw the joke, I thought it would make a cute editorial cartoon.  By the 20th time I saw it, I thought it was a little overdone.  I guess that didn’t stop these editorial cartoonists. 

The basis of the joke (for the uninformed) is that Donald Trump is toying with running for President.  So his first public act of late has been to join the birthers in their efforts to say that President Barack Obama wasn’t actually born in Hawaii so he shouldn’t have been eligible to be President.  Trump had been calling for Obama’s Birth Certificate.  Of course when Obama did share it, Trump just took credit for being able to put that rumor to rest and allow the country to move on.  Ever the opportunist.

So I thought I would take the joke (which you see in panel one) and go a slightly different route for the punchline.  Did I use an outdated reference with the title “Weekend at Donalds”???

Don’t forget the Charity Challenge.  Click image for Details.

She has my Vote!!

Over the last year, I have found many webcomic comrades via twitter and others blog rolls.  It is rare though that I find someone else who does editorial cartoons and blogs as well.  Alex Raffi is a Nevada illustrator and editorial cartoonist.   Check out his site for some great stuff. 

The post that really caught my attention as of late was this video he posted of his daughter Elli describing the things she would do to fix the world if she were President.

Only 29 more years Elli and you’ll get my vote.

 

Bearman Cartoon: Obama wins Peace Prize?

My friends on the right at Big Hollywood and also on the left at the Cincinnati Beacon are a flutter about President Barack Obama winning the Nobel Peace Prize.  Seems the President himself was a little confused as he is only the third US President to win while in office.  Maybe he just misunderstood the call.

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