So simple a Moran would get it.

[TalkingDog]

[Marie Marie]

1. Yes and I'll bet that last picture doesn't include

the 2 wars he never bothered to put on the books. Creative accounting.

[kentuck]

5. It certainly doesn't include the 700 billion he borrowed for TARP.

Which created a deficit of almost 1.2 trillion for Obama to start with. Obama has never been able to get out of that hole.

[zentrum]

2. Fiscal conservative

..means one thing and one thing only. It means lower taxes on the rich. Period. That's all they ever mean by it. That's the top, bottom and middle of conservatism---conserving the rich man's money for the rich man. The hell with the commons and the country.

[lunatica]

4. Yup. That's as simple as it gets. And true to boot.

[Scootaloo]

14. +176

Though, it also demands cutting spending for the poor. The rich really do get richer, the poor really do get poorer.

[Lifelong Protester]

3. K & R

[maddiemom]

6. "What a Maroon" Lou Costello

I totally get your point---but the word is MORON.

[HarveyDarkey]

7. It's an inside DU joke

and actually it was Bugs Bunny, not Lou Costello

[Brickbat]

10. "Maroon" was a racist term back in the days of Bugs' early years.

[TalkingDog]

13. "Freed or Escaped Slave" was a racist term?

Or maybe you are thinking of the British slang usage, which means "fool". But that's not racist either.

Sorry, gonna need a citation for this one.

[October]

18. OMG, I did not know that! I've used that term -- so has my husband -- in front of the kids.

Wow. I'm cringing.

[IDemo]

8. Moran became the term here a long, long time ago when this one appeared:

[ErikJ]

9. Look how proud he is

of his zealous ignorance.

[TalkingDog]

11. What they said. And a hearty welcome to DU!

Moran = One less in-joke you'll have to figure out.

[ErikJ]

12. The figures are the last year's deficit of that president. Bush's turned out to be much higher as-

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this cartoon was probably 2-3 months before the $700 BILLION bank bailout. $482 was the projected Bush deficit in July 2008. The bailout happened in Nov 2008.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

17. Right. By your estimation that last number should be 1.2 Trillion

That would require making the image larger for it to fit.

[Spitfire of ATJ]

15. For those talking about the bank bailout

Wasn't that paid back?

The stimulus and the bank bailout were separate things and the stimulus was too small and contained too much in tax cuts which effectively increased the deficit but did nothing to stimulate the economy but were added to get Republicans on board who voted against it anyway.

Obama's 1st budget was smaller than Bush's last budget. It still was in deficit to keep the lights on but smaller due to cuts in nonessential items.

Obama reduced borrowing.

Meanwhile Republicans effectively voted against tax cuts and refuse to admit they happened just to deny Obama credit. They know all they have to do is say, "Obama raised your taxes" and their idiot base who doesn't even notice what they pay will believe it.

[Ruby the Liberal]

16. Great toon!

I prefer to refer to them as "borrow and spend" conservatives.

The 'tax and spend' is a label this liberal wears with pride...