"Republicans" toon:

[applegrove]

Link to tweet

?s=20&t=dvH4EHQ5RBHNlZHodZtqmA

[hlthe2b]

1. Yeah fitting... But that looks like a caricature of the late George HW Bush... No?

[Celerity]

2. it is, by Signe Wilkinson, published 1991-06-01

https://www.cartoonistgroup.com/cartoon/Signe+Wilkinson%27s+Editorial+Cartoons/1991-06-01/189358

[keithbvadu2]

7. IIRC, elderBush was pro-choice until becoming a Reagan republican.

IIRC, elderBush was pro-choice until becoming a Reagan republican.

[Hekate]

8. One of the more disgusting things about GHW Bush was the way that he, a former donor to PP, ...

… decided to pander to Ronald Reagan’s base by throwing Planned Parenthood under the bus.

1991 — and people who still thought we could make peace with the Republicans would say, “Oh but the women of the family are all pro-choice, and they will moderate their men’s policies,” wink-wink nudge-nudge. This was said of Nancy Reagan, Barbara Bush, and Dubya’s wife — and they most certainly could not or did not.

Time was, patrician Republicans could support Planned Parenthood as just another charity to help the poor — but that was before the culture wars began, and they saw they needed to play along.

Boys throw stones at frogs in play, but the frogs die in earnest.

[Celerity]

10. thanks for the background, and a wonderful Bion of Borysthenes quote

Boys throw stones at frogs in play, but the frogs die in earnest.

another from him

Self-conceit is the enemy of progress.

[erronis]

11. What a forum! Bion of Borysthenes indeed. Thank you Celerity and Hekate.

I was not familiar with this philosopher before seeing your exchange. I learn so much from everyone here. Sometimes even from those who are purposefully wrong-headed.

Since we live in this wonderful age of knowledge sharing (and may it continue):
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bion_of_Borysthenes

Bion was apparently from Olbia, Ukraine (at the mouth of the Dnieper.) How fitting that he should inform us during these times.

[Celerity]

13. yw! hugz

[applegrove]

3. Oh you caught that. I just thought it was a patrician every- rich-man.

[SergeStorms]

4. That umbrella....

becomes an anvil the moment that child is born though.

[PhylliPretzel]

5. Sums up the Repugs'

platform on mothers and children. "A picture is worth 10,00 words" on display.

[Chicago1980]

6. Pretty much...

Skip forward to the 1-minute mark.

[burrowowl]

9. Bush I along with Raygun

Guilty of genocide in Guatemala, 200,000 to 250,000 Guatemalan Indigenous People killed during Iran-Contra.
Bush II is no better.

[BobTheSubgenius]

12. Clever!